Woodchester Gloucestershire, England: Openings Press, Rooksmoor House, Nd. Edition of 600 hand-numbered examples in ink, this being no. 457. 48 x 48 cm broadside folded down to 12 x 12 cm, letter pressed in black on recto and verso. An intricate work of concrete poetry in the form of a......
Firenze: Edizione “Techne”, 1971. Perfect bound tall 4to in matte black die cut wraps with title page printed in pink and black, endpapers and chapter divider pages printed in silver on black paper, and pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (ca. 150 pp.) Text in Italian. An illustrated survey.....
Stuttgart: Edition Rot, 1962. Square 8vo in saddle-stapled wraps printed in red and black, with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (12 pp.) Text in German. Issue no. 9 of the Rot series, edited by Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, largely devoted to concrete poetry and the exploration of.....
Stuttgart: Edition Rot, 1960. Square 8vo in saddle-stapled wraps printed in red and black, with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (12 pp.) Text in German. Issue no. 2 of the Rot series, edited by Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, largely devoted to concrete poetry and the exploration of.....
Paris: Editions Galerie Denise Davy, 1965. Square 8vo in thick wrappers with French fold flaps, printed in black and white on alternating white and red pages, several of which have die cut circles of various sizes. Unpaginated. Text in French. An artists’ book featuring hand drawn letterforms and images of.....
Frankfurt am Main: Typos Verlag, 1963. Square softcover 4to in printed affixed dust jacket. 176 pp, plus 84 pp index. Printed in black and white with twenty-four plates in color. Text mostly in German, some in Dutch and French. Exhibition catalog in form of a book issued on the occasion.....
New York: Future Press, 1977. Fourth edition of 1,000. Tabloid newspaper offset printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Through a simple yet powerful combination of eloquently typeset Futura and past tense grammar, this minimalistic piece of fiction documents a one-night stand gone sideways. At times intimate, and other times comical.....
Np: Np, Np. Two sheets 27.8 x 43.2 cm (11 x 17") in size, Xeroxed in black on thin white paper. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower margin. Two signed concrete poetry broadsides by Clemente Padín, each featuring different layers of black and white letterforms. Both very good.....
Firenze: Zona, 1978. Poster 70 x 49.6 cm (27.6 x 19.5") in size, printed in red on recto side only. Folded three times, likely as issued. Poster issued to coincide with the release of Maurizio Nannucci’s 1978 artists’ book with the same title, handsomely typeset in uppercase Helvetica Bold. Very.....
Madrid: grupo n.o. / Edición de los autores, 1969. Green paper envelope 17.8 x 20 cm (7 x 7.9") in size printed in red and black, containing seventeen loose plates 17.4 x 19.1 cm (6.9 x 7.5") in size all printed on recto sides only in black and white, with.....
Madrid: grupo n.o. / galeria de arte eurocasa, 1970. Five postcards 10.5 x 15 cm (4.13 x 5.9") in size, four of which are printed in color and black and white on recto and verso on white glossy card stock, and one of which is printed in black on purple.....
San Francisco: The Nova Broadcast Press, 1971. Softcover 8vo in pictorial wrappers printed in black and white on brown paper throughout. Unpaginated (ca. 94 pp.) An artists’ book that begins with Kriwet’s essay titled ‘Decomposition of the literary unit: notes on visually perceptible literature’, which explores the history and nature.....
Paris: d’atelier, 1977. Folded three-panel 8vo portfolio printed in purple on heavy stock, containing six folded sheets, which unfold to 54 x 42 cm (21.25 X 16.5"), printed in black and white on recto side only. Text in French. An expansive work of concrete poetry by Bruno Montels featuring six.....
Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, 1971. 50 signed and numbered examples, of which this is no. 47, out of a total edition of 600. Saddle-stapled folio printed in blue ink on front and back cover, with black tissue endpapers, and pages printed in blue, green, brown, and black ink on gray paper.....
Np: Np, Nd. Small saddle-stapled 16mo in green wrappers printed in black and white throughout. Unpaginated (12 pp.) To which is added two folded cards printed in black and white, one sheet printed on one side on pink paper, one card laid inside printed envelope, and one 8.375 x 10".....
Woodchester Gloucestershire, England: Openings Press, 1968. Single sheet 20.3 x 26 cm (8 x 10.25") in size printed in green ink on thin card stock on recto side only. The tenth issue of the Plakat broadside series from Openings Press in Woodchester Gloucestershire, founded by John Furnival and Dom Sylvester.....
Paris: Lettrisme, 1970. Edition of 500. Softcover 4to in blue wrappers printed in brown wrapped in glassine. With pages printed in brown, black and red on alternating sheets of coated and uncoated stock. Unpaginated. Text in French. An artists’ book featuring a series of Lemaître’s hand-drawn poems, writings, and letterform.....
Richmond, VA: The Macmillan Company for Indiana University Press, 1968. Perfect bound softcover 4to in illustrated wraps, with pages printed in black and white, some plates in color, and one tipped in foldout. 312 pp. A comprehensive and globally focused survey of concrete poetry with contributions by Augusto and Haroldo.....
London: The Poetry Society, 1974. A4 sheet printed in black and white recto side only and rubber-stamped in black in top left corner. Flyer issued on the occasion of the 7th International Festival of Sound Poetry featuring performances and works by Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, Lily Greenham, Sten Hanson, and.....
Torino: Edizioni Geiger, 1972–1973. Four softcover 16mos of approximately the same size in stiff black wrappers, with pages printed in black and white. No. 1 48 pp., no. 2 96 pp., no. 3/4 108 pp., no. 5 64 pp. Text in Italian. The first five issues–with no. 3/4 being a......
Wien: werkstatt aspekt, 1964–1972. No. 1 a saddle-stapled 4to in printed wrappers printed in black and white throughout. To which is added a mimeographed sheet printed in black and white on recto. 32 pp. Text in German. No. 2 saddle-stapled 4to in pictorial wrappers printed in dark purple, with pages.....
Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964. Broadside measuring 57.2 x 44.2 cm (22.5 x 17.4") printed in blue and green ink on cream paper. Text in French. An elegant work of concrete poetry declaring paradise is within reach in either direction. The phrase along the bottom roughly translates to ‘Follow until.....
Buneos Aires: Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, 1969. Saddle-stapled square softcover 4to printed in black and white throughout with cover wrapped in glassine. Unpaginated (20pp.) Text in Spanish. Catalog issued on the occasion of ‘Expo / Internacional de Novísima Poesía / 69’, which ran March 18.....
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1971. Large softcover 8vo in printed wrappers with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Text in German. The second volume of collected works, published by Hansjörg Mayer, reproducing ‘bok 1956 – 59’ featuring Rot’s typographic ‘ideogrammes’ typeset in Futura. A definitive artists’ book that visually.....
Switzerland: Approches, 1968. Large softcover 8vo in white wrappers printed in black and white throughout. Unpaginated (32 pp.) Text in French. An illustrated artists’ book of concrete poetry featuring large letterform fragments varying in size paired with collaged images of ancient sculptures, nudes, and maps. Very good with darkening along.....