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...
Luxembourg: Abracadabra & Authors, 1977 – 1981. Softcover 8vos in saddle-stapled wraps, offset printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Text mostly in English, with some in French, Italian, and Dutch. A complete and collated run of this seminal Italian publication published in Luxembourg featuring a cross pollination of some of...
Portugal: Np, 1970. Printed envelope 18 x 19 cm (7.1 x 7.5") in size with a round die cut 7 cm (2.75") window containing two folded sheets of paper that are blue on one side and white on the other. Text in Portuguese. A visual poem by the Portuguese avant-garde...
Portugal: Np, 1971. Printed envelope 18 x 19 cm (7.1 x 7.5") in size with a round die cut 7 cm (2.75") window containing three folded sheets of paper that are red on one side and white on the other. Text in Portuguese. A visual poem by the Portuguese avant-garde...
(Toronto): (Ganglia Press), 1967. Side-stapled 4to printed in black on recto and verso on cream stock. Unpaginated (16 pp.) Housed inside a folded two-panel yellow card stock cover printed in black on recto and verso. A special issue of Gronk devoted to d. a. levy with essays and visual poetry...
Scotland: Wild Hawthorn Press, (1966). Broadside measuring 45.2 x 58.2 cm (17.8 x 22.9") printed in green and purple ink on white stock. A concrete poem with a flag-like nature by Bann designed by Alistar Cant. One in a series of broadsides published by the prolific Scottish concrete poet Ian...
Nottingham: Midland Group Gallery, 1972. Saddle-stapled large 8vo in printed wrappers printed in black and white, with two pages printed in black and red. Unpaginated (28 pp.) Catalog issued on the occasion of Tarasque Press’ concrete poetry exhibition titled ‘Metaphor and Motif’. With an introduction by Bann, and in-depth essays...
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...
Belgium: Imschoot, 1987. 8vo softcover in pink wrappers and pages with silver text. Unpaginated. A minimalist conceptual two-color artists’ book in which Barry explores poetic silver phrases on pink pages. The phrases are printed in various locations on each spread forcing the reader to consider three-dimensional space as part of...
Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1972. 8vo in white softcover wraps printed in black and white. Unpaginated. A conceptual artists’ book consisting of two halves, where the first half explores adjectives that may be, and the second adjectives that may not be. The minimalistic layout, typeset in Helvetica, features a single adjective...
Berlin: Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, 1970. Square softcover 12mo in black and gray covers with light gray endpapers also printed in black and gray. 34 pp. Text in German. A small book of German texts and two concrete poems by Bense designed by the German typographer and graphic designer Christian Chruxin...
Paris: Galerie de Seine, 1972. Softcover 8vo in pictorial wrappers with pages printed in black and white, some plates in color. 64 pp. Text in French. Catalog issued on the occasion of Bertini’s 1972 exhibition at Galerie de Seine. Featuring concrete poems, collages, photography, and artwork dissecting the intersection of...
Milano: MEC, 1971. Square 4to (25 x 23 cm) in saddle-stapled wraps. Unpaginated (24 pp.) Offset printed in green and pink. The second issue of Mec with concrete and visual poetry contributions by Maurizio Spatola, Henri Chopin, Jochen Gerz, Heinz Gappmayr, Ugo Locatelli, J. F. Bory, Clemente Padín, Kitasomo Katué...
Np: Cold Mountain Publishing Co., 1968. First edition. 7 x 5.5" folded card printed in blue and black on grey card stock. Signed on verso by the artist. A sparse and constructivist concrete poem by one of the founders of the Mimeo Revolution. Interior silkscreened by Tom Kryss (uncredited). Very...
Brescia: Studio Brescia, 1972. Saddle-stapled 16mo in publisher’s wrappers, with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (16 pp.) Text in Italian. Catalog issued on the occasion of the third visual poetry exhibition held at Studio Brescia in northern Italy in 1972, featuring several of Bory’s works of concrete poetry...
Firenze: Studio Inquadrature 33, 1973. Saddle-stapled 16mo in publisher’s wrappers, with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (12 pp.) Text in Italian. An exhibition catalog featuring six works of concrete poetry by Bory, De Vree, and Ori. Complete with an introductory essay by Rossana Apicella dissecting the trajectory of...
Np: Contexte and Editions Gallery Number 10, 1967. Square 8vo in stiff wrappers. Unpaginated. Text in French. An elegant and striking work of concrete poetry exploring the graphic nature of language and its subsequent breakdown. Through visually dynamic layouts that take advantage of scale, repetition, typography, and fragments of images...
Paris: Éric Losfeld Editeur, 1970. Large softcover 8vo in printed wraps offset printed in black and white. Unpaginated. Text in French, with an English translation of the Post Script essay. Inscribed in French by the artist in green ink on title page. Much like Bory’s other work, this suite of...
Firenze: Studio Inquadrature 33, 1973/4. Six saddle-stapled 16mos of the same size in publisher’s wrappers, with pages printed in black and white. Unpaginated (12 pp., 12 pp., 12 pp., 8 pp., 12 pp., and 8 pp. respectively.) Text in Italian. A series of exhibition catalogs from this Italian gallery featuring...
Pollenza MC, Altro: La nuova foglio, Magma Editrice, 1971. Black card stock 4to slipcase with white silkscreen printing on both sides housing a white card stock portfolio with folded flaps containing a title page, one double-folded signature, and five tri-folded signatures all laid loose inside the cover. All signatures, including...
Ingatestone Essex: Collection OUt, Nd. Edition of 100, of which this is no. 52. Large poster 50.6 x 111.7 cm (19.9 x 44") in size, silkscreened on recto side only in purple, orange, and black on heavy cream stock. Numbered and signed by the artist in ink at lower margin...
Paris: Revue Ou, 1971. 50 x 34.5 cm (19.67 x 14") poster silkscreened in gold and blue ink on thick uncoated paper stock. Inscribed and signed in pencil by the artist. An unfolded, inscribed, and signed example of Chopin’s tribute to Burroughs originally issued as a folded poster in ‘Revue...
London: The Poetry Society, 1974. A4 sheet printed in black and white recto side only. 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 Hansen, and Sean O’Huigin among others. Very good with handling...
Ingatestone Essex: Collection OUt, Nd. Edition of 100, of which this is no. 51. Large poster 50.4 x 109.2 cm (19.8 x 43") in size, silkscreened on recto side only in black and silver on cream stock. Numbered in pencil at lower right tip. Text in French. Nº 000 (the...
Torino: Edizione il punto, 1970. Edition of 1,000 of which this is no. 0470. Small 8vo in printed card stock wrappers. Unpaginated (ca. 30 pp.) Text in French and Italian. A small program containing concrete poetry and artwork for an imagined art festival that never actually took place. Organized by...