wallace berman david meltzer (6 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 118 pages. Exhibition catalog for a traveling show that started in Fort Worth, TX and then traveled to Berkeley and Seattle for additional dates. Features an interview with Walter Hopps along with essays by Robert Duncan and David Meltzer. Includes numerous black and white illustrations, chronology, checklist, and a bibliography. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minute wear. A very nice copy of this uncommon catalog.

[18] pp.; 18.7 x 12.2 cm.; tipped in image[s]; duotone; edition size 350; unsigned and unnumbered; letterpress Issue number five of Semina, published and edited by Wallace Berman. Issue five features folded covers housing a printed manila pocket housing 18 loose poems and images. Artists include Wallace Berman, John Wieners, David Meltzer, Ruth Weiss, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, Christopher Maclaine, Anne McKeever, Antonin Artaud, Larry Jordan, Kirby Doyle, Philip Lamantia, John Chance, Robt. Kaufman, Michael McClure, John Reed, Wm. Margolia, and John Hoffman. Cover photo by Charles Brittin. Type was handset and done on 5 x 8 inch handpress. All images in it are in Cancun Mexico. Verso features a portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Very Good. Complete copy featuring all 18 inserts. Rubbing and bumping off cover edges. 4.8 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner of verso, 2.4 cm. crease to bottom right corner of verso, and 12 inch long crease parallel to bottom edge of verso. Very light creasing to 3 of the 18 inserts, 2.1 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of uncredited illustration of a woman, and light yellowing to Peyote Poem by John Wieners. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked.

[14] pp.; 21.7 x 15.4 cm.; other special feature[s]; duotone; edition size 335; unsigned and unnumbered; letterpress Issue number six [ VI ] of Semina, featuring "The Clown," a 13 page poem by David Meltzer printed in red ink. Includes an illustrated title page. Features folded covers containing a printed manila pocket housing the contents. Published and edited by Wallace Berman and with cover photo by Berman. Type was handset and done on 5 x 8 inch warped handpress. Good. Missing pages 2, 3, 4, and 13, the loss of which is noted in a handwritten inscription on the inside of the recto by Wallace Berman written in red ink. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Rubbing and handling wear to covers with 6 cm. gentle bend to top right corner of covers, 1.7 cm. area of light staining to bottom left of recto with additional 1.6 cm. light area of yellow staining. Pin hole to center of covers and "1960" written in blue ink on recto (see image). 2.8 cm. of loss to left side edge of verso with some surface tearing around the tear's perimeter. 2.2 cm. dog-ear to bottom left corner of verso.

[18] pp.; 18.7 x 12.2 cm.; tipped in image[s]; duotone; edition size 350; unsigned and unnumbered; letterpress Issue number five of Semina, published and edited by Wallace Berman. Issue five features folded covers housing a printed manila pocket housing 18 loose poems and images. Artists include Wallace Berman, John Wieners, David Meltzer, Ruth Weiss, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, Christopher Maclaine, Anne McKeever, Antonin Artaud, Larry Jordan, Kirby Doyle, Philip Lamantia, John Chance, Robt. Kaufman, Michael McClure, John Reed, Wm. Margolia, and John Hoffman. Cover photo by Charles Brittin. Type was handset and done on 5 x 8 inch handpress. All images in it are in Cancun Mexico. Verso features a portrait of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Poor / Good. This copy contains 17 of the 18 inserts: missing photograph of Philip Lamantia injecting heroin by Wallace Berman (aka Pantale Xantos). Includes a two-sided handwritten letter by Wallace Berman to previous owner introducing the issue. Significant rubbing and wear to covers (as noted by Berman himself in his letter noting it had even been through mudslides). Rubbing, staining, and creasing across covers, 8 mm. fold/surface tear to bottom right corner of recto. 1.5 cm. crease to bottom left corner of verso. Wear to edges of contents with staining, dog-ears, and handling wear.

[14] pp.; 21.7 x 15.4 cm.; other special feature[s]; duotone; edition size 335; unsigned and unnumbered; letterpress Issue number six [ VI ] of Semina, featuring "The Clown," a 13 page poem by David Meltzer printed in red ink. Includes an illustrated title page. Features folded covers containing a printed manila pocket housing the contents. Published and edited by Wallace Berman and with cover photo by Berman. Type was handset and done on 5 x 8 inch warped handpress. Very Good. Near complete copy featuring all 13 pages of the poem, all of which are in Fine condition, but missing the illustrated title page. Rubbing and bumping of cover edges with 6.3 cm. bend to top right corner of covers, 1.2 cm. dog-ear to bottom right corner of recto and verso. 7 mm. light tear to top right corner of recto Minimal wear to manila pocket, contents otherwise clean and unmarked.

Folded pictorial covers with interior printed manila pocket housing 18 loose poems and images. 18.5x12 cm (7 1/2" x 5"). One of 350 copies. Contents complete. Near Fine, light wear and soiling to wrappers; some pieces with toning or offsetting, a few with creases at corner tips The fifth installment of Wallace Berman's legendary artist's magazine. Contributors include Berman, John Wieners, David Meltzer, Ruth Weiss, Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz, Christopher Maclaine, Anne McKeever, Antonin Artaud, Larry Jordan, Kirby Doyle, Philip Lamantia, John Chance, Bob Kaufman, Michael McClure, John Reed, Wm. Margolia, and John Hoffman. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. All are now rare.