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Published by Tuttle, Rutland, VT & Tokyo, 1962
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Stunning pristine copy in protective cardboard slip box. Binding is silky blue cloth with tipped-in decorative bluish silk stamped in orange Japanese lettering on front and spine, with gilt title on cloth cover. Paper dust jacket with full-color image from scroll is also in mint condition. Inside has decorative end papers and is perfectly clean and bright. Copiously illustrated with color images, many fold-outs, and with ample commentary. May require extra postage due to weight. Size: Folio.
Published by Something Else Press, New York, 1967
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ivory cloth, lettered on spine panel in silver foil on magenta field. Covers mildly tanned/foxed toward top and bottom edges. Spot of dried glue residue on front endpaper where envelope containing Oldenburg's business card was anchored upon publication (typically now lacking). Front endpaper fore-edge and text block fore-edge mildly soiled from handling. Color pictorial dust jacket shows 1" closed tear along top front edge with associated creasing, 1" closed tear along top rear edge, several small edge chips, a few creases to flaps, now in mylar. 1st ed. 152 pp. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Something Else Press, New York, 1967
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AS IS. There is slight moisture damage to lower edge of boards and very slight buckling to lower end of pages. No staining to pages but there is slight staining to cloth. Dust jacket is very good with a small abrasion near lower front corner and slight staining to inside of dust jacket. Slight edge wear including a few short tears. Some scuffing. Not price-clipped. No markings, no bookplate. Tipped to front flyleaf is a glassine envelope which contains a business card for the store run by Oldenburg.
Published by Something Else Press, 1967
Seller: Broad Street Books, Branchville, NJ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket and original business card. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.
Published by Something Else Press, New York Villefranche-sur-mer Franfurt-am-Main, 1967
Seller: Gotcha By The Books, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
First Edition
hardbound. profusely illustrated (illustrator). Selection by Claes Oldenburg and Emmett Williams of texts, graphic materials and photos from 1961-62 documenting Oldenburg's Store in New York, both a store in which things were bought and sold, and a venue for art, ideas, and performance, in which Oldenburg sold his own art thereby circumventing the formal art gallery space; includes Oldenburg's 'The Store' business card (black text on shimmering faceted blue) to transparent paper pocket adhered to front endpaper; photographs by Robert R. McElroy; cream cloth boards with titling blind-embossed to front and red label and silver titling to spine; illustrated endpapers, light green topstain; business card pocket tanned and with some creases and edgewear, o.w. Very Good throughout; very mild wear and mild foxing to boards; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, price clipped, short closed tear top rear, o.w. Very Good. Dustwrapper. unpaginated. 4to. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.
Published by Something Else, NY, 1967
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Grand opening The Store card in glassine envelope on front free endsheet Very good with gently rubbed edges and slight yellowing 2nd issue dust jacket. Very good with lightly bumped and chipped edges White cloth with green top edge. 4to.
Published by Something Else Press, Inc, New York and Frankfurt am Main, 1967
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A selection by Odenburg and Emmett Williams of texts, graphic materials and photos from 1961-62. Includes photographs by Robert r. McElroy. From the library of New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with his ownership signature and rubberstamp to the second page A very good copy with some foxing to the edges of the boards and some wear to the glassine envelope affixed to the front free endpaper that holds the business card issued with the book and in an about very good dust jacket with some edge wear, small chips and a horizontal slit to the rear panel that has some minor loss. Despite the flaws a solid copy with an interesting provenance.
OLDENBURG, CLAES & Emmett Williams. Store Days. Documents from The Store (1961) and Ray Gun Theatre (1962). Unpaginated, well illustrated with photographs by Robert R. McElroy. Small folio, cloth. New York, Something Else Press, 1967. Business card intact.
Published by Something Else Press, New York, 1967
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket, green topstain; 148pp.; photographic illus. throughout; glassine envelope containing The Store's blue business card mounted to front free endpaper. Fine. Pictorial document of Oldenburg's Store and Ray Gun Theater, a public art installation which also featured performances.
Published by Something Else Press New York, 1967
Seller: David Kaye Books & Memorabilia, Woodland Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition ~1st Printing Hardcover illustrated memoirs of the renowned pop artist, near fine in near fine dust jacket, in mylar cover; gentle rubbing to jacket edges, lite foxing to boards and pageblock edges, owner name/date on pre-title page else a tight square unmarked copy in unclipped dust jacket with a near mint business card/invitation for the grand opening of "The Store" included in a small cellophane envelope affixed to the free front endpaper.
Published by Something Else Press, New York, 1967
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 148 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles (part colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy, with Oldenburg's "Store" business card inserted in glassine pocket on free endpaper. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. This book documents Oldenburg's exhibitions and happenings at The Store, his East Village shop, in the early sixties. Vintage publication from Dick Higgins' Something Else Press. Photographs by Robert R. McElroy. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Published by New York: Something Else Press, 1967
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Quarto. 152 pp. Illustrated with both color and b/w photos an drawings. White cloth. Blind-stamped on the front panel are the words: "Ray Gun Mfg Co 107 E 2." Affixed to the front free end-paper is the small envelope with the business card the "The Store" which shows an address of "107 East 2nd St. New York city." The title page shows a name compactly written in ink. A few pages show ink notations. The price is present on the mylar-wrapped DJ which shows a few small chips.
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY CLAES OLDENBURG across the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and VG in its off-white cloth, with a thin band of foxing along the front and rear panel's top-edges. And in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light scuffing at the rear panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white and color illustrations thruout complementing the text. (From the title page: "Documents from The Store {1961} and Ray Gun Theatre {1962} -- Selected by Claes Oldenburg and Emmett Williams -- Photographs by Robert R. McElroy"). Also includes a pristine example of the original business card for "The Store" (at 107 E. 2nd St.), which is inserted into its glassine pocket pasted-on to the front free endpaper.
Published by Something Else Press, 1967
Seller: Resource for Art and Music Books , Ivoryton, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed/signed by Claes Oldenburg on second endpage, Claes's business card attached to FFEP. 4to., plates, ill., Firm binding, light cocking, several dents to bottom edges of boards. DJ chipped with one closed tear to rear panel, front fold creased ; Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking. Signed by Author.
Published by Something Else Press: NY, 1967
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos by Robert R. McElroy, 11 x 8.5", embossed cloth, unpaginated, extremities a little worn and toned else a nice, clean copy in an edge-worn/torn, rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP), BOLDLY SIGNED BY OLDENBURG ON FRONT FLY. Also on the front fly is affixed a small, browned envelope with a "The Store" business card enclosed.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A significant Association copy. INSCRIBED BY CLAES OLDENBURG TO PHOTOGRAPHER DUANE MICHALS, FOR YEARS A FELLOW MAINSTAY OF THE CREATIVE AND ARTISTIC SCENES IN GREENWICH VILLAGE. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (a touch of foxing at the fore-edge) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest hint of wear at the tips and along the foot of the spine. Very light creasing as well near the spine crown, otherwise clean and very well-preserved. (From the title page: "Documents from The Store {1961} and Ray Gun Theatre {1962} -- Selected by Claes Oldenburg and Emmett Williams -- Photographs by Robert R. McElroy"). Also includes a pristine example of the original business card for "The Store" (at 107 E. 2nd St.), which is inserted into its glassine pocket pasted-on to the front free endpaper.
Published by Primary Information / Something Else Press, New York, 2007
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Book. New York, NY : Primary Information / Something Else Press, 2007 / 1965 - 1967 ; artists' book ; boxed edition ; offset-printed ; staple bound ; black-and-white ; 24 x 16 x 7 cm. [boxed] ; 20 vol. : 19 vol. [16] pp. ; 1 vol. [32] pp. ; edition size 200 ; unsigned and numbered. While they shared the same format, each title in the series was printed on varying colors and types of paper. True to the originals, each pamphlet is printed on various types and colors of paper and the complete edition comes in a hand-made pine box (note that some sets are offered without the wooden box). List of pamphlets 01. By Alison Knowles / Alison Knowles; 02. A Book About Love & War & Death: Canto One / Dick Higgins; 03. Chance-Imagery / George Brecht; 04. Injun & Other Histories (1960) / Claes Oldenburg; 05. Incomplete Requiem for W. C. Fields / Al Hansen; 06. Ritual: A Book of Primitive Rites and Events / Jerome Rothenberg; 07. Some Recent Happenings / Allan Kaprow; 08. Manifestos / Includes work by Oyvind Fahlstrom, Robert Filliou, John Giorno. Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Nam June Paik, Diter Rot, Jerome Rothenberg, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts and Emmett Williams; 09. Berlin and Phenomena / Wolf Vostell; 10. The Twin Plays: Port-au-Prince & Adams County Illinois / Jackson Mac Low; 11. Diary: Change the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) / John Cage; 12. The Cursive Scandinavian Salve / Bengt af Klintberg; 13. Auto Biography / David Antin; 14. Popular Entertainments / Philip Corner; 15. A Filliou Sampler / Robert Filliou; 16. Untitled Essays and Other Works / Allan Kaprow; 17. A Look into the blue tide, part 2 / Diter Rot [Dieter Roth]; 18. The Art of Noise / Luigi Russolo; 19. The Last French-Fried Potato and Other Poems / Emmett Williams; 20. A Zaj Sampler / Contains work by Jose-Luis Castillejo, Ramiro Cortes, Javier Martines Cuadrado, Juan Hidalgo, Walter Marchetti, Tomas Marco, and Eugenio de Vicente. Reprinted in 2007 in painstaking detail to match the original publications as closely as possible and housed in a wood box screenprinted with the Great Bear logo. Bookseller Inventory #000078L.
Published by Primary Information, 2007
Seller: Books by Artists, Paris, France
Book
Couverture rigide. Condition: Comme neuf. boîte en bois avec 20 livres, 336 p. noir et blanc, agrafés, 200 ex.