Robert Duncan Jess (64 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tight binding, soiled illustrated wraps, foxing to page edges, previous owner's name to front end paper, otherwise internally clean and unmarked. In mylar sleeve. Stated 1st Evergreen edition. Jess Collins (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Paperback in wraps, near fine, trivial shelwear.

73 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. 2000 copies printed. Cover and 23 internal paste-ups by Jess. Bertholf A8f. Young 1099*. Second edition, second paperbound printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The jacket is shelf worn with the corner edges being slightly bumped. The cover is in good condition with no visible flaws apart from some handling wear. Binding is secure and inside is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 1972. Second, expanded, edition. 73pp. A Near Fine copy with some signs of age & handling. Internally bright & clean; binding is firm & square. Very light bumping to corners & edges. Printed cover is whole with no chips or tears, with some light foxing/sunning around edges. Cover art and 23 internal paste-ups by JESS. An edition of 2600, this is one of 2000 in wrappers. First published in 1955, this 1972 Second Edition is expanded. Jess (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. An Evergreen Original. From the library, albeit unmarked, of Columbia College author/scholar and Story Workshop creator John Schultz and his wife, the author/professor Betty Shiflett. A clean, unmarked and bright copy.

No binding. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Spine and front of folder are stained, but legibility is not impacted. Inside edges of folder and edges of individual sheets are tanned, but readability is not affected. Sheets are unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 73pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; perfect-bound and sewn in illustrated card wrappers. Some light toning and shelfwear to the covers. Internally clean and sharp. This book showcases amazing artwork by Jess (1923-2004), who was a top-notch collage artist, perhaps the finest since the German Dadaist/Surrealist Max Ernst. Best known for these "paste-up" collages, Jess also created paintings, drawings, and sculptural works. Robert Duncan's poems that appear in his script in this book "were written to illustrate the artist's paste-ups." Duncan and Jess were lifelong partners and shared a home in San Francisco. They collaborated on many other projects. This title was originally published by The Divers Press in 1955, which this 1972 Sand Dollar edition revises and expands upon. Second edition [revised and expanded]. One of 2000 copies in illustrated wrappers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Somewhat over size volume bound in decorated white cardboard. Spiral bound. A crack to the spiral binding else a solid example. Scarce! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages. Illustrated by Jess (illustrator).

Softcover, 24 pages; very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. TRANSLATIONS by JESS. Introduction by ROBERT DUNCAN. Catalog for the exhibition that took place at the Odyssia Gallery, New York, in 1971. NEW YORK: Odyssia Gallery, 1971. Printed by Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 1000 softcover and 200 hardcover copies. Softcovers, 8x10 inches, xiii, 26, [6] pages. Illustrated in b&w. Laid-in is a fold-open invitation to the opening of the exhibition. Though uncalled for in the softcover edition, THIS copy is warmly SIGNED, INSCRIBED and DATED by JESS to his friend, the noted Marin County bookseller MICHAEL GOOD: "For Mike Good / In hopes he'll like our picture-book / affectionately, JESS ". NEAR FINE condition, tight, bright, clean and unmarked. Copies of this catalog are rarely found INSCRIBED by the artist. A nice bibliophilic association copy. About JESS (from Wikipedia): ******Jess Collins, b.1923 d.2004, known today simply as Jess, was an American visual artist. He met Robert Duncan in 1950 and began a relationship with the poet that lasted for 37 years until Duncan's death in 1988. The two men lived and worked for decades from their historic Victorian home in the Mission District, "a wonderland of an old house, filled to the roof with art". Jess's art received international attention with solo exhibitions at the The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1974), the Galleria Odyssia in Rome (1975), the Wadsworth Atheneum[11] (1975), the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (1977), the Berkeley Art Museum (1980), and The Arts Club of Chicago (1981). In 2019, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art mounted the show "Mythos, Psyche, Eros: Jess and California", which paired paintings and collages: "that privileged the mystical, whimsical, and absurd" by "one of San Francisco's most enigmatic figures.". JESS (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. This publication is made possible by a generous grant from Drew and Katie Gibson with additional support from the San Jose Mercury News. In great condition. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Condition: Very good. First edition thus. Collection of poems written to illustrate the artist's paste-ups, published by Jack Shoemaker at Sand Dollar Press, a reprint of the original Diver's Press edition. Publisher's pictorial wrappers by Jess. 73 pages. Wraps mildly toned with a faint touch of foxing at front. Interior clean and bright.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Limited edition of 1,000 copies printed. Catalog of an exhibition held by Odyssia Gallery, New York from May 8 to June 12, 1971.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Wrappers. pp.[iv], xiii, [33]. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of oil paintings by Jess held in May-June 1971. (The title is given as 'Translation' on the title page, 'Translations' externally.) This variant differs from the (taller) Black Sparrow Press special edition by listing Odyssia Gallery on the spine, first page (which is blank in the hardback) and title page, and the colophon has been adapted to specify the 1000 paperback copies. Lightly spotted to the head edge, slightly rubbed, and moderately bumped in places, the upper wrapper with a couple of short scratches/impressions near its tail edge, and a few leaves dog-eared (probably in production), but Very Good overall. This copy has been signed by Jess and inscribed to Tom (Raworth). Signed by Artist. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (20pp.). Catalogue reproducing (in black and white) fourteen paste-ups which were exhibited from 28 October to 10 December 1989. Somewhat rubbed as well as bumped in places, the staples rusty, but serviceable nonetheless, and signed by Jess. Signed by Artist.…

Spiral Bound. Condition: Good. book has moderate wear to cover- with some creasing around corners- small amounts of staining/smudging, mild wear to corners, edges, and around spiral binding, spiral binding missing last two bottom notches, otherwise in clean very readable shape.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. One of 250 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by Robert Duncan & Jess. 4to. Yellow cloth with illustration and spine label affixed. pp.[iv], xiii, [33]. Published for Odyssia Gallery of New York City in conjunction with an exhibition of oil paintings by Jess held in May-June 1971. (The title is given as 'Translation' on the title page, 'Translations' externally.) Outwardly somewhat marked, and with areas of light fading/discolouration to the cloth, the spine a little rolled, but Very Good overall in slightly lesser acetate jacket, with small chips and splits to the folds, a couple of corner creases and small dents, as well as general shelfwear and a small sticker ghost, but sound. Signed by Author and Artist.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. No.196 of 250 copies, signed by both Jess Collins and Robert Duncan on colophon page. Vivid yellow cloth-covered boards with pasted-on title and spine labels. In original acetate jacket, also fine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 4to. 91pp. Black cloth-covered boards with decoration in gold of lion emblem stamped on front board; titles on spine. Of 203 copies signed on colophon page by Duncan and Jess, this is no.27. A very fine copy. Jess (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).

73 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art and internal illustrations throughout by Jess. One of 600 copies. Sand Dollar/8. Bertholf A8d. Young 1099*. Second edition, first hardcover printing.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Very good+ -- illus. wraps (one staple top left corner). Issue 6 of this important 'Spicer Circle'/'San Francisco Renaissance' mimeo mag edited by Stan Persky. 15 issues were published -- all in 1964. Very scare - each issue limited to 50 copies. Quite a fresh copy. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. [68pp]. White card wraps in jacket with edges folded over wraps. Jacket features a B&W Jess collage; red titles along spine. Moderate rubbing where folded flaps create slight ridges under jacket, and light wear along top edge. Internally crisp and clean. Sixteen collages facing text, some in Duncan's holograph. First edition, one of 200 regular, unlettered, copies. Collins, Jess (illustrator). …

Softcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. dr2. Limited to 500cc. Comb binding. Jess (illustrator).

Ephemera. First Edition. Printed folder with four sheets, printed rectos (front side) only. 8-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. The exhibit catalog for a show of Jess's collage works. Duncan contributes Structure of Rime XXVII, here published for the first time. The other sheets (all text) are a list of works in the exhibition, a bio of the artist, and a checklist of publications. First edition (first printing). A near fine, complete copy.…

First edition. Octavo. 16 pages. Wrappers. A collection of collages and poems, this being the first publication by the American visual artist who lived with Robert Duncan. The latter provides what he calls a "Pre-Face".Covers a little rubbed at spine. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. #175/250cc, signed by Jess and by Robert Duncan, who wrote the introduction. Covers stained along top and bottom edges, but doesn't affect textblock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (16pp.). Collages and poems, 'a book that oughtn't have been done to Art, a serious alteration in the possibilities'. Slightly rubbed for example to the spine fold, which is also thinly toned, the staples rusty internally, the head edge spotted, but generally crisp.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Ring bound folio, b&w illus, 48pp,HP2.

Paperback. Condition: VG. Staple-bound 8vo, 47 pages, Very Good minus condition with a chip missing at rear by crown of spine; light soiling & fading to covers & some edge-wear. Interior, while tanned, is nearly flawless. Uncommon.