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Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First edition, first printing. Includes essays on Julio Le Parc and Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, a poem by Charles Tomlinson, and more. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are a little age toned. Binding is tight and square. Covers show some light edgewear. From the collection of the Gotham Book Mart. 32pp.
Published by Philip Steadman,, 1967
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. A very good clean copy. Stapled wrappers.
Published by Philip Steadman, 1967
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Cover is tanned and worn along edges. Light stains around outer edge of front cover, not affecting legibility. Pages are lightly foxed and tanned, but text is bright and unmarked.
Published by Philip Steadman, 1966
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Cover is lightly worn along edges. Half centimeter vertical tear from bottom edge of front cover. Cover and pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.
Soft cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Top inner corners of front and back covers are creased. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge, 1968
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 240 x 240 mm. 32pp. Printed black and white, stapled. Issue no. 7 of Form magazine. The most significant British magazine of the 1960s concentrating on pure abstraction and through this art theory, avant-garde magazines et al. This issue includes features on Kinetic Art in Czechoslovakia and Kinetic Film, Cinema and Semiology, New American Photography and Great Little Magazines. Contributors include Alice Andrews, Robert W. Fchter, Roger Mertin, Reginald Heron, Thomas F. barrow, Joel Meyerowitz, Simon Cutts, Peter Wollen, Jan Slavik. Condition: Spotting, handling and wear to covers and some pages. As seen, first four pages have heavy crease top right corner. No tears or writing. reference copy only. Good.
Published by Kingsland Prospect Press Ltd., London, 1964
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Good only. Book. 265 x 210 mm, 64 pp. in printed stapled wraps. Front cover image ('Portrait of Andree Dantu by Richard Hardwick: three phases of a Dantu polaroid light mobile') in colour, contents illustrated with both colour and b/w images. Three issues of Image (usually a 'careers' magazine for young graduates) were effectively taken over by important Cambridge academics of the day, all with a specific interest in concrete poetry and kinetic art: Philip Steadman, Stephen Bann and Reg Gadney. The issues of Image dedicated to kinetic and concrete poetry were particularly noteworthy for their commitment to translation and reprinting 'lost' texts, an imaginative use of layout and photography, and enlightening academic essays on their given subjects. This particular issue is entirely dedicated to kinetic art and concrete poetry (as the title suggests), and the editorial (which is idiosyncratically placed in the middle of the publication) reads: 'This issue of IMAGE is largely devoted to Kinetic Art: art, that is, incorporating real movement as opposed to the painted or static illusion of movement.' It is illustrated with a photograph of the editors and contributors - Stephen Bann, Reg Gadney, Frank Popper, Phil Steadman and Citroen - strolling through Paris. The issue features an essay by the concrete poetry specialist Stephen Bann, entitled 'Communication and Structure in Concrete Poetry', which comes with a reprinted letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Pierre Garnier, dated September 17th 1963. Translated by Bann are extracts from 'Manifesto for a new poetry, visual and phonic' by the concrete poet Pierre Garnier: 'The word is an element. / The word is a material. / The word is an object.' Also included in this section is a manifesto by Eugen Gomringer, entitled 'from line to consideration', and translated by Mike Weaver. It was 'first printed in augenblick no 2 agis verlag baden-baden 1954'. Works by Augusto de Campos, Ronaldo Azeredo, Decio Pignatari and Haraldo de Campos are also reprinted here. The second academic essay featured is a text by Mike Weaver entitled 'Concrete and Kinetic: the poem as Functional Object', which is illustrated with reproduced typestracts by Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also featured is a text by the editor Philip Steadman, entitled 'Colour Music and the Art of Lumia, and an essay by Reg Gadney entitled 'An Introduction: Kinetic Art', which is illustrated with images of works by Alexander Calder and Alexander Schoffer's Chronus sculptures. There are artist profiles of Frank Malina (by Reg Gadney); Gregoria Vardanega (by Stephen Bann); Martha Boto (by R.G); J-M. Cruxent (by S.B); Andree Dantu (by R.G); Knud Hvidberg and William Soya (by R.G); Nino Calos (by R.G). Condition: some wear to covers, mark to back cover, 1 page (p.37/38) is loose from the binding though all pages are present, priced accordingly.
Published by Philip Steadman, UK, 1968
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Card covers, stapled spine. Condition: Good in wraps. First Edition. 25 x 25cm 32pp good card-covered magazine, some slight browning to wrappers, a slight crease at corner of rear wrapper. Contents include: 'The Kinetic Film 'Volumes'' by Jan Slavik, 'cinema and Semilogy: Some Points of Contact' by Peter Wollen and 'New American Photography, The Authentic Vision' by Mike Weaver.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge, 1968
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Very Good+. 240 x 240 mm. 32pp. Printed black and white, stapled. Issue no. 7 of Form magazine. The most significant British magazine of the 1960s concentrating on pure abstraction and through this art theory, avant-garde magazines et al. This issue includes features on Kinetic Art in Czechoslovakia and Kinetic Film, Cinema and Semiology, New American Photography and Great Little Magazines. Contributors include Alice Andrews, Robert W. Fchter, Roger Mertin, Reginald Heron, Thomas F. barrow, Joel Meyerowitz, Simon Cutts, Peter Wollen, Jan Slavik. Condition: Some light toning to covers, Internally and overall Very Good+.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge, England, 1967
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cover image by Josef Albers: Sanctuary, lithograph 1942. (illustrator). Form appeared from 1966 to 1968 edited by Mike Weaver, Philip Steadman and Stephen Barr. Steadman designed and published the 10 issues, existing mostly as a quarterly. The magazine's namesake was into the investigation and critical analysis in the arts, primarily kinetic and concrete poetry, and that was form. Additionally, according to Steadman, "it looked back to precursors in geometric abstraction, the sort of fields of the 1930s and 20s." Issue number 4 features articles on Black Mountain College, the Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry, 'Manifesto on the Lawfulness of Sound' by Raoul Hausmann, more. Very good, wear and some creasing to saddle-stapled spine, lightly discolored wraps with a 1" tear to cover Saddle-stapled with glossy b/w wraps, 9 3/4" x 9 3/4", 32 pp.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge, England, 1967
Seller: Better Read Than Dead, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cover image by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: 'Transparency' 1922, and 'Light Display Machine', 1922-30 (illustrator). Form appeared from 1966 to 1968 edited by Mike Weaver, Philip Steadman and Stephen Barr. Steadman designed and published the 10 issues, existing mostly as a quarterly. The magazine's namesake was into the investigation and critical analysis in the arts, primarily kinetic and concrete poetry, and that was form. Additionally, according to Steadman, "it looked back to precursors in geometric abstraction, the sort of fields of the 1930s and 20s." Issue number 6 features Stuart Lawrence on Russian Unofficial Art, Jean Charlot's Black Mountain College diary excerpts, more. Very good, wear and some creasing to saddle-stapled spine, lightly discolored wraps with a 1" tear to cover Saddle-stapled with glossy b/w wraps, 9 3/4" x 9 3/4", 32 pp.
Publication Date: 1967
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. STEADMAN, Philip, Mike WEAVER, and Stephen BANN, editors. Form No. 4. Cambridge, Philip Steadman, 15 April 1967. Fourth issue of Form, the groundbreaking art, architecture and literary magazine. Form was a British periodical edited by three Cambridge academics, aiming to stimulate discussion on the interplay between form and structure in art and explore connections between different art forms. Focused on kinetic art and concrete poetry, it featured contributions from contemporary artists, poets, writers, and critics, as well as republished and translated avant-garde texts. This fourth issue contains articles by notable figures such as Josef Albers, Anselm Hollo, and Lev Nusberg. Quarto (24.5 x 24.5 cm), illustrated throughout; overall good (lightly toned, wrappers slightly soiled).
Publication Date: 1966
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. STEADMAN, Philip, Mike WEAVER, and Stephen BANN, editors. Form No. 3. Cambridge, Philip Steadman, 15 December 1966. Third issue of Form, the groundbreaking art, architecture and literary magazine. Form was a British periodical edited by three Cambridge academics, aiming to stimulate discussion on the interplay between form and structure in art and explore connections between different art forms. Focused on kinetic art and concrete poetry, it featured contributions from contemporary artists, poets, writers, and critics, as well as republished and translated avant-garde texts. This third issue contains articles by notable figures such as Ernst Jandl, Mies van der Rohe, and Theo van Doesburg. Quarto (24.5 x 24.5 cm), illustrated throughout; overall good (lightly toned, wrappers slightly soiled).
Publication Date: 1966
Seller: CASSIUS&Co., London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. STEADMAN, Philip, Mike WEAVER, and Stephen BANN, editors. Form No. 2. Cambridge, Philip Steadman, 1 September 1966. Second issue of Form, the groundbreaking art, architecture and literary magazine. Form was a British periodical edited by three Cambridge academics, aiming to stimulate discussion on the interplay between form and structure in art and explore connections between different art forms. Focused on kinetic art and concrete poetry, it featured contributions from contemporary artists, poets, writers, and critics, as well as republished and translated avant-garde texts. This second issue contains articles by notable figures such as Gillo Dorfles, Frank Popper, and William Carlos Williams. Quarto (24.5 x 24.5 cm), illustrated throughout; overall good (lightly toned, wrappers slightly toned and creased, torn at head and foot, one short marginal tear).
Published by Kingsland Prospect Press, 1964
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Superb copy of a well done and thorough magazine on kinetic art and concrete poetry. One page dog-eared else excellent with slightest handling and shelfwear.
Published by Philip Steadman / Department of English at the University of Exeter, Cambridge / Exeter, 1969
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. No. 10. Oblong small quarto. 36pp. Illustrated, with a cover image by Rodchenko. Stapled self-wrappers. Light general wear and first few leaves with a small area of creasing and a tiny tear in the bottom margin, just about near fine. Prints "Structuralism & Literary Criticism" by Gerard Genette; "The Aesthetic of Ian Hamilton Finlay" by Simon Cutts; poems by Jiri Valoch and R. C. Kenedy; "Art in Crisis" by Charles Biederman; "Skullshapes" by Charles Tomlinson; and material regarding the little magazine *LEF*. Steadman designed and published 10 issues of *Form* between 1966 and 1969. His purpose, as stated in the first issue, was "to publish and provoke discussion of the relations of form to structure in the work of art, and correspondences between the arts. Emphasis is to be placed in particular on the fields of kinetic art and concrete poetry.".
Published by Kingsland Prospect Press Ltd., London, 1964
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Book. 265 x 210 mm, 64 pp. in printed stapled wraps. Front cover image ('Portrait of Andree Dantu by Richard Hardwick: three phases of a Dantu polaroid light mobile') in colour, contents illustrated with both colour and b/w images. Three issues of Image (usually a 'careers' magazine for young graduates) were effectively taken over by important Cambridge academics of the day, all with a specific interest in concrete poetry and kinetic art: Philip Steadman, Stephen Bann and Reg Gadney. The issues of Image dedicated to kinetic and concrete poetry were particularly noteworthy for their commitment to translation and reprinting 'lost' texts, an imaginative use of layout and photography, and enlightening academic essays on their given subjects. This particular issue is entirely dedicated to kinetic art and concrete poetry (as the title suggests), and the editorial (which is idiosyncratically placed in the middle of the publication) reads: 'This issue of IMAGE is largely devoted to Kinetic Art: art, that is, incorporating real movement as opposed to the painted or static illusion of movement.' It is illustrated with a photograph of the editors and contributors - Stephen Bann, Reg Gadney, Frank Popper, Phil Steadman and Citroen - strolling through Paris. The issue features an essay by the concrete poetry specialist Stephen Bann, entitled 'Communication and Structure in Concrete Poetry', which comes with a reprinted letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Pierre Garnier, dated September 17th 1963. Translated by Bann are extracts from 'Manifesto for a new poetry, visual and phonic' by the concrete poet Pierre Garnier: 'The word is an element. / The word is a material. / The word is an object.' Also included in this section is a manifesto by Eugen Gomringer, entitled 'from line to consideration', and translated by Mike Weaver. It was 'first printed in augenblick no 2 agis verlag baden-baden 1954'. Works by Augusto de Campos, Ronaldo Azeredo, Decio Pignatari and Haraldo de Campos are also reprinted here. The second academic essay featured is a text by Mike Weaver entitled 'Concrete and Kinetic: the poem as Functional Object', which is illustrated with reproduced typestracts by Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also featured is a text by the editor Philip Steadman, entitled 'Colour Music and the Art of Lumia, and an essay by Reg Gadney entitled 'An Introduction: Kinetic Art', which is illustrated with images of works by Alexander Calder and Alexander Schoffer's Chronus sculptures. There are artist profiles of Frank Malina (by Reg Gadney); Gregoria Vardanega (by Stephen Bann); Martha Boto (by R.G); J-M. Cruxent (by S.B); Andree Dantu (by R.G); Knud Hvidberg and William Soya (by R.G); Nino Calos (by R.G). Condition: near fine (contents fine minor rubbing to covers).
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge. April,, 1969
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Square small quarto. 32 pages. Wrappers. Illustrated. Includes Hans Richter on Marcel Duchamp, Joost Baljeu on Neoplasticism, H. H. Stuckenschmidt on Total Theatre, ''Notes on Theatre at Black Mountain College (1948-1952)'' by Mark Hedden, ''Theo van Doesburg is of Today'' by Maurice Agis and Peter Jones, etc.Slight creasing at edges. Very good indeed. Scarce.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge. September,, 1966
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. Square small quarto. 32 pages. Wrappers. Illustrated. Includes ''Le Parc and The Group Problem'' by Frank Popper, ''A Little Night Music'' by Charles Tomlinson, an article on Structuralism by Gillo Dorfles, William Carlos Williams on Emanuel Romano, etc.Slight creasing at edges. Very good indeed. Scarce.
Published by Philip Steadman, 1967
Seller: Tenderbooks, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. STEADMAN, Philip, Mike Weaver, Stephen Bann ed.s, Form no. 4 / Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry. First edition. Square 4to. 32pp with b&w illustrated in stapled printed wraps. Cambridge: Philip Steadman, 1967. Wraps lightly soiled and yellowed. A very good copy. An important issue of literary design journal Form featuring articles on the founding of Black Mountain College, an essay by Josef Albers, a map of the Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry, an essay on the early days of concrete poetry by Eugen Gomringer, an article on Kinetism and a feature on 'Great Little Magazines'. The designer and editor Philip Steadman says of the publication 'I designed the magazine, which was in the Swiss manner with a square format, a grid layout, and the Helvetica typeface throughout. It had been my original ambition to carry on publishing until a stack of the complete run formed a cube; but after ten numbers we ran out of money and steam.'.
Published by Philip Steadman, Cambridge, 1968
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Square quarto, 32 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white. Illustrated wrappers. Wrappers slightly soiled. - First edition. Summary: Black Mountain College: The Founding of the College, Lewis Shelley; The Hochschule at Ulm by Josef Albers; Albers' 'Graphic Tectonics,? by Irving Finkelstein; Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry Exhibition notes and map; The Early Days of Concrete Poetry by Eugen Gomringer; What is Kinetism?, by Lev Nusberg; Symmetry, Nature and the Plane + A Non-Aristotelian Creative Reality by Charles Biedermann; The Coherences by Anselm Hollo; Great Little Magazines: No. 4. Mécano: Two Men Kurt Schwitters; Towards a Constructive Poetry by I.K. Bonset + Manifesto on the Lawfulness of Sound by Raoul Hausmann.