Stephen Spera (17 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff silver wraps, lettered in black, oblong format. Minor rubbing to covers, minor creasing to bottom rear corner, nearly as issued. Illus. w/ b&w photographs. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Stiff silver wraps, lettered in black, oblong format. Minor rubbing to covers, essentially as issued. Illus. w/ b&w photographs. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. Oblong 8vo, 36pp, stapled wrappers. An unusual collaborative work of experimental writing and photography. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, minor wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Unmarked copy from the collection of unelect intellectual Opal Louis Nations, who contributes a useful text on engaging a hitman. Also work by Crad Kilodney and other worthies. A rare early issue of this mystifyingly titled journal. Light outer sunning and wear. Not Signed.

Magazine. 48p., 7.5x10 inches, poetry, prose, photos, very good literary arts journal in stapled wraps. Contains two original contributions by Baraka, "The Device" and "Important Sonnet".

Soft cover. Condition: Very good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj as Issued. First Edition. Unpaginated. Grey and black wraps have some signs of previous use. There is wear to the spine and the edges, as well as some bending in the corners. Each poem or block of text is accompanied on the opposite page by a black and white photograph throughout the book. Size: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Punk-era little magazine from the Lower East Side. Unmarked copy with a little reading wear. Not Signed.

Exhibition invite, 4 x 6 inches; very good condition; a mailed copy with address and postal marks on rear.

Artist postcard, 4 x 6 inches; very good condition; an unmailed copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 12pp, stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED to Opal Louis Nations on the title page in the year of publication. Number 32 of 100 copies of this experimental work. Unmarked copy, a little toning and sunning to wrappers. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the top edge of the pages is lightly age toned and lightly foxed. Binding is sturdy and square. Covers are lightly worn around the corners and at the head and base of the spine.

Exhibition invite, 3 x 8 inches; very good condition; light creases; an unmailed copy on thin paper.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Suzanne Horwitz (illustrator). First Edition. illustrated wraps. very good condition. Textured paper, with macabre images accompanied by text. Signature of the illustrator, Suzanne Horwitz, on the title page. Signed by Suzanne Horwitz. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Magazine. Cove by David King. Small quarto. 48pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. A literary anthology based in New York City with contributions from Robert Kelly, Amiri Baraka [LeRoi Jones] Gary Lenhart, Vincente Aleixandre, Roland Legiardi-Laura, Skye Vermont, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Thomas D'Adamo, Anne Waldman, Stephen Spera, Roque Dalton, Linda Lerner, Jeff Wright, Tom Savage, David Taylor, and Patti Landi.

Softcover. textured wraps w/ blue & orange illustration, black printing. approx 46 unpaginated pgs w/ bw illustrations. A collboration of words and images by Stephen Spera and Suzanne Horvitz. Dedicated to the work of poet and photographer, Joel Colten. VG+ (edge-wear to wraps, rubbing to corners & spine ends; crease to lower front corner).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Philadelphia Eye and Ear, 1980 Small staple bound art book with red deckle edge cover stamped with title in red. Surreal collage illustrations in black and white. Inscribed by "S" on title page. Includes card-size art print by Spera. Some sunning/fading along outer spine, abrasion/stain on back cover, glue at lower inner front spine has peeled paper away but binding is fully intact. (H-KShelf). Inscribed by Author(s). Soft cover. Very Good.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Cover by Gail Porter. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Light wear, very near fine. Features "Museum of Modern Rat" by Stephen Spera; "Translations of the Diaries of Laura the Schoolgirl" by Kathy Acker; "Losing the Form in Darkness (from the Waterfront Journals)" by David Wojnarowicz; "The Ill-Tempered Caviller & The Flinstones Variations" by Peter Cherches; "Bibi-la-Bibiste" by Raymonde Linossier (translated and with an introduction by Keith Waldrop); "Species of Intoxication" by Michael Gizzi; and "American Transmissions & See Atoms Lifeless" by "I, Adult Strong." According to the title page, this book constitutes Volume IX of *Diana's Monthly*.