Teter Holbrook (21 results)

Paperback. 126p., wraps, very good condition. Pocket book format. Includes sections on Central American refugees in the USA (esp. El Salvadorians). Blurbs by Noam Chomsky, M.F.K. Fisher, Robert Creely, Kay Boyle, Randy Shilts, Oscar Hijuelos and others.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 126 pages. The author recounts his experience traveling between 1987 and 1990 in Central America and visiting detention camps in Texas. Blurbs by M.F. K. Fisher, Howard Zinn, Kay Boyle, Noam Chomsky, Robert Creeley, and others. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in whitewrappers (paperback).

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 126 pages. The author recounts his experience traveling between 1987 and 1990 in Central America and visiting detention camps in Texas. Blurbs by M.F. K. Fisher, Howard Zinn, Kay Boyle, Noam Chomsky, Robert Creeley, and others. First edition (first printing). As new copy in illustrated wrappers (paperback).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Light edge wear to the wraps. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Slight fading on rear cover along spine, otherwise in very good condition.

Paperback. 72p., 5.25x8.5 inches, letters from prisoners, very good booklet in stapled wraps, first edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. Wrappers. [xvi], 128pp. Illustrated. With back cover quotations by Kay Boyle, Robert Creeley, and Noam Chomsky: 'It is a revelation, and a constant inspiration, to discover how courageous people resist the most horrendous criminal terror.'.

First edition. 5 3/4 x 15" poster, linocut print on white uncoated paper. A rebus calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon, which was also produced as a bumper sticker. One of the most striking examples of several items the press produced during the Watergate era. See Johnston p. 54 for a great account by Eileen Callahan of distributing this bumper sticker to senators in Washington. This appears to be a variant or proof copy not noted by Johnston, printed on white, uncoated paper. Johnston p. 206. Fine.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Octavo in white wrappers with b&w illus.; 72 pp., 22 cm. In English. Scarce. Near fine with very light soil from handling to the wrappers; o/w tight clean copy with bright unmarked, crease-free pages.

Early work from the legendary California press. Alastair Johnson writes in ZEPHYRUS IMAGE: A Bibliography that this early work was "probably the second from the press." This particular state is a "reissue" of the first state, but which was "probably left over from the first issue," as the text header is still intact (the linocut was later repurposed for another broadside reading "Detonate Sutro Tower." [Johnson 184]. Broadside, 8.75" by 6.5" approx. Near fine. Bottom-right corner shows hint of foxing and trivial touch of wear. Else clean, sharp.

First edition. 7 x 11", four unbound leaves. Linotype in black on cream card stock. This copy missing the clear laminated plastic sleeve, as usual. Fine. This last book from the press is a spoof on fine printing. The title refers to the first English language cookbook and acts as a menu for fine printing. Offering different breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus with options such as Kerned Beef Nash, Bold Face Potatoes, Frozen Uncials, and Printer's Thumb Pate. One of the great satirical works of the press. To drink: Zapfindel. Johnston pp. 155-56. Fine.

First edition. 4 3/4 x 13 1/4" bumper sticker, linocut print in turquoise on newsprint (Johnston state c). A rebus calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. One of the most striking examples of several items the press produced during the Watergate era. See Johnston p. 54 for a great account by Eileen Callahan of distributing this bumper sticker to senators in Washington. [Johnston pp. 54, 206]. Very good with some light toning and creasing and a couple of short nicks to margins.

Condition: Good. Folio. 8 pp., Unbound Wraps, Good with staining and edge wear, faint creasing. Illustrated. Magazine published from Dick's Bar in San Francisco's Casto/Mission neighborhood. Scarce example of SF underground publishing. A mixture of short stories and comic strips about bars and eating.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Small Flip Book. 4 x 4 1/2 inches slightly oblong. First Printing (no printing or edition stated)). Subtitle reads, ""The Holy Bible, containing, The Same Old Thing, translated by wagging tongues, being the version set forth A.D. 1977 by, Anita Bryant, Dale Evans, & John Briggs, Gadfly." Staple bound stiff brown paper with title to cover in gold. Interior illustrations in black to right side page creating flip book from cross to swastika. With red faux ribbon bookmark. With lightly penciled price to top corner first page. VERY FINE. All corners pointed. Binding firm, without stress creasing and square. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. Not marked but for penciled price and very clean and bright. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Broadside, 17 1/2 x 11 3/16 in. Michael Myers' linocut of octopus is seen in two states a) orange and b) blue; this copy in blue. (Johnston p. 198.) Lightly rumpled, very good to near fine.

Condition: Good. Broadside. 11" x 17" Oblong. Letterpress On Laid Paper With Deckled Edges, Decorative Blue Octopus Illustration (Myers' linocut Variant B), Text Printed in Black Ink. Watermark: T H Saunders. Zephrus Image: A Bibliography by Alastair Johnston, p. 198 (reproduced). Very Good. First Edition.

Condition: Good. Broadside. 11" x 17" Oblong. Letterpress On Laid Paper With Deckled Edges, Decorative Red-Orange Octopus Illustration (Myers' linocut, Zephrus Image Variant A), Text Printed in Black Ink. Zephrus Image: A Bibliography by Alastair Johnston, p. 198 (reproduced). Very Good. First Edition.

First edition. 6 x 4 1./2", 21 pp. Stab-stapled in card covers. A flipbook literary takedown in the spirit of Pine Nuts, but this time aimed at Charles Olson. The book reproduces drawings by Myers of Olson standing in front of a weather map. When the book is flipped he moves his finger back and forth over his lips, mimicking a familiar action used to get babies to laugh. The phrase "Black Mountain Groan" puns on the relationship to the Black Mountain School and their spokesman at that time. Johnston p. 209. Very good with a crease along staple line, some minor wear and indenting to covers and a slight bit of play at lower staple on back cover.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. First state of this scarce broadside printed by Holbrook Teter and Michael Myers's Zephyrus Press, which famously graced telephone poles around Berkeley. An early work from Zephyrus Image. OCLC locates at most three holdings. An iconic work by this influential West Coast artists' press. 12" x 6" approximately. Broadside. Linocut in green on newsprint. Single fold at bottom edge not effecting image. Moderately toned, as common. Mild wear.

Original flipbook. 11.25 x 10.2 cm., titlepage, 12ll. of illustrations printed in black on rectos, colophon, stab stapled into the original stiff brown paper boards, titles in gilt, red faux ribbon bookmark, on Kraft or hemp paper. Healdsburg, Hermes Free Press [Zephyrus Image], Copyright 1977. Lower board with a faint water stain, contents fine and unflipped. In Johnston p-208 (illustrated) who collates for blue Tweedweave wrappers only. Commercially one of the scarcest and most sought after of Zephyrus Image ephemera. Provenance: from Holbrook Teter's archive with the old Maggs pencil stock number in back. The cover title is Dade County Bible , referring to '.Anita Bryant ? the former Miss America and spokesperson for Florida's frozen juice industry [who was] also the vocal leader of an infamous anti-gay campaign in Dade County, Florida' (p-128 Stephen Vincent in Johnstone). The flipbook starts with a small black cross that, when flipped, trans- forms into a swastika. Teter used a form of situationist style street theatre to distribute them in the Haight, vending them from an ice-cream or cigarette girl's tray in the Castro, bastion of gay civil rights, even selling two to Harvey Milk for 50˘ apiece (p-130 ibid). 134642.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Printed by Holbrook Teter, Michael Myers' iconic FORD marked the beginning of their collaboration and was the first item issued from Zephyrus Image. Alastair Johnston, in his ZEPHRYUS IMAGE: A Bibliography, describes how Myers arrived at Teter's print shop with "a linoleum block depicting a Hippie Jesus in front of car radiators brandishing a crucifix wrench. Teter knew at once he wanted to work with Myers. They printed broadsides with the block [.] and Teter drove Myers back to Berkeley where they pasted them on the walls of the City dump [.] This appraoch would signal the future for Zephyrus Image" (21). Scarce; OCLC locates just three holdings (Yale, University of Chicago, and SUNY Buffalo). A auspcious debut to this influencial West Coast artists' press. [Johnson 184]. Broadside. 13" x 7.25" approx. Linocut printed in blue ink on newsprint. Moderately toned, as common. Mild wear. Very good overall.