Wallace Berman, First Edition (45 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 12mo, 304pp, printed wrappers. Huge double issue of this classic cultural review; includes a lecture on Sergei Eisenstein by Stan Brakhage, assemblages by George Herms (photographed by Wallace Berman), plus writing by Ed Dorn (Streeter C128) and others. Uncirculated copy, light outer storage wear, else as new. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 12mo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent issue of this poetry magazine, featuring a cover and four interior pages of artwork by Wallace Berman and contributions by some of the finest writers of the early 1970s. Internally clean copy with a little typical light rubbing and edge wear to wrappers. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 12mo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent issue of this poetry magazine, featuring a cover by Wallace Berman and contributions by Gary Snyder (Sherlock v2.D226) and some of the finest writers of the early 1970s. Unmarked copy, a bit of outer wear and toning. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Another great issue of this underground literary review, this focusing on Auerhahn Press, with a cover by Wallace Berman. Unmarked copy, light wear. Not Signed.

Condition: very good. First Edition. 28 cm, 155, wraps, illus. (some color), bibliography, sticker residue on front cover and endpaper. Inscribed by the author (Gettings). Catalog of the exhibition held May 12-August 14, 1988, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Well-illustrated profiles of non-mainstream artists, including Wallace Berman, Clyde Connell, Bruce Conner, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Robert Helm, Alfred Jemsen, Luis Jimenez, and Peter Saul.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 183 pages; Physical desc. : 183 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 181. Subject: Berman, Wallace (1926-1976) - Catalogs. 3 Kg.

Paperbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 86 pages. Article entitled "Wallace Berman: Portrait of the Artist as an Underground Man" by Merril Greene. With 13 photos in color and black and white of Berman's work. With notes. The article ends with this statement: "Unhappily, this article comes after the death of Wallace Berman on Febrary 18. 1976--early on the morning of his fiftieth birthday--from injuries sustained in qn auto accident near his Topanga Canyon home." Photos provided upon request. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Oblong. Magazine.

Condition: Near fine. First Edition. First edition of this lavishly illustrated companion book to an exhibition on Berman - "a legend in the West Coast-Beat Generation counterculture" - and the community he created. 11'' x 9''. Original photographic paper boards. Photographic endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 384 pages. Trace shelfwear, minor bumping to head of spine. Interior clean and crisp.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 183 pages; Physical desc. : 183 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 25 cm. Bibliography: p. 181. Subject: Berman, Wallace (1926-1976) - Catalogs. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Paperback. Square folio cardboard box with loose illustrated sheets. Foxing to top sheet, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 370 Pp. Hardcover, First Printing Indicated. Near Fine In Near Fine Jacket, Not Price-Clipped, Wear Along Top Of Rear Panel Of Dj. Inscribed By Aleta Wallach. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Uncommon Wallace Berman publication. Spiral-bound, internally unmarked. Slightest shelfwear to boards, very small stain to fore-edge. In protective mylar.

First edition, first printing New and bright pictorial clothbound of one of the masterworks showcasing Wallace Berman's culture and his circle. Exquisitely illustrated with archival photographs and text, New and bright. 383 pages was published in collaboration with an exhibition that ran at the Santa Monica Museum of Art in 2005 and then traveled to numerous other locations. Featuring essays by Raymond Foye, Michael Duncan, Kristine McKenna and others. No dust jacket as issued. A no nonsense photograph of Berman on the front cover standing by one of his many printing presses. A treasury reference on all things Berman. Gift quality.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. First Printing. Very Fine in red linen cloth stamped in black, in Very Fine glossy goldenrod, red and black dustwrapper. 183pp. Q08892.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. Quarto (10-3/8" x 8-1/2"). 151, (1)pp. Photographic boards, black spine lettered in blue. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. Slightest hint of rubbing at tips, otherwise a fine copy. A collection of photos of Wallace Berman's (1926-1976) friends and family.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 22pp (mimeographed), stapled front wrapper by Wallace Berman. One of the last issues of this essential sixties underground literary journal edited by Diane Di Prima and distributed by mailing list. Includes Gary Snyder (Sherlock v2.D159). Unmarked copy, toning to cover and last leaf. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. This 1980 Los Angeles "Magazine of Literature + Visual Arts" includes 10 pages of work by and tributes to Wallace Berman (by Jerome Rothenberg and Clayton Eshleman). Clean, unmarked copy. Not Signed.

Card covers, stapled spine. Condition: Near fine lacking dustjacket. First Edition. 20 x 20cm near fine card-covered catalogue showing some of the works by Wallace Berman, American experimental filmmaker, assemblage, and collage artist and a crucial figure in the history of post-war California art. Has a Mayor Gallery library stamp on title page.

Card covers, Condition: Near fine in wraps. First Edition. 21 x 21cm near fine card-covered exhibition catalogue with black and white reproductions showing works by Wallace Berman, American experimental filmmaker, assemblage, and collage artist and a crucial figure in the history of post-war California art.

Condition: Near Fine. Pasadena, CA: Armory Center for the Arts, 2011. First Edition. Original square lidded paper-covered box (31x31cm) containing original staplebound exhibition catalog (47pp.) and thirty-eight (38) full color plates, loose as issued (collated complete). Box very slightly squashed, else a Near Fine set. The first retrospective of two leading experimental Los Angeles artists of the 1960s and 1970s specializing in video art, "paraphotography," and collage.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. First issue of this important cultural and Kabbalistic journal from the early 1970s; includes artwork by Wallace Berman and George Herms. About 25 pages are devoted to works by and about Abraham Abulafia. Library stamp to front cover (no other markings), a little wear and soil to covers and top edge. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Fine. 8vo, 224pp, printed wrappers. Nice uncirculated copy of the scarce fifth issue of this groundbreaking literary and Kabbalistic magazine edited by David Meltzer. Includes work by Edmond Jabes, Wallace Berman, Carlo Suares, Paul Auster, Diane di Prima, Douglas Blazek, Asa Benveniste, Gerard Malanga, Jack Hirschman, John Brandi, Rose Drachler, et al. Uncirculated copy, as new. Not Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. Quarto (10-3/8" x 8-1/2"). 151, (1)pp. Photographic boards, black spine lettered in blue. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs. A fine, as new copy, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. A collection of photos of Wallace Berman's (1926-1976) friends and family.

Condition: Very good plus. First Edition. First edition of this catalogue for the first ever retrospective of the important postwar experimental artist's work? in excellent condition. 11'' x 8.5''. Original pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Trace edgewear. Bright and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Fine. 8vo, [iv]+204pp, printed wrappers. Beautiful as-new copy of the fourth issue of this groundbreaking literary and Kabbalistic magazine edited by David Meltzer. Includes Image of the Wall by Wallace Berman, a lengthy 1964 letter from Lenny Bruce to a judge, a number of Kabbalistic pieces from traditional authorities, and other material from writers associated with the Semina scene. Unmarked copy, as new. Not Signed.

Hand Bound in Boards. Condition: As New. WALLACE BERMAN (illustrator). First Edition. signed & numbered limited edition handbound hard back bound in boards by graham macintosh 1 OUT OF ONLY 200 COPIES. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 96pp, stapled wrappers. Classic 1969 avant-garde one-shot edited by Mary Beach, includes a very rare contribution from artist, filmmaker, folk music anthologist, and Thelemic Saint Harry Everett Smith. Also includes work by cryptic Smith associate George C. Andrews, Wallace Berman, William S. Burroughs (Schottlaender v4.C230; Shoaf III-142), et al. Unmarked copy, typical toning of acidic text stock, light cover soil. Not Signed.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. 118 pages. Exhibition catalog for a traveling show that started in Fort Worth, TX and then traveled to Berkeley and Seattle for additional dates. Features an interview with Walter Hopps along with essays by Robert Duncan and David Meltzer. Includes numerous black and white illustrations, chronology, checklist, and a bibliography. A clean near fine copy in wrappers with some very minute wear. A very nice copy of this uncommon catalog.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Mitchell, Michael; Mink, David; Shook, Euclid; Berman, Sam;Dwyer, James; Koskinen, Harry; Patterson, Robert; Darrow, Whitney Jr.; (illustrator). First Edition. 74 pages. Articles: My 4-Year War with the Reds (part 1) - Brig. General Frank Howley warns "The Russians are international gangsters who will destroy us if they can" - with photos; Lustron - the House That Lots of Jack Built - Carl Strandlund's company received $50 million from the government to build masses of steel-enamel homes in his Columbus, Ohio factory; Jean Peters - The Girl Who Didn't go After Hollywood - article with super full-page color photo; Those Explosive Nobel Prizes (part 1 of 2); World's Most Robbed Bank - State Bank of Rangeville, VA has been robbed 490-odd times since 1945 - it's a dummy created by the F.B.I. on the Quantico Marine Corps base at Quantico, VA; Slide, Fujimura, Slide! - Baseball in Japan is as popular as ever - article with excellent photos, especially the shot of 'emancipated' women appearing in public at games; Letter Found on a Lady's Desk; Lineman of the Year? - Notre Dame's giant end Leon Hart - article with nice color photo. Fiction: The Equatorial Man; The Difficult Age; Saturday Date; Courtesy of the Road; Bootlegger's Treasure (part 3 of 4). Includes these nice vintage ads: Zenith entertainment products; Elgin watches; Packard Cars; Hamilton watches; Pall Mall cigarettes; Chevrolet cars; Dupont antifreeze (nice cartoon illustrations); Auto-Lite ad features nice photo of Ida Lupino; Schlitz beer; Pendleton shirts; Budweiser; Congress playing cards - featuring Mme. Schiaparelli and "Gogo" Berenson; Brunswick bowling products; Camel cigarettes (back cover) - featuring auto-racing champion Bill Holland. Covers loosening from staples. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Collier's, The National Weekly Magazine, November 5, 1949.

First edition. 8vo. 24 leaves, each with a mounted letterpress text and illustration, entirely printed by hand. Original wrappers with a photographic illustration by C. BRITTIN mounted on front cover, with "coverphoto: Chas. Brittin" written in red ballpoint on inner rear wrapper. Wallace Berman's legendary artist's magazine: "Although printed on a handpress in editions of only a few hundred, Wallace Berman's 'Semina', a journal of poems and artworks published in nine issued from 1955 to 1964, is one of the determining works of its time, staking out a new cultural perimeter for an underground eager for change" (Duncan & McKenna, p. 21). This issue with contributions by Hermann Hesse, Paul Eluard, Jack Anderson, Michael McClure, Eric Cashen, Charles Bukowski, Paul Valery, David Meltzer, John Altoon (signed print) etc. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. Exceedingly rare. Clay and Phillips, p.78f: "Its circulation never exceeded a few hundred copies. You could not buy Semina; it was sent to you. Consequently, some claim it as the precursor to 'mail art.'" See Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle, pp. 52-54. Light handling wear and toning, generally a very good copy of this fugitive publication.