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Published by Oyez, Berkeley, 1970
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good . First Edition. First printing, review copy, of this collection of verse by Blazek, with handsome cover art designed by Michael Myers of the Zephyrus Image press. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound printed wraps. Very good plus. Review copy with slip laid in. Light soiling to covers. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 57pp.
Published by Mudra/Zephyrus Image, [San Francisco], 1972
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Second edition, stated. Stapled printed wrappers with cover design by Michael Myers. Fore-edge a bit creased, some minor surface soiling. Johnston, p. 176.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small stapled wrappers. An unpaginated poetry chapbook with illustrations by Michael Myers. Very good condition. Myers was one of the founders of the Zephyrus Press.
Published by [Zephyrus Image], [San Francisco], 1974
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good. First Edition. From Michael Myers and Holbrook Teter's legendary press. Issued as part of a broadside portfolio for the Kent State Arts Festival (where Dorn was on the faculty). Several of the poems, including this one, were printed in over-runs for additional distribution, and this copy was almost certainly from that additional run, as it is in green rather than the original blue. Prints fifteen small poems in different typefaces, over a zinc-plate print of Hitler shaking hands with an unknown, very tall man. [Johnston, p. 199]. Broadside. 13" by 8.25" approx. Upper right corner chipped; moderate foxing. Publisher's logo on rear. Very good.
Published by San Francisco: Zephyrous Image (Zephyrus Image) n.d.
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo sized broadside. The fourth state of this classic early 1970s Zephyrus Image production, sure to bemuse all sides of the political spectrum. A few light spots near the edges, crisp and clean otherwise. Not Signed.
Published by San Francisco: Hermes Free Press (1972)., 1972
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 24mo. [4 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. "Energy Hustler Ro-Non-So-Te" rails against the "oil people.".
Published by Hermes Free Press, San Francisco, 1972
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. [8] pp. Stapled wrappers. Bottom corner toned on rear leaves. An early attempt by environmental activist Keith Lampe (later aka Ponderosa Pine) to disrupt the Republican convention in San Diego in August 1972. Johnston, pp. 27, 176.
Trade Paperback. 2-3/4 by 4 inches. 8 pages. An election year screed decrying oil company influence in politics. A Hermes Free Press (Zephyrus Image) imprint. Very good in wrappers.
Published by San Francisco, CA: Zephyrus Image (Firm),; Cranium Press, [ca. 1970?]., 1970
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Broadside. 37 x 14 cm. Printed on laid paper. Very Good with minor creasing.Linocut by Myers.
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
These are two leaves from this final book of the press: the title leaf and the Dinner Menu. Measurements are 7 x 10 & 7/8 inches. Fine condition. The book was comprised of 4 leaves, and was issued in a plastic wood-grain binder like you would get in a greasy spoon; we offer here just the two leaves, an incomplete copy. Text is composed of puns relating to printing and printers, written by Teter, Myers, and Ed Dorn. Johnston: Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography, pg. 155 - 156, 210.
Published by Zephyrous Image [sic], San Francisco, 1970
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
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.
Published by [Healdsburg, CA: Zephyrus Image.], 1976
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Broadside. 11" x 17". Printed black ink on beige wove paper, Very Good with faint staining, some creasing. Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography: Reproduced on p. 234, item f, letter f.
Published by San Francisco: Zephyrus Image, [1972]., 1972
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
A poster measuring 13 x 17.5 inches, printed in black & green, on white stock. Imprint is: Zephyrus Image S.F. The border, printed in green, has stylized cannabis leaves at the corners. Some chipping to the upper right margin, with a bit of loss, basically fine otherwise. Johnston: Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography, pg. 186, describing a copy printed on brown cover stock (possibly hemp paper). This copy on white stock could be a proof, or just a variant.
Published by San Francisco, CA: Zephyrus Image, [1972?]., 1972
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Broadside. 8" x 16". Printed Sheet, Letterpress, Red & Green Ink on Light Green Paper. Very Good with minor creasing. Photograph of Santa Claus and child in front of Christmas Tree above an alphabet of lower case letters missing the letter L, thus No L, Noel. Scarce.
Published by [San Francisco : Zephyrus Image], 1973
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Broadside, 23 x 6.5 inches on off white over stock.Zephyrus Image: A Bibliography by Alastair Johnston, p. 196:"Paean to the native Saklan Indians whose shellmound was destroyed to build highrises in Emeryville, California"--Johnston.Broadside printed in black on off-white cover stock; illustration (linocut of two Indians and a smokestack by Michael Myers) printed in green." OCLC no. 16781234Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books, Berkeley.
Published by Zephyrous [sic] Image, San Francisco, 1972
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Broadside. 8 x 11 inches. Linocut and letterpress, printed on newsprint. An iconic image of the press, illustrated with before and after images of a junkie's arm. Several small chips with minor loss to upper and lower right corners and center of right edge. Scarce and fragile. See Johnston, p. 185.
Published by [Healdsburg, CA: Zephyrus Image.], 1979
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
Condition: Good. Printer's Proof. 14 x 33 cm. Printed black ink on beige wove paper, Very Good with faint crease and marginal wear to one edge. Myer's drawing of nudes to spell out Alice Hinton's name was inspired by Hinton's protesting nude bathing on the Russian River.
Published by Zephyrus Image, 1977
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. "Gloster City, CA" [i.e. Healdsburg]: Fester Stasis [i.e. Zephyrus Image], 1977. Johnston describes this "truly silly" item: "Folger's is a flip book with a bright red cover imitating the logo on cans of Folger's coffee. The very tenuous connection was that Folger's slogan was 'it's mountain-grown' (ergo Black Mountain), and their television spokesperson was a motherly housewife called Mrs. Olsen. The book (entirely done from Myers' artwork) shows Charles Olson in front of a weather map rubbing his index finger over his lip in the gesture that people make to amuse babies. It was a massive amount of work for a one-line joke. Zephyrus Image was skilled at concocting such puns, but turning them into beautifully crafted artifacts belied the whimsy with which such notions usually appear and disappear in conversation." Johnston, pp. 120, 209.
Loose Sheets. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Michael Myers linocut rebus "Impeach Nixon". [San Francisco] [c. 1972] Single sheet measuring 14 7/8 x 5 3/4". White coated stock printed in black. Apparently a variant edition not mentioned in the Z.I. bibliography. Folded once else a fine example.
Published by Kent State, Ohio, 1974
First Edition
Loose Sheets. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. Single sheet poetry broadside printed and designed by the clever folks at Zephyrus Image for the 1974 Kent State Arts Festival. Light toning to edges, else a fine copy. This delicate broadside measures 6 7/8 x 11" tall on decorated pale green paperstock. Scarce.
Published by Healdsburg: Hermes Free Press,, 1977
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. [28 pp]. Very near fine in side-stapled wrappers with ribbon place marker bound-in. One of the most provocative works by Holbrook Teter and Michael Meyers, a flip book that transforms the Christian cross into a Nazi swastika. The title page reads in full, "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.".
Published by [Zephyrus Image], [San Francisco], 1972
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. [8] pp. Folded sheets, bible paper issue. Folded twice; fine copy. Johnston notes, "While it looks like a newspaper, Bean News is full of in-jokes that are hard to decipher." The Zephyrus Image archives at the University of Delaware: Bean News is "an unconventional newspaper that combined letters, articles, poems, puns, and rebuses while experimenting in art, typography, and layout. Poets Ed Dorn, Tom Raworth, Tom Clark, Jeremy Prynne, Michael McClure, Luis Garcia, and others submitted copy, and Bean News became an item of intrigue in the San Francisco small press community." Johnston, Zephyrus Image, pp. 76, 177. Streeter, Ed Dorn, B22.
Published by New York: Hearsay broadsheets / John Love , circa 1970s., 1970
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Condition: Good. Silkscreen broadside, 25.5 x 19 inches. Signed in ink by the poet. OCLC Number: 32828479Printed in red on beige Strathmore Charcoal paper.Colophon with press mark: Hearsay broadsheets / John Love / 115 West Broadway / New York City 10013, in lower right margin.Description: Broadside. 65 x 48 cmOther Titles: I am not looking for your jugularHearsay broadsheets.Small defects in lower margin.Publication information from Johnston.Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books,Berkeley.
Loose Sheets. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Linocut poster designed by Zephyrus Image. Undated but from 1970 according to Johnston. 6 1/4 x 12 1/2" tall. First state printed in green on newsprint paper. Bottom edge deckled (see image). An otherwise fine example of this uncommon and iconic image from this San Francisco press. Very delicate.
Published by Zephyrus Image, [San Francisco], 1970
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very good. First Edition. First state of this scarce broadside printed by Holbrook Teter, Michael Myers' LOCAL JUNKIE famously graced telephone poles around Berkeley. An early work from Zephyrus Image. OCLC locates at most three holdings. An iconic work this influential West Coast artists' press. [Johnston p. 185]. Broadside. 12" x 6" approx. linocut in green on newsprint. Single fold at bottom edge not effecting image. Moderately toned, as common. Mild wear. Very good overall.
Published by Zephyrous Image, [San Francisco], 1970
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
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.
Seller: CARL WILLIAMS RARE BOOKS, LONDON, United Kingdom
A clandestine printing, first edition, original bag of nuts. 10.1 x 5. 7 cm. [Card label folded ], on hemp?, the recto with facsimile trademark Snyder signature and registered mark by Michael Myers in blue, label in red with reverse lettering, motto in green, verso with recipe in grey with two ornaments in red, on beige stock, stapled to a clear polythene bag of approx. 10 x 17.1 cm, contains one broken nut and an Aspirin, with an extra loose, untrimmed label annotated in holograph with 'Bravo!' in blue ink. N.p. [San Francisco], n.p. [Zephyrus Image], no expiry, n.p., 1975. £750.00 Top left corner of stapled label torn with loss, the untrimmed one fine. Bag in very good condition. A fragile ephemeron that is rare in commerce and institutionally with 6 copies only on OCLC and all of those in the USA. In Johnston pp-202-203 with discussion on pp-99-101 (illustrated on p-101). A bag in the Ludlow Santo Domingo Library. Provenance: Holbrook Teter's archive via Serendipity to the British booktrade. Ingenious satire directed at one of the most eminent and respected literary spokesmen on ecological consciousness and western Buddhism. The Beat poet won a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his work ?Turtle Island' i.e. the traditional Native American name for the U.S.A. The '.staunch anti-Hippies.' (p-203 Johnston) of the '.Zephyrus Image crew derided his marketing of zen consciousness.' (p-101 ibid) the design of his books and the '.back-to-nature poetry and affectation of Native American ways' (op cit.). The designer Michael Myers took great pains to reproduce the trademark calligraphic signature in a, to paraphrase Johnston, Lloyd Reynolds, Reed College Graduate style. This is an institution that Snyder had graduated from in 1951. These packets were largely distributed in 'guerrilla' actions by mixing them in with other nuts in Geary Boulevard convenience stores and selling them for 25¢. apiece. It is doubtful that many packets survived beyond the point of sale as the purchaser would almost inevitably discard them. Especially so when you consider the fact that some of these packages contained fragments of peyote and '.two six point em quads' (p-101 ibid). 132205.
Published by Madison: Health, Flame, and Aluminum Press (1969)., 1969
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and very near fine printed dust jacket with light sunning along the spine. "Written, illustrated, and printed by Michael Myers." One of 60 numbered copies on Nideggen paper. Printed with the assistance of Walter S. Hamady. Poems, fully-illustrated with Myers' instantly recognizable linoleum block prints. I believe this to be his second book, preceded by the 1968 EAST BAY MOON-beams. Myers would sooon move West, connect with Holbrook Teter, and create Zephyrus Image. See Johnston pp 17-18.