Assembling Brooklyn (38 results)

Published by Assembling, (Brooklyn), 1983
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Oblong 24mo. Perfectbound red printed wrappers. Fine. One of 300 copies.

Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1970, 1970
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bristlecone Books RMABA, Ridgway, CO, U.S.A.Bristlecone Books RMABA
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Wraps, stable bound, 8vo, 1st edition, no pagination, very good with some light soiling and wear to covers.

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPamphlet. 54p., wraps, first edition, very good condition, 5.5x8.5 inches. Book dedicated to "John Cage, father generator." Kostelanetz is an Avant Garde New York City literary figure and anarchist.
More imagesPublished by Brooklyn, NY: Assembling Press, 1975., 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Condition: Fine. Brooklyn, NY: Assembling Press, 1975., 1975. Fine. - Octavo, 8-3/8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed light peach wraps. 29 & [1] pages. Near fine. Subtitled "Henry James Korn, Administering the Coup de Grace to the American Reality Concensus".

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Crow Hop Rare Books, ABAA, Woodstock, GA, U.S.A.Crow Hop Rare Books, ABAA
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First Edition.64 pp. Limited to 1500 copies. VG+ stapled wraps (soiling and a touch of toning, rust at staple). Dedicated to John Cage, "Father Generator.".

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, New York, 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Stapled printed wrappers. Spine and edges of wraps slightly tanned, very good. Limited to 1500 copies.
Published by Brooklyn, Assembling Press 1980, 1980
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop Klikspaan, Leiden, NetherlandsAntiquarian Bookshop Klikspaan
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1st ed. - Softcover.

Language: English
Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1978
- Softcover
Seller: studio montespecchio, montespecchio, MO, Italystudio montespecchio
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Quarto, 90 pages, illustrated throughout. Typographic wrappers. - First edition. 25 pages with notices' about the former editions of Assembling. 8 pages with a list of publications and many examples by 'visual poets' and assemblage' artists.
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Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1970
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Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United KingdomTest Centre Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. One of 2350 copies (of 2500). 8vo. Stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (64pp.). Good only, spotted, marked and toned outwardly, the staples rusty internally and the title page dog-eared, but signed by the author in the year of publication with an inscription to Tom (Phillips), artist of 'A Hum…ument' and more. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1978
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: art longwood books, Gloucester, MA, U.S.A.art longwood books
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Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. wrappers, as issued., only slight evidence of handling, very small bump to foot of spine, low impact. no other flaws, clean, no writing or markings, sturdy binding.; mostly unpaginated, close to 100 pages. b/w illustrations. this was published as a supplement to eighth assembling.… assembling was a collaborative arts annual edited by kostelanetz and had 100s of contributors during the 1970s. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Periodical.

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, New York, 1978
- Softcover
Seller: Design Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Design Books
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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, unpaginated. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1971
- Softcover
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Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Whitledge Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. SECOND ASSEMBLING, A Collection of Otherwise Unpublishable Manuscripts, compiled by Richard Kostelanetz, Henry Korn, and Mike Metz, soft cover, first edition of 1000 copies, 1971. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in near fine condition with no marks, dog-ears,… or tears. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a remainder or former library book. The wraps are in fairly good condition (foxing, spotting, rubbing, crinkled fore-edge). 11 x 8 1/2, unpaginated but easily over 100 pages, 17 ounces XX [From the preface] The 52 contributors were invited to submit 1000 copies of up to 4 pages of anything they wanted to include, printed at their own expense. Submissions were collated alphabetically. Biographical notes identify most of the contributors. No manuscript was refused so names and views expressed are not the responsibility of assembling press or the editors. Assembling appears annually in the early fall. Its primary purpose is the publication of works too eccentric to be accepted elsewhere. XX stories, poems concrete poetry, visual poetry, drawings, photographs, letters, and miscellaneous other written or visual material comprise this very avant-garde publication. Contributors include Henry Korn, Russell Edson, Raymond Federman, Jochen Gerz, Roni Hoffman, Richard Kostelanetz, Ruth Krauss, Richard Meltzer, Mike Metz, Bern Porter, Stan Vanderbeek, and 41 others.
More imagesPublished by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1974
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- First Edition
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Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
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Staple Bound Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Words excerpted from essays conjoined on pages sequential context unclear. INSCRIBED by the author to Ellsworth [Snyder] on the copyright page - Snyder also studied the avant garde, John Cage and his work. One of 1526 printed. Stapled pamphlet, grey covers. light wear.…Text clean; 64 pages. Size: 5½" by 8½". Inscribed by the Author.
Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, [1978]., 1978
- First Edition
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.Skyline Books
Contact seller3-star seller4to. Softbound. First edition. A supplement to the Eighth Assembling. Collection of essays, announcements, and bibliographical data documenting the history of Assembling Press. Illustrated with unusual photographs and graphics. Tiny corner crease, else fine.
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Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1980
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Dividing Line Books, Ridgewood, NY, U.S.A.Dividing Line Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, one of 1,000 wrappered copies. 323pp; index. Wraps. Light toning and edge wear to covers; better than very good. Signed and inscribed by Kostelanetz at front flyleaf. Association copy of this critical survey of 1960s avant-garde arts American writer and artist Richard… Kostelanetz (b. 1940); written in 1968-69 and originally intended to be issued with photographs, production languished and the work went unpublished until this edition by Kostelanetz's Assembling Press. Signed and inscribed by Kostelanetz in 1984, with a birthday greeting to video artist Dara [Birnbaum] (1946-2025). Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1972
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Whitledge Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. THIRD ASSEMBLING, A Collection of Otherwise Unpublishable Manuscripts, compiled by Richard Kostelanetz, Henry Korn, and Mike Metz, soft cover, first edition of 1000 copies, 1972. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in near fine condition with no marks except faint pencil m…arks on first page, No dog-ears, but the edges of several entries exceeded the width and/or length prescribed by the compilers. Those few entries are edge-crinkled or torn. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a remainder or former library book. The wraps are in fairly good condition (foxing, spotting, rubbing, and small stain at bottom of spine where a label was). The wraps, while still attached, have begun pulling away from the spine because of the glue no longer holding. 11 x 8 1/2, unpaginated but easily over 150 pages, 28 ounces XX [From the preface] Contributors were invited to submit 1000 copies of up to 4 pages of anything they wanted to include, printed at their own expense. Submissions were collated alphabetically. Biographical notes identify most of the contributors. No manuscript was refused so names and views expressed are not the responsibility of assembling press or the editors. Assembling appears annually in the early fall. Its primary purpose is the publication of works too eccentric to be accepted elsewhere. XX Stories, poems concrete poetry, visual poetry, drawings, photographs, letters, and miscellaneous other written or visual material comprise this very avant-garde publication. The 86 contributors include Russell Edson, Jochen Gerz, Roni Hoffman, Henry Korn, Richard Kostelanetz, Ruth Krauss, Richard Meltzer, Mike Metz, Bern Porter, and 77 others.

Second Assembling: A Collection of Otherwise Unpublishable Manuscripts
Kostelanetz, Richard, and Korn, Henry, and Metz, Mike (Compiled by)
Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1971
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.LEFT COAST BOOKS
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. ca. 160 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. *** Fluxus-related conceptual art, concrete poetry, xerox art by dozens of avant-garde artists. Size: 4to. Collectible.
Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1971
- Softcover
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.Mullen Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. White wraps. 160 pages : illustrations. compiled by Richard Kostelanetz, Henry Korn, Mike Metz. Good. ex-lib copy. Associated library markings. Cover has discoloration, staining, tearing along spine. Interior pages have age toning, corner/edge damage, water damage.
More imagesPublished by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1970
- Softcover
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Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. [64]pp. White printed wrappers. Illustrated in black-and-white. Printed price on title page changed in author's ink holograph. Crown of spine is bumped, white covers moderately tanned, else a very good or better copy. Limited to 2500 copies. From the library of poet David I…gnatow, Inscribed by Kostelanetz to Ignatow, in the year of publication: "24 Nov. 1970. For Dave, With my thanks for printing some of these the first time around, and the hope you'll do more soon, Best & Peace, RIchard". A collection of concrete poems, printed in a non-linear fashion.

Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1980
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 704pp, printed wrappers. Rare massive 1980 anthology adjacent to Kostelanetz's celebrated collaborative magazine of experimental writing, a behemoth of the avant-garde performance with a dizzying roster of contributors. Unmarked… copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations (who supplies a shorty play), a bit of reading wear, light spotting to edges. Not Signed.
More imagesPublished by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1978
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Published in conjunction with a show held from October 7-28, 1978, at Pratt Graphics Center in New York. "Assembling" magazine launched in 1970 and ran for 12 issues, with 1000 copies of each issue printed. The publication billed itself as "a collection of otherwise unpublishable manuscri…pts," with no submission rejected for publication. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers.

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
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paperback. Condition: Fine Condition. 1st. Signed by Scott Helmes on the title page. Bound in publisher's original illustrated wrappers with the front cover and spine stamped in black. Signed.
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Seller: Merz-Buchhandlung, Hannover, GermanyMerz-Buchhandlung
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Softcover. Condition: Gut. 246 Seiten. Original-Broschur. - Originalausgabe. - Auflage 1000 Exemplare. - Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von Richard Kostelanetz an einen bekannten Kölner Buchhändler. - Druck auf verschiedenen Papieren. Mit künstlerischen Beiträgen der konkreten und visuellen Poesie. - Zusammengestellt von Sc…ott Helmes, Richard Kostelanetz and David Cole. - Dabei: Twenties in the sixties. Previously uncollected critical essays. Brooklyn, Assembling Press 1979. 328 Seiten. Original-Broschur. - Herausgegeben von Richard Kostelanetz. Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von Richard Kostelanetz. - 246 pp. Original paperback. - Original edition. - Edition of 1000 copies. - With a handwritten dedication by Richard Kostelanetz to a well-known bookseller in Cologne. - Printed on various papers. With artistic contributions of concrete and visual poetry. - Compiled by Scott Helmes, Richard Kostelanetz and David Cole. - Included: Twenties in the sixties. Previously uncollected critical essays. Brooklyn, Assembling Press 1979. 328 pages. Original paperback. - Edited by Richard Kostelanetz. With a handwritten dedication by Richard Kostelanetz.

Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1981
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- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG+. 4to, ~150pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1981 installment of this collaborative magazine of experimental writing, a time capsule of the avant-garde. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations, patch of toning t…o inside back cover and light wear. Not Signed.

Published by Assembling Press, Brooklyn, 1980
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Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA
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Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. Wraps a bit rubbed and edgeworn with a light crease to the top of the front ad corners of the first few pages, else a very good copy.
More imagesPublished by Brooklyn, Assembling Press, 1975
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Seller: Merz-Buchhandlung, Hannover, GermanyMerz-Buchhandlung
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Softcover. Condition: Gut. 288 Seiten. Original-Broschur mit Klammer-Bindung. - Originalausgabe. - Auflage 1000 Exemplare. - Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von Richard Kostelanetz an einen bekannten Kölner Buchhändler. - Druck auf verschiedenen Papieren. Mit künstlerischen Beiträgen der konkreten und visuellen Poesie. - Zus…ammengestellt von Henry Korn, Richard Kostelanetz und Mike Metz. - 288 pp. Original paperback with staple binding. - Original edition. - Edition of 1000 copies. - With a handwritten dedication by Richard Kostelanetz to a well-known bookseller in Cologne. - Printed on various papers. With artistic contributions of concrete and visual poetry. - Compiled by Henry Korn, Richard Kostelanetz and Mike Metz.
More imagesPublished by Brooklyn, Assembling Press, 1977
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Seller: Merz-Buchhandlung, Hannover, GermanyMerz-Buchhandlung
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Softcover. Condition: Gut. 396 Seiten. Original-Broschur mit Metallklammer-Bindung. - Originalausgabe. - Auflage 1000 Exemplare. - Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von Richard Kostelanetz an einen bekannten Kölner Buchhändler. - Druck auf verschiedenen Papieren. Mit künstlerischen Beiträgen der konkreten und visuellen Poesie.… - Zusammengestellt von Henry Korn und Richard Kostelanetz. - 396 pages. Original paperback with metal-clip binding. - Original edition. - Edition of 1000 copies. - With a handwritten dedication by Richard Kostelanetz to a well-known bookseller in Cologne. - Printed on various papers. With artistic contributions of concrete and visual poetry. - Compiled by Henry Korn and Richard Kostelanetz.

Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1979
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG+. 4to, ~250pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1979 installment of this collaborative magazine of experimental writing, a time capsule of the avant-garde. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations, a bit of reading…wear. Not Signed.
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Seller: Antiquariaat Paul Nederpel, Den Haag, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Paul Nederpel
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Text in english, 4to, soft cover, not paginated, illustrated, very good copy.

Published by Brooklyn: Assembling Press, 1974
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. VG. 4to, ~250pp, stapled wrappers. Rare 1974 installment of this collaborative magazine of experimental writing, includes work from a range of prominent practitioners. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations,…closed tear at base of spine, a bit of general wear. Not Signed.