John Furnival, Who Asked the Pussycat. Gloucestershire, Openings Press, 1967. Pop up print. Green lithograph on white paper, glued to folding card. 21.5 x 23 cm folded, approx....
Opening No.6. Gloucestershire, Openings Press, 1965. Origami folded lettered quadrant and documentation sheet, numbered 120 of an edition of 500.
dsh (Dom Sylvester Houédard), Mini-posters. Shchov spheres, South Street Publications, 1968.
Paris, Les Carnets de l'Octéor Nouvelle série, 1965-1969. Complete set of the French concrete and visual poetry journal edited by Jean-François Bory and Julien Blaine.
Two extraordinary editions of concrete poetry sheets, both published by Gallery Number 10 in London in 1966. Includes Arithmetic Texts. 18 sheets b/w and red on white paper in...
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1962-1963. No.14/15 printemps/été 1962. The first issue to be published with a 33 rpm vinyl record inserted. + No.16 automne 1962....
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1964. No.20/21 1964. 27 x 27 cm. Machine poem. Contributions by Bertini, Guitet, Gysin, Dupuy, Janicot, Berthier. Includes 33 rpm...
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1965. No.23/24 1965. 27 x 27 cm. Contributions by Paul de Vree and Man Ray amongst others. Includes 'Poème alphabétique' by Henri...
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1966. No.26/27 1966. 27 x 27 cm. Numbered 455. Le homard Cosmographique. Includes silkscreen by Furnival and record with Raoul...
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1967. No. 32 1967. Consists of three stapled sheets, printed both sides. 21 x 27 cm.
Revue OU, cinquième saison. Paris, Henri Chopin, 1967. No. 33, 19,5 x 19 cm, 36 pp. Numbered 779.
Collection of 6 letters by Henri Chopin sent to Tjeerd Deelstra between 1967-1971. In original envelopes. Mostly correspondence regarding the ordering of Revue Ou. Contains 7 announcement...
Paris, Ael 5-Agentzia éditions, 1968. Neon yellow portfolio with six loose original silkprints in colours on thick paper. Plates 21 x 19 cm. Original holes and cut offs on three...
Two issues of Los Huevos del Plata (The Eggs of Silver) published by the Uruguayan poet and artist Clemente Padín in Montevideo from 1965-1969.
Instrumentos / 74: Mechanics instruments for the control of information. Montevideo, Ovum, 1974. Staple bound,15 x 11 cm. 10 pp. Radical publication by artist and poet Clemente...
Unopened roll of paper, wrapped in an illustrated sheet glued and closed with postage stamps. Sent in 1976 by Ovum from Montevideo, Uruquay. Addressed to Fluxus West.
Three books by Emmet Williams published by Something Else Press, New York. Includes Anthology of Concrete Poetry, 1967. First edition, usual aging on cover. + Sweethearts, 1967....
Berlin, Verlag Christian Grützmacher, 1966. 23 x 23 cm. Cardboard slipcase with 41 loose plates, offset printed and silk screened in colour and b/w. Two plates printed on vellum.
From the Designer's Sketchbook. Philadelphia, Cypher Press, 1967. Envelope containing 15 sheets of various size, three semi-sealed envelopes, and a 32-page booklet with a collection...
Six publications by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Includes Canal Stripe series 3. Edinburgh, Wild Hawthorn Press, 1964. Cover slightly toned, else very good. + Extra Verse No 15, A special...
Three publications by Ian Hamilton Finlay. Includes Tea-leaves & fishes. Edinburgh, Wild Hawthorn Press, 1966. White plastic slide binding. 10 x 25 cm. 28 concrete poems by Finlay...
Stunning standing poem card by Ian Hamilton Finlay. n.d. (1965). Printed dark brown and blue on yellow/beige stock. 25 x 25 cm. Folded on both sides allowing the card to stand....
Three issues of Bob Cobbing's Writers Forum Folder published in London. Includes No.4 Six Sound Poems by Bob Cobbing. Fourth edition 1972. One typewritten text and 6 printed cardboards,...
Two Writer Forum Quarto booklets by John Rowan. Includes Group H No.2, 2nd ed. London, 1969. + No.8 Red White Blue, November 1970.
The first two issues of Kroklok (of 4 all published), the foremost magazine for Sound Poetry, edited by Dom Sylvester Houédard. Published by Writers Forum London.
Sarenco and Paul de Vree, Il libro 1968-1971. Brescia, Edizioni Amodulo, 1971. With Antonio Calderara, Ad Dekkers, Herman de Vries, Jirí Valoch, Ugo Carrega and others. Creases...
Contestical Mill. Brescia, Amodulo, 1970. 15 leaves. First edition of 1,000 copies. Slight bend around spine, rusty staples, else good. + Paul de Vree, Poesie Visiva. Brescia,...
Herman Damen, Langer Vers, Taal mobiliseren 1966-1972. Bill bread. Mobilizing language. Utrecht, 1973, 183 pp. Extensive survey on the Dutch artist with over one hundred examples...
Four issues of Subvers, edited by Hans Clavin and published by Subvers Press Ijmuiden. Includes Subvers 1, October 1970. Numbered 95/500, 56 pp. Glued in wrappers. + Subvers 2,...
Two prints by Hans Clavin: Guts, 1967. 5 stapled sheets containing concrete poems black on white paper. Numbered 44/50, signed in blue ink. 34 x 21.5 cm. Staple rusted, some wear...
Belgian poetry and collage collection. Includes four unique handmade booklets with various inserts and collages. Unknown author, undated (late 60s/70s), titles include: Tu Comprends...
Amsterdam, n.d. (1970). Green portfolio, 28 x 35.5 cm, with 11 silkscreens and a single sheet of toilet paper stamped M:erde.
Three artists' publications by Jiri Valoch. Includes: Do it yourself 1971-1974. Amsterdam, Kontexts Publications, 1975. 8 x 11 cm, 8 pp. Signed 49/100. Printed at Drukhuis. Rare mint copy.
Endre Tót, Sem Semmi Sem / Nothing Neither Nothing. Budapest 1971. A/4 notebook format, 16 pp. with die cut and vellum. Signed and numbered 41/50. Rare item in mint state.
Ferdinand Kriwet. Catalogue for Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1968. + Invitation card Kriwet by Studio F, Ulm, 1969. + Kriwet Publit. San Francisco, The Nova Broadcast Press, 1971....
Two intriguing works by the artist from Argentinia. Includes: Diario no.1. Antwerp, Guy Schraenen editeur, 1975. Artists' book in the form of an 8-page newspaper. 48 x 36 cm. In...
Purple painted cardboard cigarette box,7.5 x 6 x 2 cm. Contains 66 mimeographed cards with letters to arrange, throw and disperse into poems and inventions.
Amsterdam, In Out Productions, 1973. Kraft paper envelope (18.5 x 13 cm) with title label and text rubber stamped recto, and the artists' name rubber stamped verso. Contains ten...
Cullompton, Beau Geste Press, 1973. Perfect-bound booklet. 15 x 9.5 cm, 57 pp.
Cullompton, Beau Geste Press, 1972. Manila envelope with the title rubber stamped on front and BGP on verso. Contains two offset and rubber stamped cards (11.5 x 18 cm) with the...
Four artists' books by Michael Gibbs. Includes: Speculations. Four handpressed biscuit prints published by AAA Press Maastricht, 1975. 20 x 14.5 cm. Limited signed edition of 9,...
Review of visual / experimental poetry and language art published and edited by Michael Gibbs from 1969-1977. Includes: No.2, Summer 1970. Edition of 250 copies. Contributions...
Keith Godard, Sounds. New York, Works editions, 1972. 19 x 20 cm, 24 pp. Edition of 500. A noisy artists' book with materials such as craft paper, glassine and tissue creating...
Unpublished original manuscript from the archive of Willem Sandberg. Blue portfolio with the title and the addresses of Guthrie's studio and Sandberg's home on the cover. Contains...
Two artists' books published by Gerd de Vries gallery in Cologne. Includes: Peter Roehr, Ziffern, 1965. 10 typographic compositions in the center of each page.
Self-published 1971. White cardboard box of 71 white cards (13 x 20 cm), each card presents a thought related to language. To be read in arbitrary order.
Steve Wheatley, Stamps of Many Lands. London, Brian Lane, 1979. Stamp book and wallet, numbered 69/200. + Michael Harvey, Detective. The Free Press editions, 1972. Numbered 24/200....
A collection of five beautiful small books by Simon Cutts. Includes Leafmold (with Karl Torok). Coracle Press, 1975. Signed edition No.6/50.
Ugo Carrega, Mikrokosmos. Milano, Edizioni Tool, 1968. 16 x 16 cm. Cards in original envelope. Top card soiled, else good.
Includes Text-bilder. Klaus Peter Dencker, Dumont Dokumente, 1972. + Auf ein Wort, Gutenberg Museum, 1987. + Jerry G.Bowles, This book is a movie. Delta Books, 1971. Collection...
Five publications on visual poetry. Includes Klankteksten, konkrete poezie, visuele teksten. Catalogue for a travelling exhibition of visual and sound poetry organized by the Stedelijk...
Some issues of this visual poetry periodical edited by de Rook, van Aarssen and Joseph (1968-1983). Included are two numbers of the first series (No.3, 56/125 + No.4, 98/125),...
Two artists' books and two cards by GJ de Rook. Contains: XPRMNTL PTRY. Nijmegen, Exp/ Press, 1971. 64 pp. + Life, published by In-Out productions, Amsterdam 1973. Xeroxed mini...
Collection of visual poetry objects by Herman Damen (Deman). Includes a transparent box holding 30 matchboxes printed with a red text. + Magnifying glass and hairpin in translucent...
Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme/ Review for written Plasticism April 1967. Edition of 100. Contains poetry by Paul de Vree, Herman de Vries (Random Sample in stapled on envelope),...
Tijdschrift voor verbaal plasticisme/ Review for written plasticism, February 1968. Edition of 100. Vergankelijke po wezie/poésie transit- ive- oire/Transitory Poetry and texts....
Manilla envelope with a large selection of articles, content pages and notes by Damen concerning his magazine AH Review for Written Plasticism/ Tijdschrift voor Verbaal Plasticisme numbers 1 - 8.
Nine xeroxed pages with concrete poetry by Mayer, possibly as used in artists' magazines. Includes piece of paper cut off from a manila envelope stating 16/72 and the signature...
Bocks 22. Liberis editions, St. Albans, Herts, 1972. Transparant plastic box,10 x 14 x 6.5 cm. Holds 27 thick white cardboard cards with concrete poems printed in black. 13 x 8 cm. Mint copy.
Two artists' books by German printmaker Wolfgang Schmidt (1929 - 1995). Includes Vielfarbengedicht published by Typos Verlag, Frankfurt, 1962. Printed in an edition of 200 copies,...
Eugen Gomringer, Die Kostellationen/ Les Constellations/ The Constellations/ Las Constelaciones. Published by Eugen Gomringer Press, Frauenfeld, Switzerland, n.d. 1962. 21 x 21 cm, 150 pp.
Mark Insingel, perpetuum mobile. Amsterdam, Meulenhof, 1969. Soft cover with dust jacket. 24 x 24 cm, 48 pp. Early concrete poetry by Mark Insingel, pseudonym of Marcus Henri Laurent...
Includes Mario Nanni, I giochi del malessere. Edizioni Apollinaire, Milano, 1969. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. Cool book object, 21 x 21 x 2 cm. Spiral bound double pages...
Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, 1968. Exhibition catalogue in the form of an Electro game box, graphic design by Swip Stolk. Cardboard box (31.5 x 22.5 x 4 cm) containing a 36 page...
Published by rot texte, Stuttgart, 1966. 27 issues from the series, edited by Max Bense and Elisabeth Walther, largely devoted to concrete poetry and the exploration of language...
Stuttgart, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1968. Folder containing 13 b/w letterpressed and offset printed folding sheets measuring 64 x 48 cm unfolded. Text in English and German. Rooted...
Fourteen issues of the futura folded broadside series published by Hansjörg Mayer 1965-1968 (26 all published). Artist periodical which unfolds into a 64 x 48 cm poster.
Typoaktionen, Frankfurt: Typos Verlag, 1967. Signed No.222/500. 12 x 16.5 cm. Horizontal leporello consisting of fourteen panels. Letter pressed in black, text in German. Exploration...
Selection of silkscreened posters from 1964-1966 by Hansjörg Mayer. Features announcements of visual/concrete poetry exhibitions mostly taking place at the Technische Hochschule...
Group of 9 posters announcing discussions, filmscreenings and exhibitions taking place at the Studium Generale of the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart in the period 1962-1964.
for his own exhibition in Werkstadt Breitenbrunn in Austria, May 1968. 48 x 48 cm.
Monoprint b/w on paper by famous German poet, painter and typographer. 48 x 48 cm. Artists' proof copy, signed on the back in pencil. From the series Alphabetenquadrat with an...
Signed and numbered on the back by the artist in pencil 3/13, 1966. 48 x 48 cm. From the Alphabet Square series. Toning on left edge and lower edge, else a very good copy.
30 x 22 cm. B/w. Signed on back in pencil. AP, 1967. Toning/browning at lower left corner, else very good.
Oxford, Holy Cow, c. 1975. Possibly edited by Opal L. Nations. Printed by Eddie Cramp, Polytechnic. Loose-leafed, 30 multicolour pp., mostly 33 x 20.5 cm. With contributions of...
The Big Mid-July grOnk mailout. bpNichol/ david uu/ bill bissett (eds.). Toronto, Ganglia Press, 1969. Envelope containing seven inserts and a stapled three-leaf introduction....
Includes Ceolfrith 1. Sunderland, Ceolfrith Bookshop Gallery, 1970. Exhibition catalogue, lacks plastic bag and booklet by Stuart Mills. Incl. poem cards with poems by Apollinaire,...
Tijdschrift voor (evolutieve) Poezie. 7th year No. 4, 58 pp. + Gerrit Jan de Rook. Witte gedichten/white poems/poèmes blanc. Self-published, 1970 'in an edition of 60 given away copies'.
J. Reichardt (ed.). London, Institute for Contemporary Arts, 1965. 81 pp.
London, London Magazine Editions, 1967. Hardcover with glassine wrapper. 19 x 19 cm, 197 pp. Edition size unknown. Vol.13 of London Magazine Editions.
Sherbourne, South Street Publications, 1968. 23 x 18 cm. 108 pp. Catalogue for one of the most significant concrete poetry exhibitions of the 1960s. Blue plastic clasp bound with...
Sherbourne, South Street Publications, 1968. Original printed wallet sewn on three sides, 46 x 60 cm. Contains 5 prints, each 43.5 x 56 cm. Identifying label pasted on verso. Includes:...
Milano, Edizioni TOOL, 1970. 36.5 x 26.5 x 3 cm. Illustrated paper box with 33 loose artists' contributions including texts, visual poetry, artists' booklets, photography and posters.
Krefeld, Vertrieb Passagebuchhandlung Jürgen Dahl, 1959. Edited by Daniel Spoerri. First edition of 200 copies. 21 x 29.5 cm, 32 pp. Offset print on vellum.
AH tijdschrift voor verbaal- plasticisme/ Review for verbal-plasticism, 1966. Numbered edition of 100, this is No.50. 21.5 x 17 cm, approx. 60 pp. First issue of 10 all issued...
AH Tijd-schrift voor verbaal-plasticisme/Review for verbal-plasticism. Utrecht, self-published, October 1967. 30 x 21 cm. Ill. envelope containing title page with approx. 60 loose...
AH tijdschrift voor verbaal- plasticisme/review for verbal-plasticism. Utrecht, self-published, September 1972. Kinesic poetry/zintuiglijke powezie. 30 x 23.5 cm. 29 loose pp....
Periodical for concrete poetry, edited by Ruud van Aarssen, Robert Joseph and Gerrit Jan de Rook. Included are: Year 1 No.2, 1968. 22/100. Pink portfolio with original print, includes...
Copenhagen, self-published, 1965. Stapled softcover. 28.5 x 21 cm, 12 pp. First edition of 100. Artists' book by Jirí Kolár featuring typescript concrete poems consisting of the...
Original works by the Czech artist, poet, theorist and curator sent to Tjeerd Deelstra in 1967. Unique typestracts on off-white paper, all signed and dated on verso. Includes:...
New York, Black Thumb Press, 1966. Manilla envelope with pasted offset title label, 16.5 x 10.5 cm. Contains 20 printed cards each consisting of a single typewriter character. 8.5 x 14 cm.
Includes: Emmet Williams, Sweethearts. New York, Something Else Press, 1967. Softcover with Marcel Duchamp's Coeurs Volants on cover. 20.5 x 14 cm. Concrete Love Poem. Very good....
Rotterdam, Cold Turkey Press, 1976. 30 x 20 cm, 20 pp. Tape and staple bound. Black offset lithograph printed on white and purple paper. No. 136/250.
Serigraph in black, white and orange. No. 53/66, dated 1971, signed in pencil. 68 x 27 cm.
Serigraph. Dactylopoème. 1968. Title and edition in pencil. No. 19/32. 62 x 46 cm.
Serigraph in silver and green, 1967. Signed at bottom with pencil. 62.5 x 46 cm.
Screen print, signed "Deman '69". 70 x 46 cm. Light traces of use, good copy. + Pedaal Poeem. Screen print, signed "Deman '66". 61 x 46 cm. Signed r.b., left strip dam., some traces of use.
Group of works from the British visual poet and lecturer Jeremy Adler. Derived from the collection of Claus Bock (1926-2008), who was Adler's professor at Westfield College in...