Search Results: Performing Arts from Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB

New York: Grove Press, 1970. First Edition, First Printing (stated). Softcover. Sextodecimo. 7 x 4.25 inches. 123 pp. Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market paperback in original stiff pictorial wrappers. Contains complete text of the improvised dialogue from the film and over 100 b&w photographs, some quite explicit. Light edgewear to wrappers, else Fine. Text block square and tight. Previous owner's signature inked on title page, else free of markings. Scarce in this condition.

The erotic film Blue Movie (originally titled Fuck), written and directed by Andy Warhol, and starring starred Warhol regulars Viva and Louis Walden, depicted explicit sex and helped usher in the "Golden Age of Porn." It was unscripted and improvised. Warhol's intended title for the film was Fuck, consistent with his use of single word titles. However, when, at the first screening, it was found that the second reel had a blue cast due to the use of incorrect film stock, Warhol decided to call the film Blue Movie, a… Read More

New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1969. First Edition, Second Printing (stated on copyright page). Hardcover. Octavo. 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches. 190 pp. Near Fine / Near Fine. Publisher's black cloth over board. Spine stamped in metallic blue. White endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs from the original New York production. Unclipped first issue dust jacket with Clovis Trouille painting reproduced on front panel. Shows $5.00 and GP-603 on front flap. Black cloth clean and un-worn. Stamping to spine bright and unrubbed. Tips sharp. Binding tight with slight lean. Endpapers clean and bright. Text block unmarked and clean throughout. Dustjacket has slight edge curling and a tiny, closed corner tear at heel. Dust jacket now in protective archival sleeve.

The avant-garde "entertainment with music," devised by British drama critic Kenneth Tynan and directed by Jacques Levy, consisted of sketches provided by Julian Barry, Samuel Beckett, Jules Feiffer, Dan Greenburg, John Lennon, Pat McCormick,… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ / Good. Quarto. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4 inches. Original blue cloth over board, stamped in gilt and blind, top edge stained yellow. Intensely dramatic illustrated red and yellow pictorial endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket shows price of $10.00. 569 pages. More than 80 decorative drawings by Alberta Sordini, Design by Merle Armitage, text by Olin Downes, piano arrangements by Leonard Marker, and introduction by Dimitri Mitropoulos. Calibrated discography with rare "Musicator - BMI Music Locater" strip laid in. Cover cloth slightly faded along bottom edges of both boards. All tips sharp. Two small white flecks on front board. Front board slightly bowed. Binding solid and tight. Text block square with very light foxing on edges. Pages clean and unmarked. Grey, black, and red dustjacket has rubbing to leading edges, stains in various locations on all panels, and scattered chipping at extremeties. Presents a thorough, collaborative… Read More