Search Results: Titles starting with M from Better Read Than Dead

Davenport Hotel, Spokane, WA: [np], 1926. Second edition of 2000 copies. One sided large atlas folio (28 in), black printing on white stock, signed and numbered (1293 of 2000) by Lindsey. Near Fine, some toning, folded into sixths, light closed tears at innermost fold intersections, overall clean and highly presentable.. Illustrated by the author.. Large illustrated "Map of the Universe" by Lindsay, which first appeared in "Tramps Excuse" in 1909, and had been paired in miniature with a number of his publications since (here noted as the frontispiece of the Collected Illustrated Poems from MacMillan). Reverse side shows his illustrated poem "Queen of Bubbles", the recto half of which first appeared in 1904 and is here produced in full for the first time. Below is a detailed walk-through of the Map of the Universe, with bibliographic information and further sources for the work. At very bottom is an edition statement, "SECOND EDITION OF THIS POSTER--TWO THOUSAND COPIES--DAVENPORT HOTEL, SPOKANGE,… Read More

San Francisco: [self-published], 2005. All corner stapled, on letter-sized copy paper, xeroxed to recto only, roughly 15-25 pages each. All are clean and bright, missing no material, and generally in great shape save a wrinkle here, uniformly rusted staples, a stray smudge every so often.. Scattered run of Dodie Bellamy and Kevin Killian's occasional joint periodical MIRAGE #4 / PERIOD(ICAL), with issues spanning between 1993 and 2005. The whole design smacks of University copy machine access. 17 - June 1993 - Michael Basinski, Mark Ewert / H.O.O.B. (Hands Off Our Brenda), Ron Silliman, Sheila E. Murphy, Christa Wolf, Bo Huston Interview. 18 -July 1993 - David Dashiell, Julie Regan, Barrett Watten, Thomas Evans interview, Ron Day. 28 - April 1994 - Dennis Dennisoff, Sianne Ngai, Sarah Schulman, Kansas City Confidential: Monique Nobo, Jennifer Pomerantz, Julie Bray & Shawn Winchell, Charles Ray. 37 - December 1994 - George Albon, Brian Bouldrey, Mary Burger, Andrew Joron, John Olson, Mary… Read More

Lund Humphries, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Clean boards, tight binding, clean square text block, and bright leaves free of soiling or creasing. Some leaves have light warping along the bottom, no illustrations or text obscured. Very good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall.

New York City, NY & London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1971. Hardcover octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering in pictorial dust jacket, 200 pp. Very good book, slightly bowed boards, moderately foxed edges, lightly spotted boards/Very good jacket, lightly chipped spine ends with some very short tears, lightly worn and chipped perimeter aspects, fairly soiled covers, and clipped bottom front flap.

New York: Voyages Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover, 5 3/4" x 8 3/4", cream cloth boards with gilt lettering, brown end papers, in pictorial paper dust jacket, 131 pp. Near fine/Good dust jacket, 2" tear to seam of spine with chipped ends, lightly chipped edges and corners, 2" tear to front flap, foxing and mild soiling..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1972. First printing. Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 568 pp. Very good ex-library book, withdrawl slip torn from front free endpaper; very good dust jacket, spine worn with 2 close tears, spine sticker.

Los Angeles: Holloway House, 1969. First Edition. Perfect-bound duodecimo in decorative type wraps. 312pp, [1], [7]pp advertisements. Worn about edges, with small closed tears (.25") to middle of fore edges of front and rear wraps; some creasing, soiling; binding and spine sound and uncreased; pages and inside wraps age-toned. Very Good,. True first printing, with all points (stated First Printing, HH-176 to cover), of Slim's pulp classic.

London, England: Secker & Warburg, 1965. First British Edition. Large 8vo, forest green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, 254 pp. Near Fine, former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, foxing to top of text block, tail of spine lightly pushed./Very Good jacket, some soiling, crown and tail of jacket spine creased,. Literary, Social and Political Essays.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1971. First edition. Hardcover, dark gray cloth; blue and white spine titles in pictorial dust jacket, 8vo, 64 pp. Fine/Near fine unclipped ("$6.95") jacket with a short closed tear at head of rear panel, light overall toning.. Cover painting by William David Ridenhour. Inscribed on front endpaper: "From David To Kenward," with a hand-drawn musical score.

Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1967. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], black cloth boards, gilt spine titles, purple end papers, pink top stain, illustrated dust jacket, 403 pp. Very good book; good dust jacket, spine rubbed, spine ends chipped, cover rubbed and soiled, edges and corners lightly nicked with close tears. Jacket design by Paul Bacon, photography by Keeler.

New York City, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First edition. Hardcover 8vo black boards with red lettering in an illustrated dust jacket, 239 pp. Very good, slight cant to spine, very moderate damping stains to bottom edge and bottom perimeter of boards, lightest rubbing to bottom edge and corners, lightest soiling to bottom of free end papers, lightest soiling to boards otherwise; strong sound binding, clean interior text, and very nice copy./Very good, sun-faded spine with mild rubbing and chipping at ends, light wear to seams, well worn jacket all around with moderate spotting throughout, flaps have 1/4" damping stain, interior shows water damage; shape and color maintained, full and sharp jacket.. Jacket Design by Robert Galster.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, gilt and black spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 415 pp. Very good book; good dust jacket.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover, [octavo], red cloth boards, black and gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 415 pp. Very good book; very good dust jacket, spine faded, spine ends chipped, covers have worn and torn edges, flaps toned. Jacket photographs Leroy McLucas. The autobiographical novel depicting life in Harlem post-World War II and on the brink of the American civil rights movement. Translated internationally since publication.

New York: Anthology Film Archives, 1982. Perfect-bound, octavo, pictorial wraps, 202 pp. (A Manhattan Odyssey), 90 pp. (Coffee, Brandy & Cigars). Very good books, lightly worn wraps, some discolorations and creasing present, sound copies. Photography by Stanley Kubrick, Steven Borns, Roger Corbeau. The two-volume set of Herman G. Weinberg's last published miscellany of criticism and memoir, separated from it's originally issued slipcase. These two copies belonged to film historian and critic James Monaco, inscribed by him on verso sides of upper covers top left corner to both books. Additionally, A Manhattan Odyssey is inscribed to Monaco on first page. Weinberg was a pioneer in sub-titling films expanding on the intention of the movioloa, a device designed to permit editors to view film during the editorial process.

New York City, NY: Something Else Press, Inc, 1966. Softcover octavo pamphlet saddle-stapled in illustrated yellow paper wrappers with black lettering and decoration, 31 pp. Very good, light wear to perimeter aspects of cover wrappers, small tear to top right corner of cover wrapper. A Great Bear Pamphlet of Manifestos by Ay-O, Philip Corner, W.E.B. DuBois Clubs, Oyvind Fahlström, Robert Filliou, John Giorno, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Allan Kaprow, Alison Knowles, Nam June PAik, Diter Rot, Jerome Rothenberg, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams. Issued by Dick Higgins imprint, Something Else Press which started the Great Bear Pamphlet series shortly after the founding of SEP in 1963 which became some of the earliest documents of Fluxus art movement, which Higgins was recognized as co-founding in 1962.

Los Angeles, CA: Science of Mind Publications, 1974. Second printing. Softcover octavo, in colorful illustrated wrappers, 92 pp. Very good, light wear and rubbing to perimeter aspects of wrappers, creasing along spine to back cover, light soiling to cover in marker, unmarked text block with strong binding.

Skira Editore, 2018. Hardcover. Near Fine. Llight wear to the dust jacket from handling. Clean boards, tight binding, clean text block, and bright leaves free of soiling or creasing. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Assen, The Netherlands: Van Gorcum, 1978. Signature-bound, octavo, pictorial wraps, 86 pp. Very good condition, wraps lightly worn and soiled, text block lower edge lightly soiled throughout.

Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2022. Hardcover duodecimo in illustrated boards, no dust jacket, 319 pp. Very good, light shelf wear with gently bumped boards.

Georgetown, CA: Dragon's Teeth Press, 1970. Living Playwrights Series. Softcover, octavo, in illustrated wraps, 68 pp. Very good, rubbed and soiled wraps with moderate creasing. Drawing by Tamas Konok. Cornel Lengyel's 5th published work, The Master Plan (1978). Title page inscription to fellow playwright, artistic director and founder of the Negro Ensemble Company (NEC, 1967), For Douglas Turner Ward...1978. Tipped in Dragon's Teeth Press party invitation, Douglas Turner Ward : please consider the role omega? --- -- Ω. As an addendum to this note on the invitation, written in the book on dramatis personae page, 5th character from the top, "OMEGA, a survivor" and annotated by C. Lengyel, [a black hero ].