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THE AVANT-GARDE BOOK: 1900–1945 (includes signed announcement letter from the founder of Franklin Furnace)

THE AVANT-GARDE BOOK: 1900–1945 (includes signed announcement letter from the founder of Franklin Furnace)

by ANDEL, Jaroslav; WILSON, Martha

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1989
Binding
Soft cover
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00

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Franklin Furnace, New York, 1989 Description: First edition. 8 1/2 x 11 inches (22 x 28 cm). Offset printed. pp. [1], 2-68, [index on inside back cover]. 113 black-and-white illustrations. Good cond.: ext. wear incl. some laminate bubbling/edgewear; letter has tiny tears on right side. Comments: Catalog from a defining exhibit at the legendary alternative arts space. Unlike many later… Read more about this item
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$100.00
Ruscha Gunpowder Ribbon Drawings

Ruscha Gunpowder Ribbon Drawings

by WHITING, Cécile

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
2007
Binding
No Binding
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$30.00

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New York: Craig F. Starr Associates, 2007 10 x 8 1/2 inches. Trifold brochure on glossy paper. Vg, wee bit of fading to interior and light edgewear only. Document from a later show of the Ruscha drawings that were made with gunpowder.
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$30.00
Movement Ritual

Movement Ritual

by Halprin, Anna

Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Soft cover
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$175.00

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San Francisco, Calif.: San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. 1979. 2nd printing revised, re-designed. Good+ condition. Some rubbing/scratching/bending/marking to exterior, one corner bumped. Spiral bound pp. [4], 3-55, [4]. Created and developed by Anna Halprin and the San Francisco Dancers' Workshop. Specifically covers Halprin's Movement Ritual I, which is primarily performed while lying down. Includes related readings.
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$175.00
Sheet of Blank Letterhead from L'Archibras, Surrealist Periodical

Sheet of Blank Letterhead from L'Archibras, Surrealist Periodical

Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
No Binding
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$40.00

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Paris: L'Archibras [1967—1969]. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches. Fine cond. The surrealist periodical L'ARCHIBRAS existed for seven issues after the death of Breton in the late 60s and "remained faithful to a resolute, lucid sense of political engagement." (SURREALISM, Jacqueline Chénieux-Gendron, 1990)
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$40.00
Lonely Boy Mag No. A-1, Alec Soth's "Midwestern Exotica"

Lonely Boy Mag No. A-1, Alec Soth's "Midwestern Exotica"

by SOTH, Alec

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
2011
Binding
Soft cover
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00

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St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2011 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. pp. [4], 5-60, [4]. Good+. Extremely light exterior fading, two light scratches to rear. Alec Soth's photo stories, with staged and found photography. Includes story by Jindrich Styrsk.
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$100.00
FUTURISM 9: CATALOG FOR THE SALE OF THE ARCHIVE OF F.T. MARINETTI'S SECRETARY

FUTURISM 9: CATALOG FOR THE SALE OF THE ARCHIVE OF F.T. MARINETTI'S SECRETARY

by COHEN, Elaine Lustig

Condition
Used - Fair
Published
1982
Binding
Soft cover
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00

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New York: Ex Libris, 1982 7 x 10 inches. Fair cond. Exterior wear incl. moisture marks to front. Foxing to inside rear cover. Includes 698 lots.
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$50.00
Festival of Disappearing Arts, Baltimore, 1979: Flyer and Poster

Festival of Disappearing Arts, Baltimore, 1979: Flyer and Poster

Condition
Used - Good
Binding
No Binding
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00

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Baltimore, Md.: Festival of Disappearing Arts, 1979. Flyer is 8 1/2 x 11 and poster is 11 x 17. Both are printed front and back. Only cond. issue is fading to the poster where it was folded in the center. Documents from a 1979 festival featuring cross-disciplinary artists and sponsored by the Merzaum Collective and the Washington Project for the… Read more about this item
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Music Book

Music Book

by PATTERSON, Ben. JONES, Joe

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1994
Binding
Soft cover
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00

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Cologne: Galerie und Edition Hundertmark, 1994 6 x 8 1/4 inches. pp. [2], 2-3, [12]. Vg. condition, light ext. wear only. Small booklet released by Armin Hundertmark in an edition of 500. Includes an introductory text by Patterson and pictures of several of Jones's music machines.
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$50.00
Was Ist Backworks? Documents and Relics of Experimental Art 1952-1970.

Was Ist Backworks? Documents and Relics of Experimental Art 1952-1970.

Condition
Used - Good
Binding
No Binding
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$350.00

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Moore, Barbara; Hendricks, John New York: Backworks, 1976 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (21 x 27 cm). Offset printed. pp. [31]. 30 b&w illus. Fading to exterior and edgewear (tiny tear at upper-right-front cover and slight fold at lower-right); pen name on cover and very slight pen mark on back). Good+. Extremely scarce catalog of Fluxus items available from… Read more about this item
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$350.00
ART-RITE. Issue #9, Spring 1975

ART-RITE. Issue #9, Spring 1975

by DeAk, Edit.; Robinson, Mike

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1975
Binding
Soft cover
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$150.00

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New York: Art-Rite Publishing Company, 1975 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Staplebound. Good+ condition. Some foxing to front and back.
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$150.00
The Living Theatre: Repertory 1959

The Living Theatre: Repertory 1959

by MALINA, Judith; BECK, Julian; HOVHANESS, Alan

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1959
Binding
Soft cover
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00

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New York: The Living Theatre, 1959 6 x 9 inches. pp. [7], [insert 4], [8]. Good: Light ext. wear including smudge lower left. The influential NYC avant-garde theater's program for 1959. That year featured some of its best remembered pieces: MANY LOVES (William Carlos Williams), THE CONNECTION (Jack Gelber) and THE CAVE AT MACHPELAH (Paul Goodman). Includes insert noting cast… Read more about this item
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Theaterarbeit: 6 Aufführungen des Berliner Ensembles

Theaterarbeit: 6 Aufführungen des Berliner Ensembles

by BERLINER ENSEMBLE; WEIGEL, Helene

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
3rd Edition
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00

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Berlin: Henschelverlag, 1967 9 x 10 3/4 inches (25 x 27 cm). pp. [8], 7-473, [5]. Third, re-edited and extended edition. Sticker on title page from DBS Publications ("Drama Book Specialists"), New York. German. Photomontage cover. Good+. Covered in mylar, but underneath some wear to bottom of dj spine, bottom edge, lower-right corner. Tiny speck missing from front-middle-right. Fading to… Read more about this item
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$100.00
1980s DDR (East German) Mail Art—B.E.R.M. and Mechow—Two Pieces

1980s DDR (East German) Mail Art—B.E.R.M. and Mechow—Two Pieces

by Gruppe B.E.R.M.; MECHOW, Norwid

Condition
Used - Very Good
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No Binding
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$100.00

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Berlin: [B.E.R.M.]. [1988]. Pamphlet is 4 pages, VG cond., 4 x 6 inches, folded once. The poster is 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches, VG cond., but is folded three times for mailing (it is 4 1/2 x 6 inches folded). Berlin's B.E.R.M. collective organized one of the largest mail art exhibitions in East German history, "Recyling Mail Art-Projekt," held… Read more about this item
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Cote d'alerte: Surrealist Declaration, 1956

Cote d'alerte: Surrealist Declaration, 1956

by BÉDOUIN, Anne; BENAYOUN, Robert; BRETON, André; BROUTÉ, Jacque; DAX, Adrien; FLAMAND, Charles; GOLDFAYN, Georges; JANOVER, Louis; SCHUSTER, Jean, et. al.

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1956
Binding
No Binding
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1
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00

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Paris: Le mouvement surréaliste, 1956 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. VG condition. Surrealist publication protesting the recent election of 52 members of the Poujadiste movement and calling for the creation of a group of intellectuals committed to fighting fascism and colonialism.
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$75.00