Brewton Johnny (27 results)

Soft cover. Condition: N-Fine. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight copy. The front cover of title has a keyhole die-cut into it. This copy has a short tear at both bottom corners of that keyhole. Their were 203 numbered copies of this edition printed,the first 100 of which were signed and numbered by the author. T…

Oblong 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Designed and hand-printed letterpress by Johnny Brewton under the pseudonym "Skillet Marimba." Prints Gonzales' Christmas story originally recorded in 1954, along with a glossary of slang terms from Bab's be-bop dictionary. Limited to 100 copies given to friends of the press as a 2010 Christ…

Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to only 75 copies. Printed letterpress, designed and assembled by Johnny Brewton. Features collage art by various people including Brewton under his own name and as "Skillet Marimba," Mark Faigenbaum, and others. Prints a "Manifesto" on collage art by Brewton and Dan Melchior. Publication announc…

softcover. Condition: As new. First edition. Sniffing Keyholes remains the centerpiece of Beat Hotel published in 1984 and printed separately by Synaesthesia Press. A sex/dope scene between amascular black youth called Melo and a blond Russian princess called Z.Z. There were 203 numbered copies of this edition printed,the first…

Condition: Fine. First Edition. One of 75 copies of this exhibition catalog for a show of collage art held at a San Francisco record shop for one month in late 2014. Eighteen artists each have one piece reproduced; the publication is prefaced with a manifesto by the editor and Dan Melchior ("Raise high the scissors of liberation…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Edited and assembled by Johnny Brewton. This edition is limited to 226 copies, 200 are numbered and 26 are lettered A-Z. This is copy no.114. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Billy Childish, Ann Cohen, &c. Minor shelfwear: light scuffing along edges, light fading along cove…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Brautigan chapbook Fine. Limited edition. Small quarto. Stab-binding, stiff mylar covers. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Limited edition. Front cover by 13 Fingers. Wine label affixed to rear cover. Fine.One of 200 numbered copies,of which this #157. Noted avant-garde periodical-fanz…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Unique box set of booklet, sleeved cards, stamps, photos, etc. Includes original wooden block with "x" stamp. Also includes card signed by editor, Johnny Brewton. Part of a very limited printing of 26 lettered copies and 100 numbered copies. This is copy "J" of the letterpress copies. Individual…

Issue number 9 of X-Ray magazine, an art assemblage publication from Johnny Brewton. this issue came in a cardboard box with printed sticker and wraparound band. Contents unopened. This is #16 out of an edition of 100 numbered copies (26 were lettered). Fine copy, with contents unopened. Original plastic bag which held the box i…

Paperback. First edition. The seventh installment of this literary journal combining found objects, broadsides, and tipped-in materials. Some contributors made 226 copies of their work (the entire print run); others sent things in to the editor who printed them (letterpress for broadsides). The contents were velobound with aceta…

Paperback. First edition. The seventh installment of this literary journal combining found objects, broadsides, and tipped-in materials. Some contributors made 226 copies of their work (the entire print run); others sent things in to the editor who printed them (letterpress for broadsides). The contents were velobound with aceta…

Brewton (using the pseudonym "Skillet Marimba") created this collage for publication in Kut-Uup! No. 1, a periodical designed and published by him devoted to collage art. Features an intriguing image of a seated man in a 40's-style suite with a schematic where his head should be. The image is surrounded by an ornamental border a…

Limited Edition. Collection of fine press broadsides, ephemera, postcards and photographs. Housed in publisher's box with wraparound paper label that ties on the reverse. Fine condition. This edition was limited to twenty-six lettered copies, this is copy 'U'. An interesting and elaborate literary journal. Contributors include R…

String bound wraps. Condition: VG. Limited/Numbered Edition. Original Limited Edition No. 171 of 300 numbered copies. 26 Lettered Copies also published. Printed by hand at the New Orleans School of Glass Works and Printmaking Studio. The two inside pages have translucent rice paper flyleaves and the obituary for Timothy Leary, w…

Condition: Near Fine. San Francisco: X-Ray Book Company, 1996. First Edition, limited issue of 226 copies, of which 200 were numbered, this being #101. Octavo; unpaginated. Illustrations on multi-color varying types of paper stock; envelope, cards, notes mounted throughout. Acetate covers secured in hard black plastic fasteners;…

First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies, this being copy no.53. Thirty-two inserts (chiefly small letterpressed broadsides of varying sizes), including two pins, a plastic comb, and other articles, housed in a clear acetate bag, sealed with two brass brads and a letterpressed paper seal detailing the contents and contributors…

Condition: Fine. First Edition. The tenth and final issue of this literary series, each issued in a different format. This issue includes a small-format chapbook and many small broadsides and single-sheet illustrations. The printed material is housed in a stiff paper box with a piece of wood as a spacer. Contributors include Cha…

Condition: Very Good +. San Francisco: Pneumatic Press, 1994. First Edition; no. 80 of a run of 200. Octavo (22cm); [80]pp. Clear (x-ray) acetate wrappers with sturdy binding strip and exposed spine. Illustrations, photographs, collages, and found objects throughout. Wraps clean with sharp corners. Textblock and endsheets clean.…

Condition: Fine. First Edition. The ninth and penultimate issue of this literary series, each issued in a different format. This issue includes a number of printed broadsides in a cardboard box with a bellyband. It also includes a 45 record of shortwave broadcasts collected by Mike Powell. Contributors include Charles Bukowski,…

First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies, this being copy no.91. Thirty-two inserts (chiefly small letterpressed broadsides of varying sizes), including two pins, housed in a clear acetate bag, sealed with two brass brads and a letterpressed paper seal detailing the contents and contributors on verso. Various inserts numbered a…

Loose sheets in clamshell box. Condition: As New. No dustwrapper. First Edition. Limited Edition. #43/100 copies (of a total edition of 126). A Very Fine copy. A small square clamshell box containing an unbound assortment of broadsides, leaflets, pamphlets and other ephemera by various authors, inside sliding sealed slipcase, as…