Illus Berard Guy (2 results)

First, Limited Edition. One of 150 copies (the total edition) with an original silkscreen, signed by both poet and artist. Octavo (23cm).Thick card wrappers with printed paper cover label; bound accordion style, opening to [6]pp, with mounted original silkscreen illustration by Guy Berard. Fine. A free-verse celebration of the artistry of John Coltrane. The silkscreen is an abstracted photo-portrait of Coltrane against a multi-color background. Issued as Caliban Press Jazz Series no.3. Signed.…

First, Limited Edition. Small Quarto. 27cm. Limited to 125 copies. Dark green cloth spine with paper "5 Spot" label, over limp, grey die-cut card wraps. 10pp, with additional internal mechanical elements. A fine, bright copy. An artistic reworking of a 1964 "Down Beat Magazine" article by Williams describing the experience of seeing the legendary Thelonius Monk playing at NYC's legendary 5 Spot jazz cafe on 4th and Bowery, with a spectacular centrepiece of die cut card by Berard, based of a 1958 photo of Monk and his quartet playing. Signed out of sequence by McMurray to limitation page, with the accompanying Caliban Press prospectus sheet.…