san francisco lapis press (17 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. bibliography, index, 351 pages. A few interior pages have minor pen marginalia, light rubbing and scuffing to cover and page edge extremities. Sound spine, clean cover.

Boards. Condition: Very Good. Small 4to, glossy boards, 52 pp., pictures and words in color throughout. Head and heel of spine lightly bumped, otherwise Fine. Second printing.

First edition. 57 pp. Light bend to one upper corner, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Sam Francis. Book designed by Jaime Robles and printed by Les Ferriss on acid-free Superfine paper.

Softcover, 92 pages, very good condition; moderate rubbing to covers, no internal marks.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 57 pp.; white wrappers, cover art by Sam Francis. First Edition, inscribed by the author on half-title.; Signed by Author(s).

91 pp.; 20 x 20 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Originally published across three issues of Artforum in 1976, this volume brings these critical essays together in a single housing that includes an introduction by Thomas McEvilley and an afterword by O'Doherty. Good / Very Good. Yellowing and light scratching of covers with rubbing of cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked.

Condition: Good. 8vo. 91 pp. Soft Cover, Very Good, B&W Plates.Provenance: Richard A. Lorenz (1952-2001), author, art conservator,curator and director of the San FranciscoRegional Art Conservation Center. As a trustee of The ImogenCunningham Trust , Mr. Lorenz organized and curatedexhibitions of Cunningham's photographs and authored four major books onthe photographer.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean unmarked copy, very nice. Dust jacket has one small chip bottom of rear panel and some overall mild wear, dj in a protective mylar sleeve. Profiles on ten maverick poets, includes Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners, William Everson, James Broughton, Gregory Corso, Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse, Bob Kaufman and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

First trade edition. [140 pp w/bibliography]. Fine in illustrated wrappers with some light rubbing along the spine. Translated from the original French by Michael Taylor, with his introduction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second printing, 52 pp., bound in pictorial boards. Shelfwear and age toning, very good copy. 25 x 20 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED and SIGNED with small sketch to art critic/historian Donald Kuspit at front free endpaper. Octavo, 261pp, publisher's blue cloth stamped in silver at spine (about fine). Dust jacket (moderate wear mostly to edges including a few short tears, most heavily lower edge of rear panel, else very good). A collection of works each focusing on a different bohemian hero, including Charles Bukowski, Allen GinsbergGregory Corso and the like. Signed by Author(s).

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. - wraps issue - first printing - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - one off the stack of copies that were to be found on the corner of Reds desk in Hollywood - memoir, words from the authors, etc. by this later generation friend and hanger-on, poet, - writing about BUKOWSKI, GINSBERG, WIENERS, EVERSON, CORSO, NORSE, FERLINGHETTI, ETC. - illustrated with photos - very minor foxing top edge else a fine fresh copy - a bit uncommon . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 150 signed copies by Michael Taylor and Sam Francis. Original Sam Francis lithographic cover. Original mylar Dust Jacket. Brilliant fine copy. Signed by Author(s).

Second printing. 4to. 52 pp. Illustrated. Color pictorial laminated boards, very good. (34919).

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First published in 1912 and inspired by the inscriptions that the author had seen on stones along the side of the road in China. Introductory text and explanation of the 1914 edition, both by the author (8pp.); the steles organised by the direction that they are facing in the landscape or their location; translations by Michael Taylor; calligraphy by Walasse Ting; an austere Lapis Press production bound in boards covered with a lithograph by Sam Francis; 150 copies signed by Michael Taylor and Sam Francis. Original illustrated boards. Fine in printed transparent dustwrapper. signed by authors. book.

Limited edition, one of 35 copies signed in pencil by the artist and author, folio (398 x 288 mm); title, illustrated with six original colour aquatints by Sam Francis and justification; original publisher's wrappers with title in blind to front cover, original publisher's blue cloth box, a fine copy. A beautiful Sam Francis illustrated book published by his own Lapis Press. 'This book was designed and printed at the Lapis Press in Santa Monica, California by Lee Ferriss, Jaime Robles and Jack W. Stauffacher. The text was handset in Spectrum, a type designed by Jan Van Krimpen. The aquatints were printed by Jacob Samuel at the Litho Shop Inc. Bound by Klaus-Ullrich S. Rötzscher' (the justification).

Limited Edition, one of 150 copies SIGNED by translator Michael Taylor and artist Sam Francis. A collection of prose-poems first published in 1912, written in French and Chinese, inspired by inscriptions author Victor Segalen saw on stones along the road during a stay in China. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Very Good plus transparent dust jacket.