Composition by Marc Saporta (15 results)

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). Book set in very good condition. Check the pictures. Safe packaging and fast shipping: 1. Books will be carefully packed using protection such as foam cushions and they will be placed in a robust box. (For small books, they will be placed in an envelop with bubble foam wrap and extra strong cardboard) 2. The shipping label will be purchased and the book will be delivered to the shipping courier access point within a day from the purchase (unless is weekend) 3. We ship from Italy. Please contact us in advance if the shipping destination is to an island or to a very remote place (For example, Cyprus, Canary islands, Madeira), we will need to check if there are shipping solutions for those destinations. There is no issue with shipping to EU countries plus Nordics, UK and North America. Tracking code, delivery and purchase guarantee: 1. The book will no take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive within a week from the parcel delivery to the shipping courier (in normal situations in EU countries) 2. You will receive the tracking code and you will be able to check the status of the delivery in every step. The book will not be stolen or get lost which is common when shipping with untraceable packages Feel free to contact us for any questions!

Novelty. Condition: FINE. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). 155 looseleaf pages presented in a clamshell box; all pages printed with digital topographic images on the versos. With 'The Anatomy of Your Favorite Novel' by Salvador Plascencia and new introduction by creator Tom Uglow. All contents present, clean, and sharp in a crisp box.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition first impression unbound paperback in card clamshell cover, no markings, please see pics.

Brossura. Condition: buono. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). Book set in good condition. Check the pictures. Safe packaging and fast shipping: 1. Books will be carefully packed using protection such as foam cushions and they will be placed in a robust box. (For small books, they will be placed in an envelop with bubble foam wrap and extra strong cardboard) 2. The shipping label will be purchased and the book will be delivered to the shipping courier access point within a day from the purchase (unless is weekend) 3. We ship from Italy. Please contact us in advance if the shipping destination is to an island or to a very remote place (For example, Cyprus, Canary islands, Madeira), we will need to check if there are shipping solutions for those destinations. There is no issue with shipping to EU countries plus Nordics, UK and North America. Tracking code, delivery and purchase guarantee: 1. The book will no take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive within a week from the parcel delivery to the shipping courier (in normal situations in EU countries) 2. You will receive the tracking code and you will be able to check the status of the delivery in every step. The book will not be stolen or get lost which is common when shipping with untraceable packages Feel free to contact us for any questions!

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). Book set in good condition. Check the pictures. Safe packaging and fast shipping: 1. Books will be carefully packed using protection such as foam cushions and they will be placed in a robust box. (For small books, they will be placed in an envelop with bubble foam wrap and extra strong cardboard) 2. The shipping label will be purchased and the book will be delivered to the shipping courier access point within a day from the purchase (unless is weekend) 3. We ship from Italy. Please contact us in advance if the shipping destination is to an island or to a very remote place (For example, Cyprus, Canary islands, Madeira), we will need to check if there are shipping solutions for those destinations. There is no issue with shipping to EU countries plus Nordics, UK and North America. Tracking code, delivery and purchase guarantee: 1. The book will no take weeks to arrive, but it will arrive within a week from the parcel delivery to the shipping courier (in normal situations in EU countries) 2. You will receive the tracking code and you will be able to check the status of the delivery in every step. The book will not be stolen or get lost which is common when shipping with untraceable packages Feel free to contact us for any questions!

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). 1st Edition. Paperback. Condition:NEW! Plascencia, Salvador (illustrator). First Edition!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Novel-in-a-box consisting of 152 pages which the reader is supposed to shuffle like a deck of cards and read in the resulting order. Contains the original orange band holding the pages together. First Edition in English. Belongs to the same genre as Julio Cortazars Landscape Painted with Tea anda book that Saporta influencedB.S. Johnsons The Unfortunates. Near Fine in Near Fine Box.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Experimental novel, published as a set of 150 loose pages meant to be reshuffled. Pages all present, held together with paper band and laid inside illustrated box. Interior contents all clean. Occasional indent to thin pages from handling, but hardly so. Paper band intact and clean. Box is sturdy though slightly widened feeling at the very top part, held together quite fine. Small tear to the rear part of the board. From the home of a tobacco smoker so there is a slight darkening at certain edges of the box from that. Some other light rubbing, scuffing, and minor staining besides, but overall a well kept and attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Innovative novel-in-a-box with 152 unbound, unnumbered pages intended to be read in non-linear order ("the reader is requested to shuffle them like a deck of cards") laid into a tricolor-printed paper-covered box designed by Janet Halverson, who at the time also designed the cover of Jack Kerouc's 1962 novel Big Sur. Influenced by abstract expressionist painting, William Burrough's "Naked Lunch", and musical work by John Cage, "Composition No. 1" anticipated subsequent experiments in open form writing. As reviewer David Dietrich put it in 2011 "In so many ways, Composition No. 1 was published ahead of its time: the book raises all the questions we ask ourselves today about user-centric, non-linear screen driven ways of reading." First English language edition, first printing, translated from the original French by edition of 1962 by Richard Howard and published by Simon and Schuster in 1963. 8vo; with original orange band around the loose text block. Mild foxing to fore edge, otherwise clean and bright leaves with only light creasing to title page. Intact box; some de-lamination occurring, particularly along spine. Soiling and chipping to box with faint damp staining. Slightly raised top edge. All pages accounted for.

Loose Leaf. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Pages Of This Book May Be Read In Any Order. The Reader Is Requested To Shuffle Them Like A Deck Of Cards. Book.

Condition: Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. 1st English edition. Sm 8vo. Unpaginated. Very Good book. Good box. Loose pages issued in a case, meant to be shuffled and read in any order. (experiemental fiction, toy and movable books) Inquire if you need further information.

8vo, 153 loose sheets plus a folding sheet, the text each with a different image to the reverse, a couple of spots to the first leaf. Folding box, an excellent copy.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First English language edition. Loose sheets housed in a clamshell cardboard box of black and orange with titles to front. Sheets are fine; in a fine box designed by Janet Halverson. A vintage copy of an unusual, experimental book by French writer Marc Saporta (1923-2009). Consists of 150 loose pages that the reader is encouraged to arrange and read in any way they choose. Each page has a self-contained narrative. What makes this even more interesting is that this actually works. As Saporta himself explained, "the time and order of events control a man's life more than the nature of these events." Very scarce, especially in this superior condition. 150 loose pages, (4-7/8" by 7-3/4") each.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustwrapper. First Edition. First American Edition, First Printing. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Loose leaves in wraparound band, inside folding clamshell box, without dustwrapper as issued. A Fine copy. The leaves, which are unnumbered are in no particular order: "The pages of this book may be read in any order. The reader is requested to shuffle them like a deck of cards. Born in Turkey in 1923, Saporta held degrees in law (University of Madrid) and philosophy (the Sorbonne), and worked at the United States Information Service in the 1970's-80's. Q17682 Loose Leaves inside folding clamshell box.

Unbound. Condition: As New. None (illustrator). First edition. The first Visual edition of this novel influenced by abstract impressionist painting, an unbound novel housed in its original box and protected in the publisher's shrink wrap. An innovative novel published in unbound leaves homes in its original clamshell box, intended to be rear in any order. The first Visual edition reissued from the 1963 first edition, still in its protective shrink wrap.A publication ahead of its time, it comprises an interconnected collection of stories following a group of Parisians during the Second World War German occupation. The way the book is thought of challenges both our notions of what a book is and the way we read it, dealing with questions still relevant today, concerning user-centric, non-linear screen driven ways of reading. Pinted with much attention to design, with unnumbered leaves and a digitally-generated art work to the rear of each leaf. Unbound as issued, in the original publisher's clamshell box. Lovely, protected in the unopened, original publisher's shrink wrap. As New. book.