Concrete Poetry by Bann (9 results)

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 7 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: London Magazine; Inventory No: 617336. Cosmo Books : 26 years selling on ABE; 26 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Superb copy of a well done and thorough magazine on kinetic art and concrete poetry. One page dog-eared else excellent with slightest handling and shelfwear.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. Book. 265 x 210 mm, 64 pp. in printed stapled wraps. Front cover image ('Portrait of Andree Dantu by Richard Hardwick: three phases of a Dantu polaroid light mobile') in colour, contents illustrated with both colour and b/w images. Three issues of Image (usually a 'careers' magazine for young graduates) were effectively taken over by important Cambridge academics of the day, all with a specific interest in concrete poetry and kinetic art: Philip Steadman, Stephen Bann and Reg Gadney. The issues of Image dedicated to kinetic and concrete poetry were particularly noteworthy for their commitment to translation and reprinting 'lost' texts, an imaginative use of layout and photography, and enlightening academic essays on their given subjects. This particular issue is entirely dedicated to kinetic art and concrete poetry (as the title suggests), and the editorial (which is idiosyncratically placed in the middle of the publication) reads: 'This issue of IMAGE is largely devoted to Kinetic Art: art, that is, incorporating real movement as opposed to the painted or static illusion of movement.' It is illustrated with a photograph of the editors and contributors - Stephen Bann, Reg Gadney, Frank Popper, Phil Steadman and Citroen - strolling through Paris. The issue features an essay by the concrete poetry specialist Stephen Bann, entitled 'Communication and Structure in Concrete Poetry', which comes with a reprinted letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Pierre Garnier, dated September 17th 1963. Translated by Bann are extracts from 'Manifesto for a new poetry, visual and phonic' by the concrete poet Pierre Garnier: 'The word is an element. / The word is a material. / The word is an object.' Also included in this section is a manifesto by Eugen Gomringer, entitled 'from line to consideration', and translated by Mike Weaver. It was 'first printed in augenblick no 2 agis verlag baden-baden 1954'. Works by Augusto de Campos, Ronaldo Azeredo, Decio Pignatari and Haraldo de Campos are also reprinted here. The second academic essay featured is a text by Mike Weaver entitled 'Concrete and Kinetic: the poem as Functional Object', which is illustrated with reproduced typestracts by Dom Sylvester Houedard. Also featured is a text by the editor Philip Steadman, entitled 'Colour Music and the Art of Lumia, and an essay by Reg Gadney entitled 'An Introduction: Kinetic Art', which is illustrated with images of works by Alexander Calder and Alexander Schoffer's Chronus sculptures. There are artist profiles of Frank Malina (by Reg Gadney); Gregoria Vardanega (by Stephen Bann); Martha Boto (by R.G); J-M. Cruxent (by S.B); Andree Dantu (by R.G); Knud Hvidberg and William Soya (by R.G); Nino Calos (by R.G). Condition: near fine (contents fine minor rubbing to covers).

Hardcover. London Magazine Editions, London. Edition 13. Shenval Press. Hardcover. First edition. Pages 202. Size: 18.5 x 18.3 cm Single minimal signs of age and use in the cover, otherwise very nice.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The covers are a bit worn with some of the cellophane starting to come off and the edges of the boards a bit worn and dirty. Internally very good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. STEADMAN, Philip, Mike Weaver, Stephen Bann ed.s, Form no. 4 / Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry. First edition. Square 4to. 32pp with b&w illustrated in stapled printed wraps. Cambridge: Philip Steadman, 1967. Wraps lightly soiled and yellowed. A very good copy. An important issue of literary design journal Form featuring articles on the founding of Black Mountain College, an essay by Josef Albers, a map of the Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry, an essay on the early days of concrete poetry by Eugen Gomringer, an article on Kinetism and a feature on 'Great Little Magazines'. The designer and editor Philip Steadman says of the publication 'I designed the magazine, which was in the Swiss manner with a square format, a grid layout, and the Helvetica typeface throughout. It had been my original ambition to carry on publishing until a stack of the complete run formed a cube; but after ten numbers we ran out of money and steam.'.

183,[15]pp. Oblong octavo. Glossy boards. First edition. Boards very slightly bowed, faint rippling of lower edge of the textblock, slight dusting at edges. Very good, without the cellophane wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. No markings or inscriptions, laminated boards. Front board slightly bowed, light wear to edges. Page edges spotted, especially top edge. Housed in a printed glassine jacket with a fair amount of wear - torn at the edges, lightly creased. Overall, a very good copy.

Boards. Condition: Very Good + Book. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Dust Jacket. First Edition. 195 Pp. Black Spine Printed In White, White Boards Printed In Black. Glassine Dj Printed In Red ( In Protective Heavy Duty Mylar Cover). Orange Endpapers. A Clean, Lightly Used Copy. With The Very Fragile Printed Glassine Dust Jacket, Complete, With A Little Wear And Wrinkling At Corners, 1/4" X 1/8" Chip At Bottom Of Spine.