A substantial collection of concrete and experimental poetry with over 90 original works of concrete poetry and over 30 books connected to the curatorial and publishing activity of Stanisław Dróżdż (1939–2009), a pioneer of concrete poetry in Poland. The collection includes original works of concrete poetry, artist books, vintage photographs..... More

Prague: Odeon, 1967. Square octavo (17.5 × 15.5 cm). Original pictorial dust-wrapper over printed paper wraps; pictorial end-papers; 133, [3] pp. Very good. First Czech translation of Bense’s structuralist approach to texts, which became one of the first theoretical works of concrete poetry. The text was edited and expanded for..... More

Prague: SČSVU, [1966]. Octavo. Original staple-stitched printed wrappers; [8] pp. Numerous reproductions of Ovčáček’s work, including concrete poetry, on the wrappers and throughout. Very good. Scarce catalog of an exhibition held in Prague in early 1966, apparently the first solo exhibition of Ovčáček’s work. Born 1933, Ovčáček was one of..... More

Prague: Odeon, 1967. Square octavo (15.5 × 15.5 cm). Embossed white cloth, original printed dust jacket; 265, [2] pp. About very good; very light wear to dust jacket at spine extremities and edges. Unsurpassed Czech anthology of experimental, mostly concrete, poetry from all over the world, with design and typography..... More

Prague: Československé ústředí knižní kultury v nakl. Orbis, 1964–1965. Small quartos (30 × 21 cm and 26 × 20 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; ca. 33–48 pp. per issue (consecutive pagination). Numerous illustrations, some in color. Summaries in Russian, English, French, and German. A few issues with minor wear to..... More

[Prague: self-published], 1989. Quarto (28.8 × 20.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; ca. 300 pp. of reproduced typescript; with occasional illustrations from photographs. Small crease to lower front wrapper affecting first few leaves; small crease to upper corner of final portion of block; else very good. The final unofficial "samizdat" issue..... More

Liberec: Severočeské nakladatelství, 1966. Quarto (28.4 × 20.8 cm). Original black cloth; embossed title to front board; decorative dust jacket; 65, [3] pp. Signed and inscribed by the author. Very good. A striking, large-format volume of concrete and visual poems by Czech poet and artist Emil Juliš (1920-2006). Overall design..... More

Ostrava: Profil, 1965. Octavo (20 × 13.3 cm). Original printed tan cloth with illustrated dust wrapper by Ovčáček; 45 pp. Illustrations throughout by Ovčáček. Signed and inscribed by the author in 1968. A very good copy, with a few small tears (one closed tear) and one nick to dustjacket. A..... More

Prague: Trigon, 1995. Square octavo (23 × 21 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 269, [2] pp. Very good. This volume represents the first publication of various concrete and visual poetry cycles created in the 1960-90s by Eduard Ovčáček (born 1933), which could not be published during the Czech Normalization-period of the..... More

Ulrichs. Hannover, 1961–79. DIN A4 (30 × 21 cm). Thin typewriter paper in different colors. Somewhat fragile and faded. – With: Nine printed invitations and postcards designed by Timm Ulrichs; one of them with recipient addressing written by the artist. Different places and publishers, 1967–81. 12mos (10.5 × 14.5 to..... More

Ulrichs. I) A three-page typewritten letter with mounted pictures, handwritten annotations, and a handwritten signature, as well as a half-page typewritten letter with handwritten signature. Hannover, 12. 02. 1980 and presumably 02. 1980. DIN A4 (29.6 × 21 cm) and DIN A5 (14.8 × 21 cm). – II) Handwritten letter..... More

Ulrichs. Hannover and other places: predominantly self-published, ca. 1960–80. Different formats ranging from 12mo to folio (8 × 21 to 59 × 41.8 cm). 27 printed, hectographed, and photocopied leaves designed by the artist (concrete poetry, photomontages, invitations, etc.), 5 hectographed texts, 5 posters, 4 envelopes (two of which are..... More

Ulrichs. Hannover: self-published, 1968. Quarto (30 × 21 cm). Original stapled-stitched pictorial wrappers; [61] leaves with inserts (e.g. a pouch with "sticky notes – miniature posters", Pelikan paint box advertising board with a signed orange painted color area, one leaf with handwritten signed stamp signature), mounted material, various formats, colors..... More