A substantial collection of Polish concrete and experimental poetry, with over 50 original artworks and 37 books by artists such as Zbigniew Makarewicz, Marzenna Kosińska, Wojciech Sztukowski, Zbigniew Jeż, Hubert Koryzna, and Krzsystof Soliński, among others. The collection includes original works of concrete poetry, artist books, vintage photographs documenting poetic..... More

Funchal, Portugal, December 1970. Square light pink envelope with circular window, measuring 19 × 18 cm, with two folded leaves of blue color stock (rectos white), folded to create a design visible through the window. About very good. Striking concrete art and poetry object by Portuguese writer, poet, and artist..... More

Funchal: self-published, April and August 1966. Each issue composed of one single sheet, folded three times to create a pamphlet measuring 22.3 × 17 cm. Text printed to recto and verso in black, gray, and red. Some toning to spine fold; else very good. All published of this periodical of..... More

Frýdek-Místek: Vlastivedný ústav, 1970. Octavo. Single leaf of light card stock, folded once to create [4] pp. folder. Four reproductions of Ovčáček’s work, mostly sculptural works. Handwritten correction of Ovčáček's address, likely in the artist's hand. Very good. Scarce catalog of an exhibition held in Frýdek-Místek, in North-Eastern Moravia in..... More

Orlová, 1980. Small quarto (24 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; [29] pp. Printed on coated stock, with forty reproductions, some full-page. Very good. Scarce provincial catalog of an exhibition of Ovčáček’s visual works at Orlová near Ostrova, including graphic art, painting, and sculpture, structured around letters and words..... More

Prague: Československý spisovatel, 1967. Octavo (19.5 × 10 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 249, [5] pp. About very good; wrappers beginning to detach from text block. Important anthology of post-war text on the arts and avant-garde, published shortly before the Prague Spring and the Soviet Invasion of 1968, which would significantly..... 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

Prague: Artia (printed by Svoboda), 1966. Quarto (24 x 17.5 cm). Gatherings loosely inserted in printed wrappers, as issued; [10] pp. of preliminary matter; [30] pp. of reproduced works of concrete poetry. Very good; small tear to front panel; two unidentified signatures to flap. A distinguished Czech artist and poet..... More

Various places and years of publication, media, and formats. Collection of rare ephemera on the work of the experimental poet Melo e Castro, who, in addition to his commitment as a pioneer of the Portuguese neo-avant-garde, also worked as an engineer in the textile industry. He did not see these..... More

[Brno, 1987]. Original print in three colors, a meditation on the number 8, signed below by the artist. Measures 19.6 × 14.5 cm. Very good. Ovčáček was one of the foremost practitioners of concrete poetry and lettrism in Czechoslovakia. "Ovčáček endeavoured to achieve a revitalization of the language, based on..... More

Ulrichs. Hannover: self-published, 1967. Quarto (29.6 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched red printed wrappers; [32] leaves with concrete poetry, documentary, and biographical material, hectographed texts and numerous illustrations as well as with enclosures, such as a sealed envelope with a postcard mounted with photo corners, and small bags with stickers..... More

Ulrichs. Various places: self-published and various galleries, 1964–75. Various formats, from 12mo to folio (15 × 15 to 42 × 29.7 cm). Various original bindings, most of them illustrated and staple-stitched; Predominantly with numerous reproductions. Very good. – In addition: 20 printed invitations and postcards designed by Timm Ulrichs; one..... More

Ulrichs. Hannover: self-published, 1971. Quarto (29.3 × 21 cm). 10 single stapled leaves (mainly photocopies and hectographs) with numerous illustrations and with the title page handwritten by Timm Ulrichs; good. Complete copy of the first and only edition of the rare artist's book. As of January 2024, OCLC lists only..... More