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Seller: Fenrick Books, Queens, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Brooklyn: Gnilbmessa inc. 1970. Staple-bound softcover. 160 pages. Near fine, but for faint toning to edges of covers. Unobtrusive minor edgewear back top right & two tiny sections of soiling to back cover. An exceptional copy of this scarce artists publication. The first iteration of this legendary assembling periodical. 42 artists submitted 1,000 copies of up to 4 pages of self-printed material, to be collated in the publication. With contributions by Ed Ruscha: a chocolate stain that seems to have been applied a bit messily as well as Hannah Weiner, Dan Graham, Vito Acconci, Bernadette Mayer, Robert Lax, Arakawa, Madeline Gins, Richard Meltzer, Alan Sondheim, etc.
Published by 0 To 9, Vito Acconci, 1969
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The best issue of the best mimeo - the final issue and scarce in any condition. This copy belonging to contributor John Perreault. About Very Good condition - binding is intact, materials are fairly clean with some overall toning and occasional staining. Bottom corner of front cover is chipped as are the following 3 pages. A small chip by the opening fore-edge. Small tear just above the middle staple on the back cover. Otherwise just expected wear for a frail production, covered now in custom cut mylar Features Vito Acconci, Bernadette Mayer, Jasper Johns, Yvonne Rainer, Alan Sondheim, Lee Lozano, Lawrence Weiner, Steve Paxton, Bernar Venet, Robert Barry, Dan Graham, Philip Corner, John Giorno, Douglas Heubler, John Perreault, Robert Smithson, Karen Pirups-Hvarre, Michael Heizer, Clark Coolidge, Nels Richardson, Larry Fagin, Rosemary Mayer, Bern Porter, Hannah Weiner, Sol Lewitt, and Adrian Piper.
Published by New York: Vito Acconci, 1968
Seller: Mast Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. 114 pp. Side stapled wraps. Fourth issue of Acconci and Mayer's much sought after experimental art, fiction, and poetry periodical. The covers for this issue are each unique, created by Acconci and Mayer by stripping the dust jackets from their books at home and affixing them to the covers of each magazine. This example is taken from W.B. Yeats. Contributors to this issue include Clark Coolidge, Harry Mathews, John Giorno, Steve Paxton, Emmett Williams, Bernadette Mayer, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Lord Stirling, Vito Hannibal Acconci, Jackson Mac Low, Larry Freifeld, Barrett Shaw, Dick Higgins, Bern Porter, Sol LeWitt, Hannah Weiner, Dan Graham, George Bowering, John Perreault, Phil Corner, and Rosemary Mayer. In Very Good condition with creasing and rubbing to the wraps, plus a bit of age toning along the edges. The top staple does not go all the way through in what seems to be a publisher's error. Interior pages are slightly creased to the upper right corner and also show a bit of age toning. There is rubbing to the first page from the pasted on Yeats cover. Still, a well preserved copy of this fragile publication.
Published by New York: Vito Acconci, 1969
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 128pp, stapled plain wrappers. The rare final issue of Vito Acconci and Bernadette Mayer's seminal 1960s mimeo revolution magazine of experimental writing and art. Includes many works by first-rank avant-garde artists and their scribbling confreres. This copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of a rare survival with a significant provenance, light wear and minor evidences of material experience. Not Signed.
Published by Vito Hannibal Acconci / Bernadette Mayer New York, NY, 1969
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
116 pp.; 28 x 21.6 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Issue Number six of the irregularly issued periodical "0 to 9" edited by Bernadette Mayer and Vito Hannibal Acconci. Contains texts by Sol LeWitt, "Sentences on Conceptual Art"; Richard Johnny Jon and Jerome Rothenberg; Robert Smithson, "Non-Site Map of Mono Lake, California"; John Perreault; Yvonne Rainer; Mayer; Clark Coolidge; Acconci; Hannah Weiner; Les Levine; Adrian Piper; Eduardo Costa; Kenneth Koch; Philip Corner; Jack Anderson; Rosemary Mayer John Inslee. References : "In Numbers : Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955" by Andrew Roth, Philip Aarons, Victor Brand, Clive Phillpot, Neville Wakefield, Nancy Princenthal, William S. Wilson. Zurich / New York, Switzerland / NY : JRP - Ringier / PPP Editions, 2008, pp. 34 - 35 and 37. No. 3.6, 3.7, and 3.8 in "Artists' Magazines : An Alternative Space for Art" by Gwen Allen. Cambridge / London, MA / United Kingdom : The MIT Press, 2011, pp. 82, 86, 88, 230. Fair. Moderate soiling of covers including overall rubbing; 17.6 x 1.1 cm. area of water damage to bottom of recto which lightly carries through to the first two pages; multiple small tears along spine edge and areas of loss measuring 2 cm. and 6 mm.; 3.1 cm dog-ear to upper left corner; 2. 5 cm. dog-ear to upper right corner of recto and first two pages; and a 3 cm. indentation on recto. 2.3 cm. dog ear to top corner of verso with moderate rubbing and light indentations of verso; 1.2 cm. thick strip of soiling along top edge. Verso and last 26 pages of periodical have gentle bisecting fold mark. Soiling to page edges. Additional light handling wear.
Published by Assemblings Press, 1970
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A complete set of the avant-garde periodical Assembling. Instead of selecting from submissions presented to it, Richard Kostelanetz (and, at various times, Henry James Korn, Mike Metz, Scott Helmes, and David Cole) invited potential contributors to submit a thousand copies of whatever they wanted to include, which were then alphabetically assembled into 8.5 by 11 inch books. Published by Ghilbmessa Inc. (First number) and then by Assembling Press, New York between 1970-1981. Edition of 1000. Overall excellent, well-preserved copies with minor edge-wear and age-toning, some mildly bumped corners, oversized pages in some issues creased at fore-edges. Very Good or better with no major flaws, no internal markings - all in custom protective mylar. Notably - front panel of Issue 1, which is printed on lighter paper than subsequent issues, has small closed tears at the staples - loosely attached thus. Issue 4 has a closed, diagonal tear with creasing at the spine near bottom edge - not affecting binding. Please inquire for further, thorough descriptions of condition of individual issues. Issue 1 (1970) features mixed-media contributions from Edward Ruscha (Chocolate smear by the artist), Dan Graham, Bernadette Mayer, Vito Acconci, Madeline Gins, Arakawa, Hannah Weiner, Robert Lax et al. Second Assembling (1971) features the work of Jochen Gerz, Davi Det Hompson, Clemente Padin, Alan Sondheim and Nicholas Zurbrugg et al. Third Assembling (1972), which was collated and bound by an anonymous fireman and his family, includes contributions from artists such as John Baldessari, John Furnival, Roni Hoffman, Elizabet Ginsberg, Ruth Krauss and Joseph Phillips. Fourth Assembling (1973) contains work by: Jean-Jacques Cory, Wally Depew, Dick Higgins, Nancy Henderson, Mad Dog et al. Fifth Assembling (1975) features artistic contributions by Eric Anderson, Bruce Andrews, Scott Hyde, Shoichi Kiyokawa, Thomas Macauley, Jonathan Price and Karl Young among many others. Sixth Assembling features works by Bob Aab, Anna Banana, A.F. Caldiero, Robin Crozier, Veronica Drew, Bill Gaglione & Tim Mancusi, Joe Johnson etc. Seventh Assembling features contributions by, among others, Rene Aeberhard, Bruce Andrews and Eduardo Ballerini. Eighth Assembling (1978) was split into two (A-J) and (K-Z) and includes avant-garde contributions from artists such as Charlton Burgh, Charles Ewert, Michael Gibbs and Richard Grayson in the first, and Valery Oisteanu, Douglas Turnbaugh and Nancy Wolf in the second. Ninth Assembly (1979) constitutes a 'critical' anthology. Tenth Assembling features contributions by Allan Coleman, Bonnie Donohue, Rimma & Valery Gerlovin and Tom Persons. Eleventh Assembling (1981), subtitled "Pilot Proposals" includes contributions by Agnes Denes, Bern Porter and Richard Meltzer, among others.