Foreign Language from Books of Paradise

B Wahlströms, 1977. Wraps. Very Good/No dust jacket. Creasing to rear cover. Swedish text.

Warszawa: Akademia Ruchu, 1988. Wraps. Good. 8vo, 203 pp., 10 b/w plates. Includes texts by Charles Jencks, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Richard Rorty, Suzy Gablik, Dick Higgins, Julian Schnabel, Sherrie Levine and others. In Polish. Spine heavily bumped with tearing at head and heel, wrappers dustsoiled and edgeworn, corners bumped.

Paris: J. Hetzel, 1873. 1/2 Leather. VG. 4 vo. Text in 2 columns. Contains Conscrit de 1813, Waterloo, Madame Therese ou les Volontaires de 92, L'Homme du Peuple,, La Guerre, Le Bloclus, L'Invasion. Illus. by Riou, Fuchs, and Thophile Schuler. Copiously illustrated. 1/2 leather, 5 raised bands, red marbled boards. Front hinge separeted.Silk endpapers. Text in French.

Mexico City: Diana, 1989. First edition. Wraps. Good. 8vo, 286 pp. Spine cocked, wrappers handled and edgeworn, front cover creased at spine edge, corners bumped, page edges tanned.

New York: William Sloane, 1962. Cloth. Good/Poor. Kirschen. 4to, 47 pp., illustrated in color throughout. Wear to extremities, small moisture stain to front cover with a bit of paper residue from jacket, foxing to page edges and endpapers. Jacket heavily foxed and stained, worn, chipped, torn.

[Prague]: One Woman Press, 2001. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo, 125 pp. Light edge and corner wear to wrappers, page edges tanned.

Paris: Denoel, 1948. Second printing. Wraps. Good. 12mo, 400 pp. Spine creased and slightly cocked, wrappers rubbed and edgeworn with small tear at front fore-edge, cornres lightly bumped, pages tanned and roughly opened at fore-edges.

Paris: Au Sans Pereil, 1927. Nouvelle edition. Wraps. Good. 8vo, 320 pp. A somewhat fragile copy with spine creased; wrappers worn, soiled, torn and tape-repaired, with numerous chips and pieces missing including 2" piece at heel; page edges tanned and roughly opened; first and last few leaves creased; previous owner name, otherwise unmarked.

Paris: Bernard Grasset, 1947. Second printing. Wraps. Good. 12mo, 273 pp. Wrappers handled, edgeworn, lightly chipped, and beginning to loosen from spine; corners bumped; pages tanned and roughly opened at fore-edges.

Harper Collins, 1999. Later printing. Wraps. Good. Wide 8vo, 333 pp. Pencil marks to first few pages only, pages tanned throughout.

Rome, 1988. Staplebound. Very Good. Wide 8vo, [12] pp. In Italian. Higgins on Fluxus, Curran on John Cage, etc. Corners lightly bumped.

Kiev, 1991. Wraps. Very Good. 16mo, 109 pp. In Russian. Inscribed and signed by the author in English to poet Dick Higgins. Head of spine bumped, wrappers handled and edgeworn.

Altri Termini, 1995. Self-Wrappers. Very Good. Wide 16mo, 77 pp. Inscribed by author. In Italian. Wrappers sunned, foxed, and bumped at corners; interior Fine.

Milan: ANS, 1993. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo, 126 pp. In Italian. Wrappers lightly rubbed and edgeworn.

Paris: Gallimard, 1980. Later printing. Flexible Covers. Fine. 12mo, 1529 pp., text illus. throughout. Fine in original slipcase. Slipcase lightly bumped at top edge.

Drzavna Zalozba Slovenije, 1984. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo, 83 pp. In Slovenian. Inscribed by the author "To Dick Higgins! / fro author / 10.10.85" without signature. Wrappers handled and edgeworn, small smudge to fore-edge of halftitle page.

Siegen, 1987. Staplebound. Very Good. Nr. 8. 2. auflage. 20 pp. Light edge and corner wear to wrappers, small sticker ghost on front, stains to a few pages.

Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1909. First printing thus. Wraps. Good. 16mo, 269 pp. Spine creased, wrappers worn, front joint torn and front cover and first few leaves beginning to loosen, binding otherwise tight; page edges tanned, top edge dusty; interior clean and unmarked. In glassine jacket which is chipped, torn, and marked on front.

Paris, 1746. Full Calf. Good. Avec Approbation & Privilege du Rois. Full calf, gilt-lettered and decorated at spine, marbled endpapers, 16mo, 399 pp. Leather rubbed and scuffed, with small piece missing at rear spine edge, evidently from insect damage; some chipping and loss at crown and corners of boards, with deep scuff at crown, splitting at corners; front… Saber más sobre este artículo

Coimbra: Almedina, 1965. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo, 444 pp. Spine creased, small stain at front spine edge, wrappers handled and edgeworn, corners bumped. Pages largely unopened.