Italian from Books of Paradise

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 251pp. Index. In this book, Sándor Agócs explores the conflicts that accompanied the emergence of the Italian Catholic labor movement. He examines the ideologies that were at work and details the organizational forms they inspired. Fine copy in fine unclipped jacket.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1954. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. 214pp. Illus. 98 monochrome illustrations, and 74 tipped-in color plates. Printed in Italy.Rectangular portion cut from the top of the front flyleaf, otherwise a fine in a Very Good dj (minor chips & short tears) in a glassine jacket.

New York: Phaidon, 1952. First American Edition. cloth. Near Fine/No dust jacket. 4to 488pp. illus. 400 illus in color & b&w Chapters include the Venetian painters, the Florentine painters, the Central Italian painters,the North Italian painters and the decline of art.

Ferarra, 1983. Limited edition. Wraps. Very Good/No dust jacket. Oblong 8vo. 1/800 copies published. 149pp. illus. B/w ohotos. Text in Italian, some English. First edition of this exhibition catalog of "Polypoetry Works", with an introductory essay by Enzo Minarelli. . Contributors include Richard Kostelanetz, Jean Luc Parant, INSCRIBED TO DICK HIGGINS BY MINARELLI.

New York: Rizzoli, 1995. First edition. Cloth. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket/Fine. 127pp. Illus. Color/b&w.

Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1999. First edition. Wraps. Good. 8vo, 564 pp. Wrappers lightly sunned, dustsoiled and edgeworn; wrapper corners lightly bumped; a few small spots and stains to page edges. Interior clean and unmarked.

Bergamo: Pierluigi Lubrina, 1989. Wraps. Fine/Very Good. 8vo, 69 pp., 4 color and many b/w illus. Museum housing primarily contemporary prints and drawings. Text in Italian-English. Light edge and corner wear to wrappers. Moderate dustsoiling and edgewear to jacket.

1984. Staplebound wraps. Good. Square 8vo, 35 pp., b/w illus. Text in Italian. Vicenzo Accame, Ugo Carrega, Vincenzo Ferrari, Emilio Isgro, Arrigo Lora Totino, Eugenio Miccini, Enzo Minarelli, Magdalo Mussio, Luciano Ori, Michele Perfetti, Lambero Pignotti, Adriano Spatola. Head and heel of spine and corners bumped, wrappers rubbed and a bit dustsoiled.

1994. Self-Wrappers. Very Good. Small 4to, 47 pp., [15] color plates. Texts in Italian with English translations. Binding a bit tender.

Santarcangelo, 1995. Staplebound wraps. Very Good. 8vo, 33 pp. In Italian. Bumped at heel and corners, very light soiling to wrappers and page edges.

Adriano Parise, 1994. Wraps. Very Good. Large 4to, [36] pp., b/w plates. Texts in Italian and German. Wrappers edgeworn, corners bumped.

Foglio Clandestino, 2012. Wraps. Very Good. 12mo, 173 pp., illus. English with facing-page Italian translations. Wrappers lightly rubbed, handled and edgeworn.

Milan: Mercato del Sale, 1979. Staplebound. Very Good. Wide 8vo, [9] pp. Concrete poetry. In Italian. Wrappers lightly foxed and edgeworn, corners lightly bumped. 1/250 copies.

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

Prentice-Hall / Abrams, 1994. Fourth edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to, 696 pp., 846 illus. including 135 color plates. Head and heel of spine and corners of boards lightly bumped.

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2000. First edition. Wraps. Good/No dust jacket. 4to, 624 pp., 32 color plates, 49 figs. Spine creased, wrappers edgeworn, corners bumped, light soiling to top edge, remainder mark on bottom edge. Interior clean and unmarked.

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.

Salone Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo, 1982. Self-Wrappers. Good. Oblong 8vo, pp. unnumbered, b/w plates. Texts in Italian. Head of spine bumped, wrappers edgeowrn and a bit soiled, foxing to wrappers and top edge, corners bumped.

Firenze, 1982. Wraps. Good. 4to, 44 pp., illus. In Italian and English. Includes an interview with Daniel Spoerri. Spine and corners bumped, wrappers lightly dustsoiled, light foxing to wrappers and page edges.

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