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Arguments by CARRIÓN, Ulises

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Title: Arguments
Author: CARRIÓN, Ulises
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Description: 86, [1] p. 8vo (225 x 155 mm.), orig. printed red semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Cullompton, Devon: Beau Geste Press, 1973. First edition, the deluxe version on vibrant multi-colored Strathmore Grandee paper, of this scarce and early Carrión (1941-89) bookwork. Arguments was printed in a total edition of 400 copies, 200 on Huntsman white cartridge and unsigned, and 200 deluxe copies and signed on the verso of the title-page. Formed in 1970 by Felipe Ehrenberg, Martha Hellion, David Mayor, Chris Welch, and Madeleine Gallard, the Beau Geste Press was instrumental in Carrión’s growing engagement with artists’ books. The scholar Zanna Gilbert recalls in the Beau Geste Press catalogue (p. 405) that in 2017, Ehrenberg “commented that Carrión had never gotten his hands dirty with ink before visiting the Beau Geste Press.” In 1973, the Press published two of his books, Arguments (Autumn) and Looking for Poetry/Tras la Poesía (Winter). In the Getty Research Institute exhibition catalogue Artists and Their Books, Books and Their Artists (2018), Gilbert describes the present bookwork: “Carrión humorously interrogates the structure and content of books and the literary devices used by authors and playwrights. The titular exchanges in Arguments are indicated only by the names of the participants, with no reference to the actual content of their disagreements. The distinctly Anglophone names are arranged in various configurations on each page of the book, leaving the reader to wonder about the substance of the disputes. Indeed, as the ‘arguments’ play out across the gridded field of the typeset page, the book increasingly becomes about the materiality of the text itself, with Carrión adding symbols such as the ampersand or violating the names themselves—as when, for example, ‘Marion’ becomes ‘Mar( )ion’—resulting in ever more complex exchanges” (p. 72). The book was beautifully typeset by Terry Wright, a skilled printer who joined the Press in 1972; laid out by Mayor; and offset-printed by Ehrenberg. Each “Argument” is numbered by hand, there are 25 in total, with several misnumbered and corrected in this copy (nos. 5, 22, 23, 24). Carrión’s book concludes with an unnumbered page on translucent paper with the entreaty: “My name is Ulises / What’s yours ?” A fine copy; spine a trifle sunned. ❧ Alice Motard, ed., Beau Geste Press (2020), No. 48, pp. 186-91 (illustrating both versions). J. J. Agius & R. Ocampo, eds., Ulises Carrión: Books & More, Catalogue Raisonné (2013) 7.

Solomon. A Serenata, In Score, Taken from The Canticles. Set to Musick By Mr. William Boyce, Composer to His Majesty. [Full score] by BOYCE, William 1711-1779

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Title: Solomon. A Serenata, In Score, Taken from The Canticles. Set to Musick By Mr. William Boyce, Composer to His Majesty. [Full score]
Author: BOYCE, William 1711-1779
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: London: Printed and Sold for the Author, by J. Walsh, in Catharine-Street in the Strand, 1743. Folio. Disbound. Contemporary half mid-tan leather with marbled boards with titling in contemporary manuscript to upper, spine in compartments gilt with dark red leather title label gilt. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), 100, [101], [i] (blank), [iv] (list of subscribers) pp. Title and subscribers list typeset, music engraved. Binding worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper detached. Occasional wear; small stains, foxing, browning, soiling, and repairs; outer margin of blank verso of title reinforced with narrow strip of paper. Page 101 lacking and provided in 18th manuscript facsimile. First Edition. Smith and Humphries 248, p. 57. BUC p. 129. RISM B4074. The subscribers list is quite distinguished and includes most of the leading English church musicians of the day, most notably George Frederick Handel, one of only 15 musical publications to which he subscribed. See Simon: Handel A Celebration of his Life and Times 1685-1759, p. 288. "Eminent equally as a composer for the church and the theatre, [Boyce] has claims to be regarded as the leading English representative of the late Baroque style, and was also significant for his role as a musical antiquarian and editor... It was probably in autumn 1742 that the serenata Solomon was first given, at the Society of Apollo; a performance in Dublin may have followed. The work became popular enough to be published in full score in 1743 and it enjoyed fairly frequent performances until the turn of the century, after which it lost favour because of the mild eroticism of some of the words. These derive from the Song of Solomon; of the two soloists, the tenor has the title role while the soprano represents the unnamed girl he loves. There are some fine vigorous fugal choruses and a remarkable air with bassoon obbligato. The whole work has a formal balance and a consistently high musical quality." The New Grove Vol. 3, p. 138. "It was through 'Solomon' that Boyce achieved his first notable success as a composer in the early 1740s... Though outwardly a cantata-like work for two vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra with a text based on the biblical 'Song of Solomon', it was one of the few English works to be designated from the outset by the Italian term 'serenata'. The librettist, Edward Moore, was resident in Ireland during its composition, and he may well have envisaged a first performance there; however, it was first heard at the Apollo Academy in autumn 1742... John Walsh's publication of 'Solomon' on behalf of the composer early in 1743 was enthusiastically received. Unusually for a work of its kind, it was issued complete and in full score, thus facilitating the first public performances at Ruckhold House, Essex, in summer 1743 and later that year in London." Ian Bartlett in Grove Music Online.

Reflection on the Atomic Bomb and How Writing Is Written (2 Vols); Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein by Stein, Gertrude; Haas, Robert Bartlett

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Title: Reflection on the Atomic Bomb and How Writing Is Written (2 Vols); Previously Uncollected Writings of Gertrude Stein
Author: Stein, Gertrude; Haas, Robert Bartlett
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Limited to 750 copies. Fine in a Near Fine jackets, unclipped ($10.00), soiled. Quarter cloth with colored paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Stein's previously uncollected works, many of which were originally published in magazines, literary journals, and periodicals.

The Hot Rock by Stark, Richard

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Title: The Hot Rock
Author: Stark, Richard
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: New York: Pocket Books Inc, 1971. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. About Very Good. Wraps lightly toned and soiled, bumped and with some creases near the edges and corners. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, crease through the center of the spine. Originally planned as a Parker novel, this comic heist novel features Stark's John Dortmunder instead.

Psychiatric Nursing Technic by Bennett, A E & Purdy, Avis B

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Title: Psychiatric Nursing Technic
Author: Bennett, A E & Purdy, Avis B
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Near fine.
Description: Philadelphia: F A Davis Company, 1940. First Edition. Original publisher's yellow cloth.. Near fine.. 8vo, 172 pp., illustrated. Devoted exclusively to nursing in mental hospitals Bennett & Purdy cover all the essential therapies and procedures (some fairly gruesome). Included are lists of vocabulary to be used in describing symptoms in order to bring some uniformity to diagnoses. There is a signed photograph of Bennett laid into the book.

NACHTRAG 1976-1980 ZUM GESAMTVERZEICHNIS 1951-1975

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Title: NACHTRAG 1976-1980 ZUM GESAMTVERZEICHNIS 1951-1975
Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description: Berlin: Union Verlag; Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1981. paper wrappers. Union Verlag. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 83 pages. A bibliography of Union Verlag's publications from 1976-1980, supplementing their 1951-1975 bibliography.

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