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(ANP QUARTERLY) (JOHANSON, CHRIS) (TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed, Brendan Fowler & Aaron Rose, Editors. Costa Mesa, CA: RVCA, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published as part of Costa Mesa-based surf and skate clothing company RVCA's "Artist Network Program", ANP Quarterly was a wonderfully irreverent, informative labor of love on the part of editorial troika Ed Templeton, Aaron Rose and Brendan Fowler. This third issue from 2005 contains an in-depth interview with cover icons Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson as well as features on or by Megawords Magazine, Little Cakes, Dog & Pony Store, Proyectos Monclova, skate designer Sean Cliver, Matt Leines, Azita Youseffi, Steve Powers on Coney Island's "Dreamland Artist Club", Niki de St. Phalle, Printed Matter, Reading Frenzy, Arcana: Books on the Arts, Dave Schubert, and more. A brand new, most handsome example of this graphically striking cultural journal that was distributed hors commerce on an irregular basis in a rather haphazard fashion and not offered commercially for sale. Inventory Number: 021522

(ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO, THE). Art Ensemble of Chicago, The. Los Angeles: Rhino Records & The Century City Educational Arts Project, 1976. First Edition. Small Folio. Printed Sheet. Concert Poster. Fine.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed offset, recto only. This is the striking poster for a series of June 1976 Art Ensemble of Chicago performances presented in Los Angeles by the Rhino Records store and The Century City Educational Arts Project. The concerts marked the first time the AACM stalwarts had brought their Great Black Music to the city, playing two completely different sets each of four evenings at the former ballroom that served as David Hammons' studio. A most handsome, guaranteed vintage example of the larger format version of this uncommon ephemeral item (featuring lettering by noted percussionist Alex Cline) of which only one hundred were printed. We know this because I personally produced these concerts and the posters! Inventory Number: 027035

(ASPEN MAGAZINE). O'Doherty, Brian, Guest Editor. New York: Roaring Fork Press, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Portfolio. Arts Periodical. Good.. np (nineteen printed components + advertisements, one film reel, and five flexi-discs housed in a printed paper-over-boards box, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Brian O'Doherty, David Dalton, and Lynn Letterman. Edited by Irish-born, New York-based artist and critic Brian O'Doherty, this combined fifth and sixth installment of "Aspen" magazine from 1967 is an elaborate collection of commissioned projects by avant-garde artists, writers, composers, and filmmakers - heavy on the Minimal and Conceptual. Dedicated by the editor to Stephane Mallarme, among its notable components are a recording of William S. Burroughs reading an excerpt from "Nova Express", "Smoke" - a miniature assemble-it-yourself sculptural multiple by Tony Smith, and "Serial Project #1, 1966" - the very first artist book by Sol LeWitt (cited on page 28 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books" as well as entry number one in Alicia Legg's "Books by the Artist" bibliography in MoMA's 1979 "Sol LeWitt). The sole double issue of eleven total published, it includes contributions by or about Sigmund Bode, Roland Barthes, George Kubler, Susan Sontag, Samuel Beckett, Jack MacGowan, Burroughs, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Max Neuhaus, Morton Feldman, Smith, Hans Richter, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Stan VanDerBeek, Robert Rauschenberg, Merce Cunningham, Marcel Duchamp, Richard Huelsenbeck, Naum Gabo, Antoine Pevsner, Douglas MacAgy, Michel Butor, Dan Graham, LeWitt, Brian O'Doherty, and Mel Bochner. An internally most presentable example of this exceedingly uncommon item complete with the usually missing film reel and advertisement folder showing a bit of age-toning and occasional mild foxing to some of the printed sections. The copy of LeWitt's "Serial Project #1, 1966"" is exceptionally crisp and white. The publisher's printed exterior box exhibits the usual overall wear, creasing, age-toning, and soiling along with some mild insect damage and compression. Still in all this is a complete and intact copy of this sixties gem that looks better in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026561

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 59pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Yvonne Rainer by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the fifth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with Jannis Kounellis, Philip Glass, and Yvonne Rainer along with contributions by Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, and Keith Sonnier. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026131

(BACHARDY, DON). Blum, Irving. Los Angeles: Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, 1973. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 18 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of one hundred pencil and ink wash portraits executed between 1962 and 1973 by noted Santa Monica artist Don Bachardy held at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. Included amongst the sitters are Bachardy's longtime partner Christopher Isherwood, Virgil Thompson, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Norton Simon, Mary Astor, W.H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky, Joan Didion and artists Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon, Billy Al Bengston, Ed Moses, Joe Goode, and Peter Alexander. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item that is the first monographic publication on Bachardy. Inventory Number: 026562

(BACHARDY, DON). Wescott, Glenway & Billy Al Bengston. New York: The New York Cultural Center, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (28pp), 22 b&w illustrations + b&w rear cover. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and biography. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1974 exhibition of sixty pencil and ink wash portraits executed between 1964 and 1973 by noted Santa Monica artist Don Bachardy held at The New York Cultural Center. The sitters reproduced are Bachardy's longtime partner Christopher Isherwood, Edward Albert, John Ashbery, Pat Ast, W.H. Auden, Truman Capote, Bette Davis, Charles Eastman, John Houseman, John Houston, Anita Loos, Myrna Loy, Anais Nin, Merle Oberon, Igor and Vera Stravinsky, Virgil Thompson, L. Arnold Weissberger, Monroe Wheeler, and artists Chris Burden, Alexis Smith, and Carole Caroompas. A self portrait sketch of Bachardy adorns the rear cover. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item that is the second monographic publication on Bachardy. Laid in is a hand-written note in black ink stating " Dear Charles --- / I'm sending you / this catalogue in case you didn't / get to N.Y. as you expected. / My drawing of you is one / of my favorites of the show. / With best regards, / Don". Charles is the artist's friend Charles Kemper Eastman, the noted late Hollywood screenwriter, script doctor,and director who has placed it along with the invitation to the exhibition's opening next to his portrait reproduced on page twenty-one. These are housed in Bachardy's original hand addressed mailing envelope. Inventory Number: 026563

(BANKS, STEVE) (JOPLIN, JANIS). Banks, Steve. Los Angeles: Bugiganga Press, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (33 pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. With a biography, bibliography, discography, and videography. This is handsomely produced, photographic documentation of Janis Joplin's concert at New York's Madison Square Garden on Friday, December 19th, 1969. Shot less than a year before her untimely demise, this features Janis, Janis, and more Janis, with brief appearances by guests Johnny Winter and Paul Butterfield. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED by photographer Steve banks in felt-tip pen on the first preliminary. 0-9658205-0-5 Inventory Number: 026631

(BEARD, PETER) (FLEETWOOD MAC). Beard, Peter. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Records, 1979. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Color Photolithographic Print. Promotional Print. Fine.. One 34 x 24" heavy paper sheet printed using four color continuous-tone photolithography recto only, 1 illustration. This is the striking print art-directed by Larry Vigon in collaboration with Peter Beard that was produced by Warner Bros. Records as a limited edition promotional item for Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk". Beard, along with photographers Jayme Odgers and Norman Seeff contributed the album package's photography, and was selected to contribute this image for what became a luxe in-house giveaway for the label's promotions staff. While visiting Los Angeles, Beard photographed his collaged diaries - incorporating his images of band members Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie and John McVie - in the dirt beside some train tracks, with his hand visible in the bottom left corner in the image. The resulting transparency was sent to Chicago's noted Black Box printers, who produced this spectacular limited edition continuous-tone four color photolithograph. A brand new, most handsome flat example of this exceedingly uncommon object issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - perfect for the Peter Beard and/or Fleetwood Mac completeist. Inventory Number: 026482

(BIRGISSON, JON THOR) (SIGUR ROS). Birgisson, Jon Thor & Alex Somers. NP (Reykjavik, ICELAND). ND (2008).: Moss Stories. First Edition Thus. 12mo. Embossed Boards. Artists' Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in color. "This powerful and enigmatic small volume is a facsimile reprint of the first artist's book "Riceboy Sleeps" from Sigur Ros frontman Jon "Jonsi" Thor Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers, which was originally released only in Iceland. Birgisson designs Sigur Ros' album sleeves, and garnered the band a Grammy-nomination for his artwork. "Riceboy Sleeps" is beautifully produced, bearing faux taped and tattered edges, hand drawing, and distressed and collaged elements. Every detail of production has been exquisitely refined, from the softly rounded corners to the paper stock, from the print quality to the subtle embossing both inside and out. It contains no text, just Birgisson and Somers' highly expressionistic works created from found photographs and layers of textures". A brand new, pristine example of the 2008 Moss Stories edition of this must-have object. 1-933045-80-9 Inventory Number: 026969

(BIRGISSON, JON THOR) (SIGUR ROS). Birgisson, Jon Thor & Alex Somers. NP (Reykjavik, ICELAND). ND (2009).: Parlophone. First Edition #1970/3500. 12mo. Loose Contents in a Box. Artists' Books + Audio CDs. Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp) + np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color. "This powerful and enigmatic small volume is a facsimile reprint of the first artist's book "Riceboy Sleeps" from Sigur Ros frontman Jon "Jonsi" Thor Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers, which was originally released only in Iceland. Birgisson designs Sigur Ros' album sleeves, and garnered the band a Grammy-nomination for his artwork. "Riceboy Sleeps" is beautifully produced, bearing faux taped and tattered edges, hand drawing, and distressed and collaged elements. Every detail of production has been exquisitely refined, from the softly rounded corners to the paper stock, from the print quality to the subtle embossing both inside and out. It contains no text, just Birgisson and Somers' highly expressionistic works created from found photographs and layers of textures". A most handsome example of the deluxe 2009 Parlophone edition of this must-have object limited to three thousand, five hundred NUMBERED (1970/3500) copies containing the "Riceboy Sleeps" book, two Jonsi & Alex Audio CDs - "Riceboy Sleeps" and "All Animals", and their collaborative coloring book accompanied by a tiny box of six colored pencils housed in a pictorial paper-over-boards box reroducing the CD cover, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: This copy is lacking its small pin-backed badge component, and is priced accordingly. 1-933045-80-9 Inventory Number: 026380

(BLACK SABBATH). Welch, Chris. New York: Proteus Books, 1984. First American Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Monograph. Very Good -.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a discography. Published in 1984, this is famed Melody Maker scribe and noted rock biographer Chris Welch's stab at immortalizing the heavy metal institution that was/is Black Sabbath. Filled with photographs, interviews, and too many great anecdotes of life in the trenches with Ozzy, Tony, Bill, Geezer and their successors, this surprisingly uncommon tome is a must for that die-hard Sabbath-worshiper in your life. A most presentable example showing a bit of overall wear and handling as well as a prominent diagonal crease to the front cover at the upper foredge corner. 0-86276-015-1 Inventory Number: 013376

(BLOKLAND, SARA). Blokland, Sara & Andre Loor. Amsterdam, Eindhoven, THE NETHERLANDS & Hartford,: Boa Producties & van Zoetendaal Publishers, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Debossed Padded Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (132pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Willem van Zoetendaal. Text in Dutch and English. "The police band in Suriname cannot pride itself on being the oldest band in Suriname, nor even that it is very old, but it can take pride in having become an integral part of the social and cultural life in Surinamese society. The band has always been of great significance to the musical life in Suriname not only because of the weekly concerts they gave in The Park and on the former Government Square but also because of their repertoire. Photographer and artist Sara Blokland has followed the band and pictured in an untraditional way the history of the band and the people encountered by them". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2010 first edition of this charming tome (cited on page 130 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III"). 90-72532-06-6 Inventory Number: 023145

(BOULEVARD MAGAZINE). Maclaren, Norrie, Editor & Art Director. London: Legion Publishing Ltd., 1979. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Bob Carlos Clarke.This is the fifth installment of the London-based late-seventies fashion, music, cinema and culture rag "Boulevard". A handsome example showing some light overall wear. Inventory Number: 026254

(BOWIE, DAVID) (ROCK, MICK). Bowie, David & Mick Rock. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2015. First Edition 1/1900. Folio. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 310pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French, and German. "In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" and unleashed his alter-ego: a glitter-clad, mascara-eyed, sexually-ambiguous persona who kicked down boundaries between male and female, straight and gay, fact and fiction. Together, Ziggy the album and Ziggy the stage spectacular propelled Bowie to stardom. A key passenger on this glam trip was photographer Mick Rock, who bonded with Bowie artistically and personally, immersed himself in the singer's inner circle, and, between 1972 and 1973, worked as Bowie's official photographer. This edition of 1972 numbered copies signed by David Bowie and Mick Rock brings together the best of Rock's Bowie portfolio of extraordinary stage shots as well as intimate backstage portraits, pictures for press, album jackets, and stills from promo movies - many published here for the first time. Featuring a lenticular front cover hologram, this lavish production rejoices in Bowie's experimentation and bursts with the energy of its unique star who defined, and defied, a generation". A brand new, pristine example of the 2015 first Taschen Collector's Edition limited to one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two deluxe copies NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Bowie '15" and "Mick Rock" in black ink on the colophon paged housed in the publisher's turquoise clamshell box still in the publisher's original cardboard shipping carton. 3-8365-4905-0 Inventory Number: 024859

(BOWIE, DAVID) (ROCK, MICK). Rock, Mick. London: Mick Rock Studio, 1972. First Printing. 4to. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" black and white silver gelatin photographic print on semi-gloss, single-weight paper. This is a vintage photograph by Mick Rock of the late, great David Bowie onstage at London's Rainbow Theatre in August 1972 - the shows during which the iconic performer premiered "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". He is pictured naked from waist up holding a microphone and staring heavenward while trousers from one of the bodysuits Freddie Burretti designed for Bowie's Ziggy persona. This print bears a "Photography by MICK ROCK" studio stamp in red ink on the verso, and was acquired by me personally from the renowned photographer in October 1972 when he was in Los Angeles documenting Bowie's two shows at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. A bright, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026898

(BOWIE, DAVID) (ROCK, MICK). Rock, Mick. London: Mick Rock Studio, 1972. First Printing. 4to. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" black and white silver gelatin photographic print on glossy, single-weight paper. This is a vintage photograph by Mick Rock of the late, great David Bowie onstage at London's Rainbow Theatre in August 1972 - the shows during which the iconic performer premiered "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars". He is pictured wearing one of several quilted bodysuits Freddie Burretti designed for Bowie's Ziggy persona with closed eyes playing an acoustic twelve-string guitar. This print bears a "Photography by MICK ROCK" studio stamp in red ink on the verso, and was acquired by me personally from the renowned photographer in October 1972 when he was in Los Angeles documenting Bowie's two shows at The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. A bright, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026897

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris & Alexis Smith. Los Angeles: CHOKE Publications, 1977. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the charming little self-published document of Chris Burden's 1975 project to design and construct a one passenger automobile capable of traveling over one hundred miles per hour while achieving one hundred miles per gallon fuel efficiency. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021129

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Who SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-WHO

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-LENNON

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 8vo. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" pre-orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-HENDRIX-JAGGER

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the "Signature Edition Deluxe" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by five matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photographs of The Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and The Who each SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-DELUXE-SIGNATURE

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-BOWIE

(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.

Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Beatles SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,

PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD BEATLES

(BYRNE, ALEC). Evans, Drew. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. As New.. np (54pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" is the catalogue published in conjunction with a one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It presents amazing vintage shots of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, Chuck Berry, and Roy Orbison - most being seen in print for the very first time! A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer, as issued.

PLEASE NOTE: These signed catalogues will be available at Arcana on Saturday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
0-615-90223-5 Inventory Number: 022934

(BYRNE, ALEC). Uber Archives. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 36 x 24". Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 36 x 24" heavy paper sheet printed photolthographically recto only, 1 monochrome illustration.

This is the striking lithograph published in conjunction with "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" - the one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It features an image of Jimi Hendrix backstage at London's Saville Theatre from May 1967 that is the lead image for Byrne's new full-length book, "London Rock - The Unseen Archive". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 first and only printing limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer rolled in a heavy poster tube, as issued.

PLEASE NOTE: These signed posters will be available at Arcana on Sunday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
Inventory Number: E000ABRRTC-LITHOGRAPH

(BYRNE, DAVID). Byrne, David. Göttingen, GERMANY & New York: Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Die-Cut Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, 96 color illustrations, with a DVD laid in. "For more than a year David Byrne has been employing the ubiquitous sales and presentation program Microsoft PowerPoint as an art medium. "E.E.E.I (Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information)" is a book of images and essays, plus a DVD which plays five of his PowerPoint presentations accompanied by his own original music. The book component contains a dozen new exploratory texts and a whole lot of bold, graphic images created with the help of the software program's built-in tools and visuals - not to mention the fun of plastic overlays and nifty foldout pages. And you may ask yourself, what is this about? It is about taking subjective, even emotional, information and presenting it in a familiar audiovisual form - using a medium in a way that is different, and possibly better, than for what was intended. It is about appropriating a contemporary, corporate staple and making something critical, beautiful and humorous with it." A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's still shrinkwrapped printed die-cut slipcase, as issued. 3-88243-907-6 Inventory Number: 026577

(CAGE, JOHN). Cage, John. Russell Ferguson, Editor.. New York & Los Angeles: Rizzoli International Publications & Museum of Contemporary Art, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Silkscreened Aluminum Box. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose printed contents laid into an Aluminum Box. Designed by Catherine Lorenz. This is the spirited exhibition catalogue for a huge traveling retrospective that celebrated John Cage, his collaborators, influences, and influence on twentieth Century culture. Composer, lecturer, musician, artist, theoretician, Zen student, mycologist - all aspects of his life and art are represented here in a patchwork quilt of texts and images jammed into a sleek, mirror-like metal case. Every day in each of the show's venues (MOCA, the Menil Collection, the Guggenheim, Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center in Japan, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art) the art objects shifted in placement and installation - a nod to Cage's pioneering use of chance, and randomization as compositional elements. This catalogue/object functions much the same way, with nearly fifty pieces of printed ephemera laid in, with no hierarchical order. The primary texts here include; "Paying Attention" by Anne d'Harnoncourt, "nothingtoseeness" by Julie Lazar, "John Cage in the Social Realm" by Laura Kuhn, "UNCAGEDWORDS" by Joan Retallack, "Cage and Counting" by Mark Swed, "Anarchy" by John Cage, "An Autobiographical Statement" by John Cage, "Macrobiotic Cooking" by John Cage, "The Agenbite of Outwit" by Marshall McLuhan, "What Should I Eat?" by Andrew Weil, M. D., "Chronological Table of John Cage's Life" by Ellsworth Snyder, "Zen and Dhyana" by Daisetz T. Suzuki, "The Dancer and the Dance" by Merce Cunningham in conversation with Jacqueline Lesschaeve, and "The Director's Forward" by Richard T. Koshalek of MOCA. Artists' work in the show (but not necessarily in the catalogue) included Cage, Josef Albers, Antonin Arthaud, Joseph Beuys, George Brecht, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Cornell, Willem De Kooning, Maya Deren, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Buckminster Fuller, Allen Ginsberg, Arshile Gorky, Peter Greenaway, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Ellsworth Kelly, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Sol LeWitt, Kasimir Malevich, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Isamu Noguchi, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Harry Partch, Robert Rauschenberg, Man Ray, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Erik Satie, Jean Tinguely, David Tudor, Cy Twombly, Edgar Varese, La Monte Young, and many, many others. A brand new, most handsome example of this cleverly designed book object still in the publisher's shrinkwrap and obi showing none of the fine surface scratches to the mirror-like finish of its box one typically finds. 0-8478-1772-5 Inventory Number: 026634

(CAGE, JOHN) (HILLER, LEJAREN). Cage, John & Lejaren Hiller. Buffalo & New York, NY: Lejaren Hiller & John Cage / Nonesuch Records, 1969. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Sheet. Musical Score. Near Fine.. One 22 x 14 ½" sheet of perforated tractor-fed printer paper printed by dot matrix recto only, folded in fourths to make 11 x 7 ¼". This is the "(KNOBS) FOR THE LISTENER" instruction sheet inserted in the first Nonesuch Records 33 1/3 rpm vinyl pressing of a recorded excerpt of John Cage and Lejaren Hiller's collaborative 1969 composition "HPSCHD." It consists of a series of computer-generated output settings for Volume, Treble and Bass to be used by the listener to shape the sonic characteristics of this unique piece. "HPSCHD" received its world premiere May 16th, 1969 before an audience of over seven thousand at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana, where Cage was a visiting professor at the time. The performance involved forty-eight musicians and technicians utilizing two hundred and fifty-six pieces of equipment for a duration of over four hours. For its recorded release (Nonesuch H-71224), Hiller created the "(KNOBS) FOR THE LISTENER" program on a CDC 6400 computer at SUNY, Buffalo to produce ten thousand individually-numbered instructional "scores" that uniquely alter the listener's pre-amp playback settings over the piece's duration. A well-preserved, complete and intact sheet NUMBERED 337 with its tractor-feed margins still attached folded by the publisher in fourths, as issued, offered by itself - separate from the album - showing a bit of age-toning. This is accompanied by copies of four clipped, concurrent 1969 articles about the "HPSCHD" performance from the "New York Times", "Washington Star", "Billboard", and "Time Magazine." Inventory Number: 026960

(CAGE, JOHN) (HILLER, LEJAREN). Cage, John & Lejaren Hiller. Buffalo & New York, NY: Lejaren Hiller & John Cage / Nonesuch Records, 1969. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Sheet. Musical Score. Near Fine.. One 22 x 14 ½" sheet of perforated tractor-fed printer paper printed by dot matrix recto only, folded in fourths to make 11 x 7 ¼". This is the "(KNOBS) FOR THE LISTENER" instruction sheet inserted in the first Nonesuch Records 33 1/3 rpm vinyl pressing of a recorded excerpt of John Cage and Lejaren Hiller's collaborative 1969 composition "HPSCHD." It consists of a series of computer-generated output settings for Volume, Treble and Bass to be used by the listener to shape the sonic characteristics of this unique piece. "HPSCHD" received its world premiere May 16th, 1969 before an audience of over seven thousand at the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana, where Cage was a visiting professor at the time. The performance involved forty-eight musicians and technicians utilizing two hundred and fifty-six pieces of equipment for a duration of over four hours. For its recorded release (Nonesuch H-71224), Hiller created the "(KNOBS) FOR THE LISTENER" program on a CDC 6400 computer at SUNY, Buffalo to produce ten thousand individually-numbered instructional "scores" that uniquely alter the listener's pre-amp playback settings over the piece's duration. A well-preserved, complete and intact sheet NUMBERED 7825 with its tractor-feed margins still attached folded by the publisher in fourths, as issued, offered by itself - separate from the album - showing a bit of age-toning. This is accompanied by photocopies of concurrent 1969 articles about the "HPSCHD" performance from the "New York Times", "Washington Star", "Billboard", and "Time Magazine." Inventory Number: 026936

(CERVENKA, EXENE). Cervenka, Exene. NP: Self Published, 2006. First Black and White Edition 1/250. 4to. Artwork on Archival Board. Original Artwork. Fine.. One 10 x 8" archival white card sheet with a unique collage on the recto, 1 illustration. This is an original artwork by legendary X vocalist, poet, and visual practitioner Exene Cervenka. Executed in 2006 and donated by her to a local Museum benefit sale, it depicts a smiling lord and savior offering salvation, and the prospect of sanitary toilet seat protectors. Noted critic Kristine McKenna has written of Exene's collages "There is an ineffable melancholy that permeates Cervenka's art, and a haunting power to evoke a childhood lost. In the work you will find a scent of longing and nostalgia that is invariably tempered with the essential spirit of her art, which is tender and lyrical. In the end, each piece she's made is a Valentine to a fragile America that's disappearing before our very eyes, and an homage to the indomitable persistence of beauty." A brand new, most handsome example of this charming work SIGNED AND DATED "Exene 2006" in black marker on the verso along with the Museum's event label. Inventory Number: 026942

(CHAMBERLAIN, JOHN). Chamberlain, John. NP (Los Angeles ?): Self-Published, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Plastic Report Cover. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. Thirty-five individual 8 ½ x 11" bond sheets printed offset recto only, in a translucent fluorescent orange plastic report cover with a blue plastic clamp spine (as issued), no illustrations. "Rand Piece" is the printed form of John Chamberlain's contribution to the historic 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition "Art and Technology". It consists of excerpted responses by employees of the noted Southern California think-tank The Rand Corporation to a questionnaire submitted by the artist. The piece was mounted on the walls during the exhibition, with Chamberlain subsequently self-publishing an extremely limited edition of these responses to be distributed to the Rand participants. For further details, see the catalog "Art and Technology" by Maurice Tuchman. Edition size is not known, but surviving copies are truly rare. A most handsome example of this elusive conceptual document whose plastic binder remains remarkably fresh additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "John Chamberlain" in purple ink on the title page at the time of publication. Inventory Number: 023336

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Claxton, William. Köln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 26 b&w and 4 color illustrations. Text in English, German, French and Spanish. This is a Taschen Postcard book containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) jazz images by noted Los Angeles photographer William Claxton distilled from his full-length Taschen tome, "Jazz Seen". A most handsome, completely intact example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "William Claxton" in black marker on the inside front cover.. 3-8228-6652-0 Inventory Number: 020849

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Claxton, William. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2002. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 26 b&w and 4 color illustrations. Text in Japanese, German, French and Spanish. This is a Taschen Postcard book containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) jazz images by noted Los Angeles photographer William Claxton distilled from his full-length Taschen tome, "Jazz Seen". A most handsome, completely intact example of the 2002 Japanese edition for the Clax completeist. 4-88783-159-5 Inventory Number: 018543

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Claxton, William, Leonard Feather & Terry Southern. Pasadena, CA. ND (1987).: Twelvetrees Press. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Music Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (124pp), 77 illustrations in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. This is the exceptionally lovely 1987 anthology of black and white jazz images by the late, great Los Angeles photographer William Claxton. While forever associated with Chet Baker and the West Coast scene of the '50s and '60s, Claxton's selection here is a virtual who's who of the history of post-war jazz and improvised music. A most handsome example of the first Twelvetrees Press edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "William Claxton" in black marker across the colophon at the rear. 0-942642-28-7 Inventory Number: 018541

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Marmande, Francis. Paris: Editions Du Desastre, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (34pp), 30 b&w illustrations. Text in French (with captions in English). This is a lovely Editions Du Desastre Postcard book containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) jazz images by noted Los Angeles photographer William Claxton. A brand new, most handsome completely intact example of this uncommon item. 2-87770-008-9 Inventory Number: 018545

(COLEMAN, ORNETTE). Coleman, Ornette. Pasadena, CA: Poo-Bah Records, 1982. First Edition. Large 4to. Printed Sheet. Concert Poster. Fine.. One 13 x 9 ½" sheet printed in black and white, recto only. This is the poster for two February 22nd, 1982 Ornette Coleman with Prime Time performances presented by the venerable Pasadena record store Poo-Bah at Los Angeles' Westwood Playhouse. Sharing the bill was Leroy Jenkins on solo violin. A most handsome, guaranteed vintage example of this uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 027034

(COPPOLA, SOFIA). Coppola, Sofia, Lance Acord & Yoshito Sato. Los Angeles: Emperor Norton, 2003. First Edition 1/2000. Small Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Film Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color, with a CD. Designed by Miles Murray Sorrell @ FUEL. This is the deluxe version of the soundtrack from Sofia Coppola's second feature film; "Lost in Translation". The audio CD consists of fifteen tracks; "Intro/Tokyo", "City Girl" - Kevin Shields, "Fantino" - Sebastien Teller, "Tommib" - Squarepusher, "Girls" - Death In Vegas, " Goodbye" - Kevin Shields, "Too Young" - Phoenix, "Kaze Wo Atsumete" - Happy End, "On The Subway" - Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr., "Ikebana" - Kevin Shields, "Sometimes" - My Bloody Valentine, "Alone In Kyoto" - Air, "Shibuya" - Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr., "Are You Awake?" - Kevin Shields, and "Just Like Honey" - The Jesus And Mary Chain. It is packaged inside a hardbound book filled with excerpts from the screenplay, along with stills from the film as well as photographs taken on set by cinematographer Lance Acord, Yoshito Sato, and Sofia herself. A brand new, most handsome example of this charming edition that was limited to two thousand unnumbered copies that sold-out before publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Sofia Coppola and cinematographer Lance Acord (who took the iconic cover photograph of Bill Murray) at Arcana in black marker on the title page. Inventory Number: 027000

(COPPOLA, SOFIA). Coppola, Sofia, Lance Acord & Yoshito Sato. Los Angeles: Emperor Norton, 2003. First Edition 1/2000. Small Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards. Film Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color, with a CD. Designed by Miles Murray Sorrell @ FUEL. This is the deluxe version of the soundtrack from Sofia Coppola's second feature film; "Lost in Translation". The audio CD consists of fifteen tracks; "Intro/Tokyo", "City Girl" - Kevin Shields, "Fantino" - Sebastien Teller, "Tommib" - Squarepusher, "Girls" - Death In Vegas, " Goodbye" - Kevin Shields, "Too Young" - Phoenix, "Kaze Wo Atsumete" - Happy End, "On The Subway" - Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr., "Ikebana" - Kevin Shields, "Sometimes" - My Bloody Valentine, "Alone In Kyoto" - Air, "Shibuya" - Brian Reitzell & Roger J. Manning Jr., "Are You Awake?" - Kevin Shields, and "Just Like Honey" - The Jesus And Mary Chain. It is packaged inside a hardbound book filled with excerpts from the screenplay, along with stills from the film as well as photographs taken on set by cinematographer Lance Acord, Yoshito Sato, and Sofia herself. A brand new, most handsome example of this charming edition limited to two thousand unnumbered copies that sold-out before publication still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. Inventory Number: 026999

(COSBY, BILL). Cosby, Bill. NP: Bill Cosby, 1966. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine.. np (16pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. This is a very cool, vintage Bill Cosby promotional booklet that was most likely sold as a program at the comedian's performance venues in the mid-sixties. It contains studio, performance, and candid photographs (even one by Dennis Hopper) of Cosby and his family, a section on "I Spy", and a 33 1/3 rpm Eva-Tone flexi-disc of the bit "Noah" excerpted from his then current album; "Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow, Right?". A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 010557

(DALI, SALVADOR). Dali, Salvador, Manuel Vasquez Montalban & Igor Wakhevitch. Hamburg, GERMANY: Eurostar Schallplatten, GmbH & Sine Qua Non, 1992. First Thus. Square 8vo. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 326pp, illustrated in b&w and some color + 3 Audio CDs. Text in English, German, French and Spanish. "Etre Dieu" is the strikingly lovely documentation of this work of self-indulgent operatic weirdness written, designed, and staged in Paris in 1974 by the late Surrealist genius/charlatan Salvador Dali. It entails a gilt-embossed 6 ¼ x 6 ¼ x 2 ¼" royal blue velvet clamshell box that houses a softbound book containing an introduction, reproductions of the original manuscripts, the libretto/text, cvs of the participants, as well as a three CD recording of the work's 1974 live presentation. "Etre Dieu"'s participants include the incomparable Delphine Seyrig, Catherine Allegret, Alain Cuny, and Dali himself in the role of "the Divine Dali". A bright, most handsome example of this luxe object perfect for the Dali completeist. Inventory Number: 026495