Collection: Experimental Literature (Loosely Defined)

As-new copy of this engaging prose work by the Romanian-born artist, a catalog of eighty items on the table of his Paris hotel room. Translated into English by Emmett Williams, to whose annotations Spoerri has added secondary annotations of his own. With illustrations throughout by... More

Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1991. First American edition. 330pp; 8vo; maroon cloth boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Dense but quite lightly colored foxing to textblock edges and endpapers; a few spots of soiling to front board. Very good in a very good... More

London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. First edition. 166pp; 8vo; blue textured-paper boards; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Textblock edges lightly toned, with a few spots of light foxing to rear endpaper. Price-clipped jacket with foxing to fore-edge of rear flap, light rubbing to rear panel.... More

London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1958. First edition. Small octavo; 198pp.; yellow cloth, in dust jacket. Mild soiling to board edges. Light foxing to textblock edges. Light foxing/off-setting to endpapers. Else very good in a very good minus jacket showing moderate soiling/browning, and fading to the publisher’s... More

NY: Top Stories, 1986. Second printing. [24]pp.; illus. 8vo. Saddle-stapled in photo-illustrated wraps. Crease to bottom corner of rear cover, which also shows one small scuff; near fine. Short stories by the cult American writer exploring queer sexuality against the backdrop of New York City. The... More

NY: Living Hand, 1976. No. 156 of 500 hand- numbered copies. 81pp. 8vo. Signature-bound in French flap wraps. Very good or better, with toning to spine, a few spots of light soiling to wraps. Signed and inscribed by Davis on front flyleaf: “For John -Lydia.”... More

Chicago: The Swallow Press, 1969. X, 351pp.; illus.; three tipped-in fold-out leaves. 8vo. Red cloth; gilt spine titles; dust jacket. Fine in a very near fine jacket, unclipped, with a touch of wear at spine ends. Signed and inscribed by Wildman on the half-title verso... More

First American edition of the 1910 novel by the sui generis French writer, who exerted a strong influence on both the surrealists and the later OULIPO movement. Translated by Lindy Foord and Rayner Heppenstall. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1967. First American edition. Octavo, 8-1/4... More

NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974. First edition (stated). Octavo, 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 in. Tan textured-paper boards backed with olive cloth; publisher's motif stamped in metallic red on front board; gilt and red-metallic spine lettering; dust jacket. Mild bumping to spine ends. Else fine in... More

Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. 123pp. First edition. Very good in a good jacket.  Black cloth boards lightly bumped at top corners. Textblock shows toned along the edges. Unclipped "$6.00" jacket has four 1" closed tears, with a partial loss at top... More

London: John Calder, 1961. 8vo. Light green, textured paper boards; gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. 187pp. A few minor dings to the base of the textblock, else very fine: neat, sharp, and unmarked. In a very good (+) price-clipped jacket, with moderate edgewear, and... More