paul robertson, Author at Unoriginal Sins

18 Apr THE DANCERS INHERIT THE PARTY. 1969. THIRD EDITION.

Posted at 13:39h in Artist's Books

n.p. (London): Fulcrum Press, 1969
21.5 x 14.5cm, 48pp. Boards with printed dust-jacket. The third edition of this Finlay's second book of poems - traditional in format mostly and usually in Scots/Doric. However this was published by Fulcrum who claimed it as the "first edition" on the colophon much to Finlay's annoyance. The original linocuts in the earlier publications have gone and the design is typographic only. Some marks and evidence of past adhesive labels on the front of the dustjacket (which has an image of a Giacometti maquette as its illustration) else VG. Scarce.

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18 Apr JAMES LEE BYARS AT WIDE WHITE SPACE. 1969.

Posted at 09:53h in James Lee Byars

Antwerpen: Wide White Space, 1969
12 x 12cm, 2pp. Typographic card with tiny text printed green on white. Notes the performances of A PINK SILK AIRPLANE FOR 100 1000 MINUTES OF ATTENTION OR 1/2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES LEE BYARS. VG+. ...

05 Apr CONCRETE POETRY BY IAN HAMILTON FINLAY. 1969.

Posted at 09:35h in Exhibition Catalogues

N.p. (Dunfermline): Carnegie Festival of Music and the Arts, 1969
20.5 x 106.cm, 12pp exhibition catalogue for an early show as party of the Dunfermline festival. Mimeograph. There are lists of the 16 works displayed and interesting short notes (by Finlay?) which are insightful for later themes in the poet's work. VG+. Very rare.

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19 Mar PLEASE COME TO THE TV BALL….. 1969.

Posted at 22:20h in James Lee Byars

N.p.: n.p. 1969 35cm x 35cm, red tissue paper in the shape of a five pointed star with the text: “Please come to the TV Ball at the Garden Store Showroom on Fear. 27 at 7pm (for 1 hour as Tribute to Jeff (sic actually “Jef") Cornells and the TV Staff and to the success of the James Lee Byars world Question Centre. The World Question Center, was a construction of the artist which was featured in a live broadcast on Belgian television in 1969, where students phoned famous intellectuals to discover what questions they were asking themselves. This rare ephemera is one of the earliest of Byars’ paper works. Folded for mailing there are tiny tears on some edges but over all VG for such a delicate item....

19 Mar 100,000 MINUTES / OR THE BIG SAMPLE OF BYARS/ OR 1/2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY / OR THE FIRST PAPER OF PHILOSOPHY. 1969.

Posted at 20:58h in James Lee Byars

Antwerpen: Wide White Space, 1969 27 x 20cm, unpaginated (200pp printed recto only). Original wrappers. Byars’ first ever artist’s book printed black on pink paper. One of only 250 examples. VG+. ...

18 Mar 3/3’S. 1969. SIGNED & DEDICATED TO MAXWELL ALLAN BY FINLAY IN INK.

Posted at 22:15h in Artist's Books

Dunsyre: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1969
21 x 17.8cm, 12pp. Original card covers with pictorial dust wrapper. An artist's book with three b/w photographs of boats on the large pond (Later to be called Loch Ech after Ian's son) on Finlay's recently purchased farm alongside three concrete poems - the words placed in a constellation or grid under the photographs. This example is signed and dedicated by Finlay in blue felt tipped ink on the inside front cover to Maxwell Allan a friend and collaborator. VG.

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18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR FRANK GILETTE. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:58h in Jud Yalkut

28 x 21.5cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Frank Gilette (the video and installation artist. The paper is from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. JOINT: Stapled to the sheet are 4pp of a carbon copy of a detailed biography of Gilette. JOINT: A second hand made horoscope which is a circular Commercially purchased sheet. Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded. ...

18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR IRIS LEZAK. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:38h in Jud Yalkut

28 x 21.5cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Iris Lezak (the painter and very close friend of Jackson Mac Low). The paper is from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded. ...

18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR LARRY FREIFELD. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:35h in Jud Yalkut

24 x 17cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Larry Freifeld (Elazar Larry Freifeld - the writer). The paper is from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded. ...

18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR ISOBE. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:31h in Jud Yalkut

24 x 17cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Isobe (actually the painter Brian Yoshimi Isobe). The paper is from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. E Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded. ...

18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR IRA SCHNEIDER. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:29h in Jud Yalkut

28 x 21.5cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Ira Schneider. The paper is a xerox from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded....

18 Mar HAND MADE HOROSCOPE FOR SPENCER DAVIS. c. 1969.

Posted at 12:21h in Jud Yalkut

28 x 21.5cm, 1pp working for a personal horoscope for Spencer Davis (the artist not the musician). The paper is a xerox from commercially purchased sheets that allow for the casting of these diagrams but there are extensive calculations by Yalkut considering many aspects of the supposed influence of the sun and moon and stars on their lives. Yalkut was a serious practitioner of astronomy. He often created personal horoscopes for his friends and used them to give advice on how to make decisions (and who to work with). This one such example of these pseudo-scientific items. VG although previously folded....