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1978151059New York: CBGB's 1978. Vintage CBGB'S 2nd Avenue Theater four-page program Grand Opening Concert Bill the only concert bill printed for the short-lived club for late December 1978 announcing its Tuesday night opening with Talking Heads and Tuff Darts on December 27 The Dictators and Dead Boys on December 28 and Richard Hell and the Voidoids with Patti Smith December 29-31.<br /> <br /> These acts would be the theater's last perfomances. Included in the program are bios for headlining acts Talking Heads Dead Boys and Richard Hell and the Voidoids as well as listing of CBGB'S Bowery schedule for December 27th through December 31st.<br /> <br /> CBGB'S owner Hilly Kristal opened CBGB'S 2nd Avenue Theater in late 1977 in the old Anderson Theatre at 66 2nd Avenue. The venue was designed to accommodate the growing crowds bands like Talking Heads the Patti Smith Group and Richard Hell and the Voidoids were attracting to the small Bowery club. <br /> <br /> With a capacity of just over 1700 seats massive compared to the 350-person capacity of CBGB'S it opened on Tuesday December 27th with Talking Heads headlining and Tuff Darts as the opener. Due to the decrepit state of the theater the cost of bringing the theater up to code even with backing from the likes of Sire records president Seymour Stein were too great. Kristal nearly went bankrupt trying to make a go of it ultimately closing the theater in early 1979. The last performance at the venue was New Year's Eve 1978 featuring The Patti Smith Group Richard Hell and the Voidoids the Erasers and Mars. <br /> <br /> 5.5 x 8 inches Two page bi-Fold. Near Fine. CBGB's unknown
1979156737Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1979. Revised Shooting script for the 1979 television film here under the working title "Can You Hear the Laughter The Freddie Prinze Story." Copy belonging to sound mixer Keith A. Wester with his name in manuscript ink on the top right of the front wrapper and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on 20 pages. <br /> <br /> Bound in preceding the script are a six page Staff and Crew contact list a 30 page Shooting Schedule 17 pages of Call Sheets with annotations in manuscript ink and a map to the Comedy Store West. <br /> <br /> Originally aired on CBS on September 11 1979. Based on the article "Good Night Sweet Prinze" by Peter Greenberg published in the June 1977 issue of Playboy magazine. A portrayal of the sudden rise and success of the troubled Puerto Rican stand-up comedian and actor Freddie Prinze who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 29 1977.<br /> <br /> White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 60. Title page present dated March 19 1979 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/23/79 and 5/4/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown
19882092<p>First Edition. 67-99 pp. each black toner on white commercial stock in stiff printed wrappers. Occasional illustrations. 8vo. Very good. Minor spotting toning handling marks to wrappers interiors clean and bright. 2092</p><p><em>Complete run of Richard Hell's literary magazine sponsored by The Poetry Project at St. Mark's with contributions from across the downtown NYC scene including David Wojnarowicz Eileen Myles Rene Ricard Hell himself and many others.</em></p> The Poetry Project
2008CBS-9781402068621Sp Springer 2008. New. Sp Springer unknown
2008CBS-9781402068621Sp Springer 2008. New. Sp Springer unknown
53115Viennae Vienna Switzerland : Typis et sumpti. Joan. Thom. Nob. De Trattnern Caes. Reg. Maj. Aulae Typographi Et Bibliopolae MDCCXCII. 1792 . Annual astronomical tables for the meridian of Vienna printed in 1792 for the upcoming year of 1793. Later full leather binding preserving one of the original boards. 8vo. 20cm x 13.4 cm. pp.489. With 2 engraved folding plates The "Moon": Carefully repaired to blank area without loss 8 engraved tables tailpieces numerous charts and several woodcuts within text. Brown calf . 5 raised bands to spine with remains of old leather title label. All page edges red. Modern bookplate dated 1923 to front endpaper with an illustration of an private observatory: "Ex Libris Mag. F. Fischer A.F. MCMXXIII". Neat inked notes to front free-endpaper. Title page printed within decorative border contents printed within double-ruled borders. Clear text throughout. VG. "Maximilian Hell Hungarian: Hell Miksa born Rudolf Maximilian H�ll; May 15 1720 � April 14 1792 was an astronomer and ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. The lunar crater Hell is named after him. Hell became the director of the Vienna Observatory in 1756. He published the astronomical tables Ephemerides astronomicae ad meridianum Vindobonemsem "Ephemerides for the Meridian of Vienna"." - See Wikipedia "Franti�ek Fischer 30 August 1886 � 10 November 1966 was a Czech pharmacist and amateur astronomer. He focused mainly on selenography i.e. mapping the surface of the Moon. From 1924 he operated his own observatory in Prague-Podol� which was described by the editors of the professional journal Empire of Stars as "one of the best-equipped and managed private observatories" in Czechoslovakia." Viennae [ Vienna, Switzerland] : Typis et sumpti. Joan. Thom. Nob. De Trattnern, Caes. Reg. Maj. Aulae Typographi Et Bibliopolae hardcover
200523434Milwaukee WI: Repair 2005. First edition. One of 16 hardbound copies hors commerce signed by the authors; this being copy number 13. The entire edition consisted of 42 hardbound copies and 500 copies in wrappers. Very fine copy. 8vo original red cloth dust jacket. Very fine copy. Repair unknown
20053060New York: Akashic Books 2005. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Signature-bound in glossy pictorial wraps. 141 pp. Lightly soiled and edge worn; about Near Fine. Front cover photo by Christopher Wool. Advance Uncorrected Proof copy of the second novel from punk luminary Richard Hell a poetic vignette of the East Village cultural scene in the 1970s. <br /> <br /> This copy inscribed to Hell's former Television bandmate and childhood friend Tom Verlaine in the later years following a few-decade freeze between the two in black pen to title page: "For deathless Tom / from his old friend / Richard Hell / NYC / Dec 31 2004 Akashic Books unknown
170808005New York: Dot Books 1973. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Signed by Richard Hell on fake author bio at front: "March 15 1996 For Marlene to improve her library heh heh xxx Theresa Stern Richard." 32pp. with one page publisher list at rear. Illustrated black stiff wraps. An unread copy Fine with the faintest edge-rubbing to wraps. <p>Musician and writer Richard Meyers AKA Hell's first book co-written with his Neon Boys and Television bandmate Tom Miller AKA Verlaine under a pseudonym. Proto-punk poetry from the New York streets rare signed. Dot Books paperback
32701NY: Dot Books 1973. Paperback. Very good. Paperback. First Edition. 32pp. Head of spine rubbed with some light edgewear else very good in publisher's wraps. Inscribed and signed by Hell on the front free endpaper thus: For--/Soul Bro Bob/From/Theresa Stern/&/ Richard/ Meyers/ Hell/ 10/1/82. <br/><br/> Dot Books paperback
2001C51991Bern Switzerland: Verlag Hans Huber. As New. 2001. Paperback. 3456836465 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in German. 171 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Verlag Hans Huber paperback
200579996Library. New. 2005. Hardcover. 0976492598 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 138 pages. -- with a bonus offer-- . Library hardcover
200680972Mark Batty Publisher. New. 2006. Paperback. 0977282759 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 64 pages color photos throughout obl. 12mo. -- with a bonus offer-- . Mark Batty Publisher paperback
1773168056Vienna: Johann Thomas von Trattner 1773. Beautifully presented celestial calculations First edition of the annual astronomical tables for the meridian of Vienna printed in 1773 for the upcoming year of 1774 from the library of the astronomer Arne August Wyller. Hell the director of the Vienna Observatory published numerous celestial Ephemerides between 1757 and 1793. The work is engagingly illustrated and includes woodcuts of the phases of the moon parallax diagrams and an engraving of lunar craters. Along with his astronomical work in Vienna Hell 1720-1792 distinguished himself by observing the 1769 transit of Venus from Vardø in northern Norway. For this work the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters elected him a foreign member and planned to publish his results but Hell's decision to extend his stay in Norway and gather non-astronomical data on arctic habitats for an encyclopedia that never appeared likely due to his status as a Jesuit meant that the publication was controversially delayed and the data condemned as fraudulent. However the examination of his notebooks a century later posthumously proved the veracity of his results and led to the naming of the lunar crater "Hell" after him. Provenance: from the library of Arne August Wyller 1927-2001 the director of the Institute for Solar Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy and grandson of playwright August Strindberg and actress Harriet Bosse his ownership signature in pencil on the front free endpaper verso. "Wyller was both a humanist and a scientist and his ideas were not always within the realms expected from a scientist. Many of his friends and colleagues saw him as Renaissance Man with a breadth of knowledge in art literature music philosophy science and technology" Scharmer. Octavo 198 x 124 mm. With 2 engraved folding plates 8 engraved tables head- and tailpieces numerous charts and several woodcuts within text. Title page printed within decorative border contents printed within double-ruled borders. Contemporary red morocco spine with five raised bands compartments ruled and elaborately tooled with floriate motifs in gilt black morocco label covers framed with dotted roll and intricate floriate quatrefoil wave-roll in blind to board edges red marbled endpapers top and bottom edges gauffered near headcaps. Later shelf mark label to front pastedown and pencil ownership initials "V.B." to front free endpaper. Extremities rubbed resulting in a touch of wear to corners gilt bright front inner hinge starting but holding firm short closed tear to fold of both plates not affecting image contents crisp and clean: a near-fine copy. Göran Scharmer "Arne Wyller in memoriam" Harvard University Department of Astronomy 2001 accessible online. hardcover
20012320New York: powerHouse Books 2001. First Edition. Hardcover octavo in printed dust jacket. White illustrated boards with black lettering. 245pp. Corners gently bumped' horizontal indentation running from fore edge halfway to spine on front board; else clean and sound; Very Good . Clean unclipped dust jacket also holds the same indentation mark to front; trace edge wear besides; Near Fine. Exhaustive compendium of previously uncollected writing from punk musician poet and visual artist Richard Hell inscribed to title page in red ink to former bandmate collaborator and best friend Tom Verlaine: "Thank you Tom / hope all's well / yrs / Hell / October 2001". <br> <br /> Hell and Verlaine met as high school students Richard Meyers and Tom Miller in Delaware and developed their identities alongside and against each other -- running away to New York City and forming the pivotal punk band Television together before their well-documented falling out in the mid-1970s. It wasn't until decades later when both men had settled into quieter and more individuated lives of less-public creative production that they resumed any sense of rapport. Hell related to this bookseller that he would see Verlaine browsing the dollar racks outside Manhattan's Strand Bookstore occasionally presenting him with his latest book as their tensions thawed.<br> <br /> Hot and Cold contains much content from their time of collaboration with poems from their jointly-created alter ego "Theresa Stern" as well as essays and photos regarding the Television/CBGB's days. powerHouse Books hardcover
19982690New York: Vehicle Editions 1998. Preview edition limited to 240 copies. Octavo 5-1/2" x 7-3/4" in blank white card stock wraps with pictorial dust jacket 32 pages. Corners gently bumped' horizontal indentation running from fore edge halfway to spine on front board; else clean and sound; Very Good . Clean unclipped dust jacket also holds the same indentation mark to front; trace edge wear besides; Near Fine. Condensed preview edition of the exhaustive compendium of previously uncollected writing from punk musician poet and visual artist Richard Hell inscribed to title page in black ink to former bandmate collaborator and best friend Tom Verlaine: "For Tom with thanks and more sincerely" Hot and cold <br> <br /> Hell and Verlaine met as high school students Richard Meyers and Tom Miller in Delaware and developed their identities alongside and against each other -- running away to New York City and forming the pivotal punk band Television together before their well-documented falling out in the mid-1970s. It wasn't until decades later when both men had settled into quieter and more individuated lives of less-public creative production that they resumed any sense of rapport. Hell related to this bookseller that he would see Verlaine browsing the dollar racks outside Manhattan's Strand Bookstore occasionally presenting him with his latest book as their tensions thawed.<br> <br /> Hot and Cold contains much content from their time of collaboration with poems from their jointly-created alter ego "Theresa Stern" as well as essays and photos regarding the Television/CBGB's days. <br> <br /> This copy was printed in a very short run of 240 copies 40 of which were hardcover by Annabel Lee's Vehicle Editions for the author's exhibition at Rupert Goldsworthy Gallery in October of 1998 in anticipation of the full edition which appeared the following fall of 1999. Vehicle Editions unknown
200151991Bern Switzerland: Verlag Hans Huber. New. 2001. Paperback. 3456836465 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - Text in German. 171 pages. -- with a bonus offer . Verlag Hans Huber paperback
554791New York: Genesis : Grasp Press 1971. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Oblong 24mo. Light blue stapled wrappers. Fine. With the original Genesis : Grasp mailing envelope addressed to poet Clark Coolidge. Also included is a Typed Letter Signed from Richard Meyers a.k.a. Richard Hell to Coolidge dated December 28 1970 mimicing the cover illustrations. The letter informs Coolidge that the press has accepted four of his poems we assume for inclusion in Genesis : Grasp 4 and presents this copy of Uh which is to be the subscriber supplement #5: "I thought you might like it. It's going to be lying around here in packages deteriorating for the two months or so it will take us to raise money and print the issue." The first book by the influential musician and writer Richard Hell published under the pseudonym Ernie Stomach. An artist's flip-book that utilized an alphabet specially created by Hell and published in an edition of 500 copies with 470 trade copies and with 30 numbered and signed by the author. A mystifyingly uncommon book which despite the stated limitation is the only copy we've seen. Genesis : Grasp Press unknown
1540ST20622Germany ca. 1540. 183 x 133 mm. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4". <br/> WITH A FULL-PAGE MINIATURE DEPICTING THE HARROWING OF HELL featuring a naked Adam and Eve on the left and on the right Christ bending down to rescue John the Baptist the figures framed by a stone archway supporting a hairy creature who aims the point of a spear directly at Adam and Eve the miniature in a thin brown frame with gilt lines surrounded on two sides by the words "VERBUM DOMINI MANET IN ETERNUM" in gilt all framed in gray and red washes with double rules of black and gilt. Light soiling to frame a little flaking to the gray border and a couple of small scuffs and smudges elsewhere verso with spotting but the miniature vibrant and well preserved with only very trivial imperfections.<br/> <br/> A close copy of an early 16th century engraving by Albrecht Dürer this powerful miniature depicting the Harrowing of Hell is an intriguing artifact that ties together manuscript art print culture and the Reformation. The image depicts an apocryphal tale in the Gospel of Nicodemus in which Christ following his death but before his Resurrection descends into Limbo in order to save righteous souls who had passed away before him particularly figures from the Old Testament. Christ appears here in pale pink robes carrying a long staff with a cross and banner adorning the top. Having just brought down the gates of Hell he stoops to rescue John the Baptist here dressed in furs from its depths. A naked Adam and Eve covering their loins stand at the left of the composition--Adam now a gray-bearded old man as a reflection of sin and mortality but Eve still as she was at the Expulsion in keeping with the period's inclination to retain the classically idealized youthful feminine form. Above them is a stone arch upon which a dog-like demon perches stealthily aiming a spear directly at the oblivious couple. Another demon snaps its jaws at the feet of Christ and we can see a lick of flames below the broken gate as more captive souls clamor to escape. The painting is skillfully done showing the artist's facility with anatomy proportion and foreshortening. The bodies of Adam and Eve are particularly excellent with lovely skin tones and convincing molding. The composition is clearly based on an engraving by Dürer published in 1513 as part of a major series of 16 images known as the "Engraved Passion." In translating a black & white print into a full-color painting the artist here dispensed with a few details seen in Dürer's work such as the shadowy figure behind Adam and Eve and the stigmata on Christ's hand; however the overall composition deviates little from the original suggesting that the artist may have been working from an actual engraving. Although this leaf contains just a few words in the form of a border inscription--"Verbum Domini manet eternum" "the Word of the Lord endures forever"--they are monumentally important. This line from Isaiah 40:8 and 1 Peter 1:25 became the motto of the Lutheran Reformation appearing on art clothing coins and even armor of the 16th century. The Schmalkaldic League an influential group of allied Lutheran principalities in the Holy Roman Empire at the time also adopted it as their motto. Given the dominance of print materials during the Reformation period our hand-painted miniature--possibly produced as a frontispiece--must have been a very special commission. It is also an object that is prime for further study touching on aspects of book production religious art and the transmission of images and ideas in the early modern period. unknown
1470ST17764Delft ca. 1470. Leaf: 175 x 122 mm. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4"; Frame: 250 x 195 mm. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4". No text on recto or verso. <br/> In an attractive wooden frame. A FINELY PAINTED MINIATURE OF THE HARROWING OF HELL within an arch-topped compartment the mouth of hell depicted on the left with a fiery red interior and five people emerging from it the figure of Christ on the left holding a cross on a long staff and half-clothed in a pink and blue robe the background with a castle in the distance ALL OF THIS BENEATH A VERY DETAILED ARCHITECTURAL CANOPY suspended in the sky AND THE WHOLE WITHIN A FULL BORDER of acanthus leaves and other foliage and flowers in reds blues greens yellows and brushed gold along with very many small burnished gold ivy leaves and buds on hairline stems a small stork in the bottom border and a large delicately shaded angel in the left border. ◆Left margin trimmed very close to decoration just escaping loss and the other three margins ample mild darkening right at fore and tail edge but not reaching into borders otherwise IN FINE CONDITION the colors rich and true and the burnished gold still shimmering.<br/> <br/> This extraordinary miniature notable for its uncommon subject matter memorable imagery and fine workmanship was produced by a talented artist belonging to the stylistic group known as the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures. The subject here is infrequently depicted in Books of Hours: the Harrowing of Hell appears as a full-page miniature in only three of the 119 prayer books described by Roger Wieck in his "Time Sanctified" and three others contain a Harrowing depiction inside an initial. Christian theological tradition tells us that after his crucifixion Christ went to liberate souls from Limbo--a location inhabited by those barred from entry into Heaven because they died before the Redemption. In our scene Christ wrapped in a regal cloak and carrying a long staff his hands and feet still bleeding from the wounds he received on the Cross reaches into an absolutely wonderful Hellmouth to extricate Adam and Eve and other naked souls while the recently deceased and original saint John the Baptist still clad in an animal skin garment waits patiently for his turn to emerge. The great maw of Hell as depicted here has bulging eyes a distended snout thickly matted hair and a bad complexion; his gaping mouth punctuated by sharp gray teeth glows red hot and one can tell from the creature's expression that he is loath to comply with this rescue of souls. In addition to its compelling subject matter there is a high level of artistic achievement here including delicately molded figures impressively detailed architectural elements and a lovely color palette. The elegance and quiet sophistication observed in this miniature distinguishes the artist responsible for this work as a particularly talented member of his circle. Active from about 1450-80 the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures were named by James Marrow after the angels and other figures whose upper bodies are typically found emerging from a cloud within the borders. Although the present leaf uncharacteristically contains a full-length angel in the border it shares other stylistic similarities such as the elaborate architectural canopy hovering over the main composition; and it particularly resembles the work of the artist of Keble College MS 77 an illuminator described in "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Illumination" as "one of the more articulate of the group" whose "figures are more fully modelled and his palette . . . deeper and brighter" than that of his contemporaries. Because the subject of the present miniature goes beyond the standard image program seen in routine productions and because of the high level of artistic accomplishment seen here this leaf was almost certainly part of an elaborate Book of Hours produced in response to an important commission. unknown
