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  • BEYOND THE CURVE. by Abe, Kobo
    Abe, Kobo
    BEYOND THE CURVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & Tokyo: Kodansha, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first collection of short fiction, one which confirms his reputation as one of Japan's most significant modern writers. The stories - often surrealistic - start from the same point: a seemingly innocuous act plunges an ordinary individual into extraordinary, often nightmarish circumstances that lead him to question his identity or his sanity. Translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 247 pp. ISBN: 4770014651.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 57867
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  • LOST BODY / CORPS PERDU. by Cesaire, Aime; Pablo Picasso, illustrator.
    Cesaire, Aime; Pablo Picasso, illustrator.
    LOST BODY / CORPS PERDU.

    Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

    New York: George Braziller, (1986). First edition - The first trade edition of this collection of 10 intertwined surrealistic poems by this Carribean poet, one of the foremost advocates of negritude, illustrated with spare drawings by Picasso, originally published in a limited edition of only 219 copies in 1950. Introduction and translation by Clayton Eshleman and Annette Smith. Bi-lingual edition with the complete original French text at the end. 130 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-807611484.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers with French flaps (some sunning to bottom edge of front cover).

    Book ID: 88345
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  • GOGOL'S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES. by Landolfi, Tommaso.
    Landolfi, Tommaso.
    GOGOL'S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: New Directions, (1963.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book by Landolfi to be published in the United States, a collection of stories written over a period of 25 years. Gandolfi has been called the Italian Kafka, linked with the surrealists, compared to Borges - but his remains a unique voice, imaginative and ironic. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal, John Longrigg & Wayland Young. 183 pp..

    Condition: Ex-library but with only one stamp on the rear endpaper and slight signs of a pocket having been removed, so overall a tight and clean copy in a near fine and unmarked dustjacket. Uncommon in the hardcover first edition.

    Book ID: 31029
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  • Pinget, Robert (translated by Barbara Wright.)
    BETWEEN FANTOINE AND AGAPA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Red Dust, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Swiss-born Pinget's first prose work, originally published in France in 1950, and not translated into English until this edition. In the author's new preface, written for this translation, he describes himself as being very much under the influence of the surrealists at that time. Photograph of Pinget on the back cover of the dust jacket is also by Wright, the translator. 83 pp. ISBN: 0-873760409.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 33013
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  • THE ANTAGONISTIC LINK: Joaquin Torres-Garcia / Theo von Doesburg by Torres-Garcia, Joaquin and von Doesburg, Theo
    Torres-Garcia, Joaquin and von Doesburg, Theo
    THE ANTAGONISTIC LINK: Joaquin Torres-Garcia / Theo von Doesburg

    Edition: First printing.

    Amsterdam: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Includes a Foreword by Eduardo Lipschutz-Villa, a fascinating collection of letters between van Doesburg in Paris, and Torres-Garcia of Uraguay and commentary on their art and influence by the artists themselves and such writers as Sebastian Lopez, Nicolle Gast, and Jorge Castillo. Selected bibliography, many full color and black and white illustrations, illustrated endpapers. An attractive volume, bound in black cloth. ISBN: 90-800968-1-4.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16618
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  • THE WIG: A Mirror Image. by Wright, Charles (1932-2008)
    Wright, Charles (1932-2008)
    THE WIG: A Mirror Image.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a surreal look at 1960s New York as shown in the story of Lester Jefferson, "a rambunctiously outgoing and terminally callow variation on Wright's urban-loner persona. Lester is determined to capitalize on the transformative potential of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society with some bold transformations of his own. These begin with the vigorous application of something called Silky Smooth Hair Relaxer ('with the Built-in Sweat-proof Base'), thus bringing to life the eponymous 'wig': a lustrously silken hairdo that so boosts his self-esteem (I hadn't felt so good since discovering last year that I actually disliked watermelon) that he believes nothing less than the American…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a surreal look at 1960s New York as shown in the story of Lester Jefferson, "a rambunctiously outgoing and terminally callow variation on Wright's urban-loner persona. Lester is determined to capitalize on the transformative potential of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society with some bold transformations of his own. These begin with the vigorous application of something called Silky Smooth Hair Relaxer ('with the Built-in Sweat-proof Base'), thus bringing to life the eponymous 'wig': a lustrously silken hairdo that so boosts his self-esteem (I hadn't felt so good since discovering last year that I actually disliked watermelon) that he believes nothing less than the American Dream is within reach." (Gene Seymour) A book which anticipated the work of Fran Ross, Paul Beatty, Darius James, and Ishmael Reed (who calls this novel a landmark in African American fiction.) 179 pp. Dust jacket by Milton Glaser.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79584
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