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Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Softcover staple-bound, 16 pages, very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks.
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 24 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. An essay entitled "Air and Such," with a Glossary of Notes on Incidental References, Quotations, and Allusions in Order of Appearance in the Poem. Publisher's note by Andrew Hoyem.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prospectus announcing the publication of a limited edition of "Biotherm (for Bill Berkson)," Frank O'Hara's "last long poem." A 16-page pamphlet with Jim Dine's drawings and illustrated wraps. This is the prospectus only, not a copy of the book. 7-1/8 x 10-1/2 inches. Bound Japanese fashion with thread. Fine.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 4to. 16 pp. Soft Cover. Prospectus announcing the publication of "Biotherm (For Bill Berkson)." Very Good. Scuff marks on Back Cover. This is the Prospectus only, not a copy of the book. Includes order form insert. BW Images. Provenance: From the estate of Gerald Nordland (1927-2019). Nordland was a museum director, art critic, educator and author.Dean of the Chouinard Art Institute (1960-64), Director of the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMoMA) (1966-73), Milwaukee Art Museum (1977-85), and the UCLA Wight Art Gallery (1973-1977). He is the author of over 60 publications, including books on Lachaise, Nakian, Diebenkorn and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1646.02 + shipping
Description: Lithographs by Jim Dine. 44 leaves (numbered on verso). Large folio. Loose as issued in orig. cloth box. Together with the booklet Companion to Biotherm" (for Bill Berkson). The last long poem by Frank OHara (19261966). 24 pp. Orig-wrappers. One of 150 numbered copies for sale (of a total of 180), signed by Jim Dine.
Seller: Peter Bichsel Fine Books, Zürich, Switzerland
Price: US$1850.00 + shipping
Description: Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no.127. Folio (57.75cm); loose lithographed sheets (ca.15" x 22"), housed in a red cloth clamshell case, with title printed in black on front cover, and the Companion To Biotherm booklet housed in a compartment on the inner front cover; with 42 lithographic prints by Jim Dine. A Fine copy. A striking production of O'Hara's last long poem, addressed to the poet and critic Bill Berkson, which first appeared in The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara. The 24pp booklet contains Berkson's essay "Air and Such," along with a glossary of notes, references, and quotations that appear in the poem, and a publisher's note by Andrew Hoyem. Arion No.32.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed by the artist, Jim Dine, on the limitation. #115 of 150 numbered copies from a total edition of 180. 44 leaves. 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Folio. 55.7x38 cm (22" x 15"), leaves loose in red cloth portfolio box with companion essay contained in recessed pocket of portfolio's inside cover. Fine. Actor and comedian Robin Williams's copy, although unmarked. "Biotherm" is the last long poem of New York School poet Frank O'Hara, whose accidental death in 1966 at age 40 deprived America of one of its most vital and innovative poets. The poet and critic Bill Berkson, to whom the poem is addressed, provided an essay and compiled a glossary to explicate the references in the poem and to recount the circumstances of its writing.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, lettered issue; limited to 26 lettered copies ('reserved for participants in the project'), signed by Jim Dine, of total printing of 176 copies. 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Folio (22 x 15 inches). Signed by Jim Dine, one of 26 lettered copies. "'Biotherm' is the last long poem of Frank O'Hara, whose accidental death in 1966 at age forty deprived America of one of its most vital and innovative poets. The poet and critic Bill Berkson, to whom the poem is addressed, provided an essay and compiled a glossary to explicate the references in the poem and to recount the circumstances of its writing. The artist Jim Dine knew O'Hara and admired his work. Challenged by O'Hara's brilliant experimentation in "Biotherm", Dine's prints pay a vibrant homage to the poet and engage themes in the poem. Biotherm [is] a true livre d'artiste. The format is 22 by 15 inches, issued as unbound sheets in portfolio. The poem was set by hand in 22-point Spectrum. Over proofs of the poetry Dine drew inter-weaving images. Between the text pages are leaves with illustrations only. The images were printed by duotone offset lithography and the text overprinted by letterpress. The portfolio box is covered in red cloth. The essay and glossary, issued as a booklet 11 by 7-1/2 inches, is contained in a recessed pocket of the portfolio. The paper is English mouldmade T. H. Saunders Waterford, hot-press finish. The lithographic printing was done at Phelps-Schaefer in Brisbane, California" [per publisher's statement]. Covers of red cloth portfolio are lightly soiled on front and rear covers, with small crease at one edge, else very good; the title page, printed leaves and lithographs are fine 42 lithographs by Jim Dine. Folio (22 x 15 inches) First edition, lettered issue; limited to 26 lettered copies ('reserved for participants in the project'), signed by Jim Dine, of total printing of 176 copies.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.