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Morgenstern ; Jess. Gallowsongs [Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern ; Versions by Jess]. Black Sparrow Press, 1970.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Minor tannig to spine/covers, minor shelf wear, otherwise VG. Pages clean.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Morgenstern, Christian. Gallowsongs. Galgenlieder. Black Sparrow Press, 1970.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Book Description: . Gallowsongs. Galgenlieder. By Morgenstern, Christian, 1970 Black Sparrow Press. ISBN0876850476, one of 600 copies, only. Unpaginated, b&w illustrations throughout by Jess. Large stiff illustrated paper with three screw bolts. Ex-libras with pocket present on inside cover. Covers are slightly crimped.

Seller: Ally Press Center, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

MORGENSTERN, Christian. Gallowsongs: Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern. Versions by Jess. Black Sparrow Press, 1970.

Price: US$33.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: unpaginated, illustrations unpaginated, illustrations throughout, 11.2 x 8.8 inches, softback (paper covers, there being 3 original circular metal stables holding the book firmly together), a few minor repairs to edges of covers, a generally very good ex-library copy [0876850476].

Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom

Morgenstern, Christian. Gallowsongs Galgenlieder Versions By Jess. Black Sparrow, Los Angeles CA, 1970.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: limited to 600 paperback copies. unpaginated. bound with 3 steel screws. priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. ; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 "

Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.

Morgenstern, Christian. Gallowsongs; Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern; Versions by Jess. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1970.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. Unpaginated. B/W drawings. Pictorial covers, screw fastened, good. (63581). Limited to 600 copies.

Seller: Bauer Rare Books, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Morgenstern, Christian.. Gallowsongs. Versions by Jess.. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited to 600 copies in wrappers bound with three aluminum grommets (of a total edition of 801). Unpaginated. Translated by Jess Collins, with illustrations by him throughout. A Fine copy. Q15999

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Jess [Collins].. Gallowsongs. Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern. Versions by Jess.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow, 1970., 1970.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: First edition. Pictorial wrappers, bound with three metal bolts. Red-brown end papers. Short tears at top and bottom of spine, very light wear to edges of wrappers, otherwise fine. This is one of 600 copies in wrappers, of a total edition of 801.

Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada

Jess.. Gallowsongs / Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Somewhat over size volume bound in decorated white cloth. In a clear unprinted plastic jacket. SIGNED by the Illustrator Jess. Limited to 175 copies. Mild page edge dustiness. A couple of corners bumped. Scarce! ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Morgenstern, Christian and Jess. Gallowsongs / Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern; Versions by Jess (signed by artist). Black Sparrow Press, 1970.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Description: Hardcover with 3 metal screws binding and clear plastic dustjacket, unpaginated; very good condition; clean and crisp; signed by Jess at rear, dated 1970 and numbered 98/175; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Christian Morgenstern - Versions By Jess (Signed). Gallowsongs - Galgenlieder by. Black Sparrow Press, 1970.

Price: US$195.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Printed August 1970 by Noel Young for the Black Sparrow Press. Design by Jess. This edition is limited to 600 copies in paper wrappers; 175 hardcover copies were ever printed, numbered and signed by the artist; & 26 presentation copies handbound in full leather by Earle Gray, lettered and signed by the artist, so said the publisher. This is No. 15 of 175 copies signed by Jess. Tall quarto, 126 pp. Profusely illustrated in black-and-white by Jess. Original four-page illustrated prospectus laid in. Pictorial boards with three metal bolts. Internally quite fine. Rear cover shows a very slight damp stain not affecting interior in any way. This copy is from the library of Jonathan Williams, bearing the following written presentation from Jess to Jonathan Williams on front free end paper: "to Jonathan a great Interim Spirit with love from an errant chick. Jess Oct 70." Jonathan Williams was the publisher of the Jargon Society Imprints, a great sponsor of the new in literature, publishing Robert Duncan and many other poets and writers in their infancy, so to speak. He himself studied with Charles Olson at Black Mountain College. Word had it that the Book Club of California will have an exhibition on Jonathan Williams and his Jargon Imprint Society. The Wikipedia entry about him is quite extensive. Jess is one of the great collage artists to appear after World War II in San Francisco. This is an association copy of unusual ability to link together two titans of American arts and letters.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.

Jess [Jess Collins].. Gallowsongs. Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern. Versions by Jess.. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Limited Edition. #158/175 copies, Numbered, and SIGNED buy Jess on the colophon, bound in stiff decorated paper covered boards bound with three metal screws, without jacket, as issued. Fine (slight toning to extremities of rear board). Unpaginated. A livre d'artiste with illustrations by the translator. Q09167

Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.

Jess Collins (Christian Morgenstern). Gallowsongs - Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern - Versions By Jess (Signed). Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 4to. Decorated hardbound book with three metal screw posts. A handsome edition of poems intersperced with drawings by Jess Collins. This is copy 95 of 175 hand-numbered and SIGNED hardbound copies. One small corner bump. A very good clean copy overall. Lacking the clear acetate wrapper.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Jess (Versions by). Gallowsongs: Galgenlieder By Christian Morgenstern. Black Sparrow, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: #148 0f 175 hardcover copies signed by the artist. Original mylar jacket has a 6.5" tear from top right corner of front that goes diagonaaly towards center of book.

Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.

Morgenstern, Christian (poems); Jess [Collins] (translation & illustrations). GALLOWSONGS (GALGENLIEDER) - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED. Black Sparrow Press, Los Angeles, 1970.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: Limited Issue, one of four copies specially bound and designated for copyright, for the binder, and the printer, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Jess on the colophon. Quarto (29cm); printed and illustrated leaves, screw-bound into publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; original acetate dustjacket; [126]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed and cloudy, Near Fine dustjacket. The California artist's versions of Morgenstern's Galgenlieder, a volume of humorous poems first published in his native Germany in 1905. Morrow & Cooney 92b.

Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.

JESS.. Gallowsongs / Galgenlieder by Christian Morgenstern.. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow,, 1970.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: 4to. [126 pp]. Fine in full leather with gilt stamping to front cover. Fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. "Versions" by Jess, fully illustrated with his drawings on almost every page. Designated "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page and SIGNED by Jess. Morrow & Cooney 92c (note).

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.