Sale 2514 - The Pride Sale, June 20, 2019

87 c JACK SMITH (1932-1989) The Beautiful Book. With 19 original photographs of Warhol superstars Francis Francine and Mario Montez in addition to Smith and other avant-garde performers; the final print is a portrait of Smith (who is dressed in a jacket and tie) by Ken Jacobs. Silver prints, the images measuring 2 1 / 4 inches, 5.7 cm. square. 4to, original stiff wrappers with the rare variant yellow silkscreen and lettering cover design by Marian Zazeela. New York: Dead Language Press [Piero Heliczer], 1960-62. [10,000/15,000] first edition , one of a planned edition of 200 copies , of which only 60 were apparently produced .