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BUKOWSKI, Charles. Untitled pastel and gouache painting on white card. An abstract design utilizing purple, yellow, green, and blue. Signed "Buk" in the bottom corner. Bukowski sent this as a Christmas and New Year greeting in the early 1980's. Fine (approx. 10" x 6.5"). SKB-14527
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THOMPSON, Hunter S. Screwjack. Santa Barbara: Maurice Neville, 1991. Hardbound in full leather. First edition. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 326). Thompson's first signed/limited. As new. Among Thompson's scarcest items. SKB-4304
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[PHOTOGRAPHY] HIDO, Todd. Original photograph signed. An original print of one of Hido's photos from his "House Hunting" series, though this photo, No. 2638, does not appear in the book. Signed by Hido and designated "AP" (artist proof) on the verso in 2001. An evocative image showing the top portion of a house visible over a fence that runs the length of a deserted street. As new (image 9.5" x 7.5" on 14" x 11" paper). SKB-12697
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Established in 1988, Skyline Books specializes in modern literature, art, and photography, with an emphasis on the Beat Generation, sixties counterculture, Pop Art, student activism, Fluxus, rock music, photography, signed books, Happenings, psychoactive drugs, Pop Culture, Avant-garde art, and more.
You will find a fine selection of rare books and manuscripts by Cormac McCarthy, Richard Brautigan, Charles Bukowski, Paul Auster, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Ed Ruscha, Kenneth Patchen, Hunter S. Thompson, Bruce Weber, William S. Burroughs, Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Kenna, Gary Snyder, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Marcel Duchamp, Haruki Murakami, Timothy Leary, Alice Walker, William Faulkner, Peter Beard, Dave Eggers, Toni Morrison, Joel-Peter Witkin, Sherman Alexie, Gordon Wasson, Wallace Berman, Joe Brainard, Jim Carroll, Edward Gorey, Bruce Conner, Don DeLillo, Yoko Ono, Robert Frank, Raymond Carver, Keith Haring, Ian Rankin, and Brion Gysin, among many others.
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[ROCK: Bob Dylan] Program for Dylan's 1966 UK tour. His first electric tour during which the newly-electric Dylan was considered a traitor by many. Stapled 8-page booklet featuring photos of Dylan, biographical texts, and essays about his "message," etc. Cover photo of Dylan next to the blurb "The 'Folk' Genius of His Generation." (This item was sold outside the concerts---not to be confused with a different program with white covers and a silhouette of Dylan that was offered to concert-goers inside.) Small stray mark to front cover, else about fine. Much scarcer than the white-cover program. SKB-12269
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[ART] WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol Campbells' Soup can button from his 1962 show at the Stable Gallery. NY: Privately published, 1962. Pin-back button with a color reproduction of a Campbell's Soup can printed against a white background, with a red ribbon stating "Andy Warhol" hanging from the button. An early multiple by Warhol for an important, very early show---his first Pop show in a New York gallery. A fine, fresh example. Rare, especially in this condition. SKB-14805
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| [KEROUAC, Jack] Jack Kerouac signed birthday card to his mother, Gabrielle. Colorful, folding birthday card with this sentiment printed on the front: "You're the greatest, loveliest, most wonderful Mother in the whole wide world..." and that continues inside: "...there now, isn't that better than a potted gladiola? Happy Birthday!" Signed by Kerouac "Ti Jean XXX" beneath the printed message. A sweet artifact linking Kerouac to the most important person in his life, with a scarce form of his signature that he only used with family members. Provenance: Kerouac's estate with a letter from John Sampas. Minor toning to front, else fine. SKB-14858
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| [ROCK: Nina Hagen] Color poster announcing a 1983 concert in Germany by Nina Hagen and the No Problem Orchestra. Extreme close-up of Hagen's face wearing a black pull-over stocking mask with holes cut out for the eyes and mouth. Printed in black against a yellow background. Folded as issued, else as new (33" x 23"). (German text.) SKB-12911
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BURROUGHS, William S. Original untitled painting/collage. Burroughs used blood-red acrylic paint with touches of yellow, silver, gold, and black to paint over a printed poster leaving some words of the poster's text barely showing through. He then mounted the painted poster onto a sheet of white matte board and embellished the border with bold, almost calligraphic strokes of black paint. Signed by Burroughs in pencil at the bottom. Measures ca. 30" x 20". Fine. A very nice, fully-realized work by Burroughs. $4000. SKB-13964
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| [BLOTTER ART: Albert Hofmann & Timothy Leary] Crests. LSD blotter art printing an illustration of blue crests with different insignias. Signed by Albert Hofmann, who discovered LSD, and Timothy Leary, it's foremost proponent. Additionally, this is a presentation copy inscribed by Leary to Hofmann: "To my main pal Al!!" According to Tom Lyttle who organized the signing of the sheets, and documented by the correspondence between the participants, disagreements arose that resulted in only 12 sheets being signed by both Hofmann and Timothy Leary. This presentation sheet from Leary to Hofmann is unique and the association could not be more spectacular given Leary's immense admiration for Hofmann and the effect that Hofmann's discovery of LSD had on Leary's life. Even without the inscription this blotter is considered the Holy Grail by collectors because of the small limitation and the combined signatures of the two most illustrious names in the Psychedelic Revolution. |
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This sheet is the only known inscribed item of any kind to have surfaced linking Leary and Hofmann, making an already rare and desirable item even more so. The sheet measures 7" x 7" and is divided into 1000 perforated hits. Fine. Handsomely framed under glass.
SKB-8774
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Probably the most important post-sixties rock group. U2 autograph material with solid provenance is scarce. SKB-13577
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[ROCK: U2] Promotional photo of U2 signed by each band member. Island Records b&w publicity shot of the band standing in the desert, nicely signed by the entire group with Bono adding the date "87" next to his signature. This photo originally came from U2's publicist Alvenia Bridges who had the group sign it for her (included is the 7-page memo from the 1987 press conference where the photo was signed). A nice item from a vital period in the band's development---and their impact has only increased during the intervening 20 years. |
[PHOTOGRAPHY] WITKIN, Joel-Peter & BLAKE, William. Songs of Innocence and Experience. South Dennis, MA: 21st, 2003. Square 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with a photographic plate affixed to the front cover. First edition. Edited and with an introduction by John Wood. One of 915 numbered copies signed by Witkin (of a total edition of 1210). A handsome production housed in the publisher's white cloth, folding box that has also been boldly signed by Witkin, though not called for. (Box bright white though looks slightly grey in photo.) SKB-10897
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