Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
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Small handbill designed by Victor Moscoso announcing The Invisible Circus.
[SF]: Privately published, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a black-and-white picture from..... More
Handbill announcing The Invisible Circus printed at the event itself.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Scheduled to take place at the Glide Memorial Church the Invisible Circus was billed as "a 72-hour environmental community Happening" presented by the Diggers who wanted it to be the best party the Haight had seen. The Communication Company's gestetner machines were..... More
Richard Brautigan: An Annotated Bibliography.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. More
Handbill announcing the "Le grand farewell appearance by popular demand the poets Richard Brautigan and Andrew Hoyem.''
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at Cal State's Winnett Lounge as part of Brautigan's stay as Poet in Residence, 1967. Printed in black on orange stock. Very fine. More
Handbill announcing a ''Rockdance-environment Happening Benefit for the Communication Company in Honor of the CIA.''
SF: Communication Company, 1967. 4to. This event, also known as Bedrock One, was a concert/Happening presented by the Diggers during the "Summer of Love." Richard Brautigan & the Caped Crusaders, the Diggers, the S. F. Mime Troupe, the Steve Miller Blues Band, The Orkustra, and others, are listed as participants..... More
Handbill announcing the ''Digger Free Poetry Reading for the Spring Mobilization for Peace.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This..... More
Handbill announcing the ''Digger Free Poetry Reading for the Spring Mobilization for Peace.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This is..... More
Handbill announcing: ''San Francisco Poets Benefit for the Diggers.''
[SF]: Privately published, 1967. 4to. Richard Brautigan, Gary Snyder, Lenore Kandel, and Lew Welch are among those scheduled to read in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" in support of the Diggers who were instrumental in feeding and informing the influx of hippies to the Haight-Ashbury. Text and design..... More
The Beautiful Poem.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Short-lived hippie publication that was given away free on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." Brautigan was active in the Haight hippie community and formed an alliance with the Communication Company who published this and other works..... More
A Confederate General from Big Sur.
NY: Grove, [1964]. Hardbound in dust jacket illustrated by Larry Rivers. First edition of the author's first novel. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of small, light stains to spine. A nice bright copy. More
A Confederate General from Big Sur.
[London]: Picador, [1973]. First British paperback edition. Very fine. More
Desire in a Bowl of Potatoes.
Pasadena, CA: X-Ray Book Co., 2005. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards (measuring approx. 4.5" x 3"). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies (the entire cloth edition). The first appearance of these previously unpublished poems written by Brautigan in the mid 1950's. Another charming production from Brewton's X-Ray Book Co. As..... More
Dreaming of Babylon.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Very fine in price-clipped jacket. One of the scarcer British editions, especially with the jacket unfaded. More
The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings.
Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA: Burton Weiss & James Musser, 1999. Hardbound in marbled paper-covered boards and cloth spine. Correct first edition. Introduction by Brautigan's close friend, Keith Abbott. One of 65 press-numbered copies signed by Keith Abbott (of a total edition of 75). As new... More
Handbill announcing a 1960 reading by Andrew Hoyem and Richard Brautigan at the Coffee Gallery in San Francisco's North Beach district.
SF: Privately published, 1960. 4to. An exceptionally early piece of Brautigan ephemera. This 1960 reading (where Brautigan received second billing) is the second earliest reading by him that we've ever seen an announcement for. Printed in black on white stock. A fine copy of a scarce, very early handbill... More
Handbill announcing a reading by Richard Brautigan at Harvard's Quincy Poetry Forum, 1969.
Cambridge, MA: Quincy Poetry Forum, 1969. Printed in black utilizing various-sized fonts on white card stock. Fine. It's likely that not many of these were produced for this small venue. More
Handbill announcing the publication of Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster and In Watermelon Sugar by Delacorte Press, 1969.
Berkeley: Book People, 1969. 4to. The event is scheduled to take place at Book People's warehouse in Berkeley where attendees are invited to "Share an afternoon with Richard Brautigan..." Illustrated with a small cartoonish drawing of Brautigan. Printed in black on yellow stock with the text reproduced in holograph. Fine..... More
Handbill issued by Oar Books announcing publication of their reprint of The Galilee Hitch-Hiker by Brautigan.
SF: Oar Books, 1966. 4to. A small signed drawing of a trout by Brautigan is reproduced in facsimile. Printed in black on beige stock. A touch of toning but much less than usual, else a fine copy of this scarce piece of Brautigan ephemera. More
The Hawkline Monster: A Gothic Western.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1983]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a small chip and tear to the back panel, but none of the usual fading to the spine. One of the scarcer British editions. More
I Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye and Other Pieces.
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 26 press lettered copies (of a total edition of 100) with a bumper sticker laid..... More
I Watched the World Glide Effortlessly Bye and Other Pieces.
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 68 press numbered copies (of a total edition of 100). Handsomely printed on Rives paper..... More
Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition (issue with the background illustration of bones printed in black rather than red, priority unknown). A fugitive item from the Communication Company who also published the Diggers' communiques during the "Summer of Love" as well as work by other poets and..... More
Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4.
No place: no publisher, n.d. 4to. Broadside poem. Bootleg facsimile mimeoed in purple ink. This broadside was originally published by the Communication Company in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." This came from Brautigan's personal archive where it had been for many years so we're guessing this was done..... More
Love Poem.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Evanescent hippie publication that was given away free in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." In our experience, along with Flowers for Those You Love, the scarcest of Brautigan's Communication Company broadsides. Very fine. More