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ALDRICH, Michael (ed.).
The Marijuana Review, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1971.
n.p.:n.p., [1971]. This issue is dedicated to the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, with an illustration of Ludlow on the cover. Articles on the bust of The Living Theatre, John Sinclair, and cannabis related issues. Illustrated with photographs and graphics. Fine. Item #SKB-979
Price: $50.00
ALLMEN, Rick.
Business card from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. The card prints (in white against a black background) the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on all their promotional material. Also prints the phone numbers and name of Rick Allmen who started the club in 1957. The Cafe Bizarre was one... Item #SKB-15652
Price: $45.00
ALLMEN, Rick.
Promotional Beatnik cigarette holder from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. The cigarette holder prints the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on the cover of the LP that was recorded there, along with their catch phrase "Where the Beat Meet the Elite." The Cafe Bizarre, founded in 1957, was one of the... Item #SKB-15650
Price: $125.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
Handbill announcing: ''The Diggers Have a Hotel.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out... Item #SKB-15440
Price: $250.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
Handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of the danger of looking for leaders. The Communication Company and the Diggers were very influential in the Haight-Ashbury scene while often being critical of it. Three-hole-punch to left edge as issued, else very... Item #SKB-9294
Price: $250.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
''If I Am Doing It at All...''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory... Item #SKB-16462
Price: $150.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
Term Paper.
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and... Item #SKB-16461
Price: $250.00
ANDERSON, Chester, GROGAN, Emmett.
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... Item #SKB-4825
Price: $300.00
ANONYMOUS.
Sadism & Masochism.
n.p.: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1970's]. Oblong 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Scarce photographic "study" with unintentionally humorous text featuring accounts of people's experiences with this lifestyle. Retro '70s vibe and tame by current standards. A difficult title. A couple of small cracks to spine but binding solid, else near fine... Item #SKB-15878
Price: $250.00
ARP, Jean.
Original untitled engraving.
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Globular abstract shapes in green printed against a tan background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. Fine in its original state with the edges untrimmed and the publisher's staple holes to left edge (12.5" x 9.75"). Item #SKB-14848
Price: $350.00
AUSTER, Paul.
Auggie Wren's Christmas Story.
NY: William Drenttel, 1992. Hardbound in cloth and marbled paper-covered boards. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 450). A handsome production on Zerkall mouldmade paper. As new. Item #SKB-2286
Price: $225.00
BARNEY, Matthew.
Drawing Restraint Volume IV.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2007. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Barney. Profusely illustrated throughout. As new in publisher's slipcase (barely perceptible tiny blemish to slipcase). A handsome production. Item #SKB-13850
Price: $275.00
BARRY, John.
Beat Girl.
England: Columbia Graphophone, 1960. LP record. The soundtrack for this exploitation film about the British youth rebellion of the '50s starring pop idol Adam Faith and Gillian Hills. The film was later released in America as "Wild for Kicks." This was John Barry's first soundtrack, and it was the first... Item #SKB-16441
Price: $90.00
BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.
Folding invitation for Basquiat's 1988 show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in NYC.
NY: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, 1988. Invite for Basquiat's final exhibition featuring a b&w cover photo of Basquiat holding a copy of Kerouac's The Subterraneans. Fine (few specks of foxing to corner of back cover). Item #SKB-16571
Price: $850.00
BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.
''Food For The Soup Kitchens,'' Fashion Moda Poster, 1983.
NY: Privately published, 1983. Basquiat created a special drawing for the poster to publicize the "Food for the Soup Kitchens" benefit exhibition held in 1983 at Fashion Moda in the Bronx and the Store for Art and Architecture in downtown NYC. The bottom portion of the poster lists the participating... Item #SKB-16590
Price: $4,000.00
BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.
Painting Now.
Nagoya: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1984. 4to. Catalog from this group show including Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, and others. This copy is inscribed by Basquiat: "For / GI ANNI / W/NYC" then it's signed by Basquiat who has also drawn a box around his printed name and the title of... Item #SKB-15631
Price: $3,750.00
BEARD, Peter.
Peter Beard: Volumes 1 & 2 enhanced with paint and original photos.
Koln: Taschen, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. One of a small number of signed sets that Peter has embellished by tipping-in original photographs, a small stone, adding his hand and foot prints, paint smears, and various annotations. A wonderful production reproducing Beard's exuberant and intricate scrapbook pages... Item #SKB-15256
Price: $8,500.00
BECK, Joel.
The Profit.
Berkeley: Gobroke Press, [1966]. Pamphlet. First edition. Highly-political cartoon art by Beck who was the father of underground comix, preceding Crumb, et al. An important precursor to the comix scene that exploded just a short time later. Faint foxing to first blank page, very near fine. Item #SKB-3064
Price: $150.00
BECK, Joel.
Small poster printing an illustration by sixties underground cartoonist Joel Beck.
n.p.:n.p., [1982]. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). Item #SKB-13124
Price: $35.00
BENNETT, Chris, OSBURN, Lynn; & OSBURN, Judy.
Marijuana in Magic & Religion.
Frazier Park, CA: Access Unlimited, [1995]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Landmark, comprehensive study of the sacramental and mystical use of marijuana through the ages. Illustrated with photos and graphics. Very near fine and unread (an indentation due to a minor production flaw runs along the spine). Item #SKB-16205
Price: $125.00
BERELLA, Bern, LEVIN, Marshall; & FLORA, James.
The Richard M. Nixon Coloring Book.
n.p.: n.p., 1969. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Scathing criticism of Nixon and his policies. One of the authors, James Flora, was co-founder of The Little Man Press with Robert Lowry. Trivial soiling to covers, near fine. Item #SKB-16038
Price: $40.00
BERGE, Carol.
The Vancouver Report.
[NY: Fuck You Press, 1964]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the edge. First edition. The author's first book, a report from the 1963 Vancouver Poetry Seminar at the University of British Columbia where Ginsberg, Olson, Whalen, Duncan, and others were participants. Fine. Item #SKB-3641
Price: $250.00
BERMAN, Wallace & DYLAN, Bob.
Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. Retard Para) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a transistor radio with nonsense text at the bottom.
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Among the images is one of Bob Dylan. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Support the Revolution, p. 172.) Fine (21" x 17"). Item #SKB-12529
Price: $250.00
BERMAN, Wallace & HEINECKEN, Robert.
Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken 1961-1976.
Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 2011. Nicely designed catalog and 38 unbound plates (some in color) reproducing works by these artists enclosed in a cardboard box with printed label. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition exploring the work of these two influential Southern California artists. As... Item #SKB-15741
Price: $150.00
BERMAN, Wallace & LAMANTIA, Philip.
Narcotica.
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Texts advocating the legalization of drugs by Lamantia and Artaud. Cover photographs by Wallace Berman of Lamantia injecting a syringe into his arm. One of Berman's earliest book covers (if not the first). A fine, fresh copy without the usual soiling and discoloration... Item #SKB-16160
Price: $350.00
