NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a sinister, demented person acting as the doorman who personifies the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. A small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots is printed on the..... More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. 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..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. The photo shows the outside of the Cafe Bizarre at night with its "spooky" decorations around the door and the huge "Rick Allmen's Cafe Bizzare" banner hanging out front as people walk by on an evening in the Village. The Cafe Bizarre was one of the most conspicuous..... More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. 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..... More
[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..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. Second 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..... More
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[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
[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
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "She had to eat it to produce me yet, when I told her I had a desire to eat it she said no. So I said, 'get fucked bitch,' and lived to eat..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "Shit why do you read this. Spoon fed dip shit who are we to tell you. Do you need to be Told. Sorry I only give you shit. You tell me stupid. Talk..... More
Buffalo: Committee on Public Service of the Advertising Women of Buffalo, ca. 1969. 8vo. Printed on both sides, illustrated. The flyer is aimed at concerned parents who may be worried that their kids are using drugs: "Is Your Child Carrying a Cigarette or MARIJUANA? Aspirin or DOPE?" Advertises "Analysis Anonymous"..... More
No place: no publisher, 1961. Pamphlet. First edition. Cover illustration of an abstract beatnik face. Entirely devoted to printing a long unattributed song that includes a bit of beatnik slang and a few beatnik references. Illustrated with small drawings that embellish the text. Near fine... More
n.p.: Woodstock Nation, 1969. The handbill prints what looks like a temporary license plate from Arizona: "Stick this in the back window. They'll know it's phony, but they'll be afraid. Cops are terrified by authority A Woodstock Nation product." Presumably handed out to Woodstock attendees many of whom were forced..... More
Detroit: Student Lane, no date [ca. 1940's]. The writing pad measures ca. 4" x 2.5" and has "Student Lane The New Style Center for Young Men Bond Clothes" printed on the cover. A very scarce jive slang item from the swing period, and an unexpected place to find such a...... More
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... More
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... More
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 2000. 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket with wraparound obi band. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 500 copies with an original, signed Polaroid color print of one of the images from the book. The print is enclosed in a mylar sleeve that is mounted to a board with..... More
No place: MGM Records, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve featuring a small reproduction of the poster for this Beat exploitation film starring Mamie Van Doren (and in which Gregory Corso has a cameo). "The Wild World of the Beatniks!" Tiny remainder drill hole through sleeve and record label, else..... More
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")... More
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. More
NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. The other side prints an announcement for a show by Simon Linke. Printed in white, gray, and brown on slick stock. Fine (ca. 8.5" x 6"). A card from during Basquiat's lifetime. More
NY: Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1985. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Robert Ferris Thompson. Catalog from Basquiat's 1985 show at the Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery. Nicely illustrated throughout with full-page color plates. Fine. More
NY: Van de Weghe Fine Art, 2008. Printed on thick cardstock in black against red on one side and red against black on the other. Fine (7.5" x 10.75"). More
Paris: Didier Imbert Fine Art, 1989. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog featuring 13 color plates each of which takes up almost 2 pages, with 3 gate-folds. One photographic plate of the artists. Introductory essays by Gregoire Muller and Keith Haring. Text in French and English. Minor yellowing to edges..... More
NY: Annina Nosei, 1982. The front of the card features one of the works from the portfolio printed in gray and black on off-white stock. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer who mounted his first solo US exhibition the same year that she published this, his first print portfolio. When Basquiat's..... More
