NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a large sinister face to convey the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. The back cover prints a small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots. The menu includes such..... 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
[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..... More
[SF]: Privately published by the Diggers, [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...... 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
[San Jose: Mex-I-Can-Ink Publishing, n.d. ca. 1979]. Pamphlet. First edition. Slang terms from the Pachuco counterculure movement that originated among the Chicano and Mexican-American community in El Paso in the late '30s and eventually migrated to LA. A group associated with jazz and swing music, zoot suits, dancing, tattoos, and..... More
SF: Gray Line, 1967. 16mo. Large sheet folded to make a small, 4-page unbound pamphlet. First edition. "Designed for the enjoyment and information of travelers on The Gray Line, Inc. San Francisco Haight-Ashbury District 'Hippie Hop' Tour." The back cover boasts: "The only Foreign Tour within the continental limits of..... 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.: Privately published, ca. 1967. Issued by hippies during the "Summer of Love" period (we've also seen Tuli Kupferberg's name mentioned in connection with the creation of this but can't confirm). Handed out to straight people and tourists to provide them with "safe passage " through the hippie populated streets..... More
London: Phaidon, 2005. Thick, small 4to. Hardbound in Japanese silk-covered boards. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Araki. Included in a separate, silk-covered, folding chemise is an original silver gelatin print showing a bound, naked woman suspended in the air. The print measures approx. 15"..... More
Tokyo: Shobunsha, 2000. 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket with wrap-around 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 a...... 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
[Barrytown, NY]: Station Hill, [1980]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Signed by Auster. Poems. Thin indentation to front cover (barely perceptible), else fine. More
Flushing, NY: The Paris Review, 1983. Notable long-running magazine of art and literature. This issue features a terrific 10-page section devoted to reproducing the Tuxedo suite of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Also includes a 10-page photo section titled "Man Ray" by William Wegman. A substantive and very early appearance for..... More
NY: Art/new york, 1984. Two-sided offset print folded to make a 4-page announcement. Offers for sale a 28 minute color video featuring interviews with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Charlie Ahern, "Lady Pink," Patti Astor, Fred Brathwaite, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Sidney Janis, Rammellzee, and Tony Shafrazi, among others. Features photographs of Basquiat..... More
Sweden: Rooseum, [1989]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color. Catalog issued on the occasion of these artist's exhibition at the Rooseum. Fine. More
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..... More
NY: Anne Plumb Gallery, 1987. Organized by Steven Harvey, the show ran from Dec. 19th, 1987 to Jan. 23rd, 1988 and included work by Basquiat, Kounellis, Broodthaers, Nauman and Byars. Printed in black on gray stock. Stamped and sent through the mail. Near fine. More
No place: Privately published by Elmer Batters, ca. 1961. There are LP record covers around the mattress and on the floor, and part of the model's body can be seen reflected in a large mirror on the wall. Elmer Batters was an early master of fetish photography. Fine (ca. 2.5"..... More
No place: Privately published by Elmer Batters, ca. 1961. The model is lying on a mattress seductively cuddling a pair of bongos. Elmer Batters was the preeminent fetish photographer of the period. Fine (ca. 2.5" x 2.5"). More
NY: The Time is Always Now, ca. 1999. Single quarto sheet folded to make four pages. Prints a long essay on Beard and his work. Fine. More
No place: Privately issued, [ca.1960]. Yes, that's right, a vintage beatnik beach towel featuring an illustration of a beatnik couple---the man wearing shades, a beret, and playing bongos, the woman reading a book titled "Off Beat Poems." At their feet is a bearded, shade-wearing octopus balancing a cup of expresso..... More
No place: no publisher, no date [ca. 1960]. On a card printing "Hello I Am a Beatnik Pin---Wear Me and Be the Life of the Party" is mounted a brushed metal broach of a hirsute, googly-eyed beatnik playing guitar. Very good. Beatnik kitch at its absolute kitschiest. More
West Nyack, NY: Dexter Press, 1959. An oversize (6" x 9") postcard featuring a "Beatnik Diploma" stating: "This is to confirm that all cats must dig that cool (fill in the blank) is a graduate B. B. Bachelor in Beatnikosophy and is therefore 'hep' and 'gone' and has been 'with..... More
