Color photograph (recent print) of Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville staring into a dream machine.
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard. As new (8" x 8"). More
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard. As new (8" x 8"). More
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. A magnificent portrait of Gysin, trance-like, in front of an elaborate dream machine, his face bathed in the warm glow of the light. The wall behind him is painted with his calligraphy. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard..... More
No place: Warwick Records, ca. 1959. LP record. Accomplished recording from this UK folk singer who states in the liner notes: "Beatdom is considered by some an oasis in a concrete desert where the rebels of society and convention go to release their whip-lashed souls. To others, it is a...... More
NY: Tony Shafrazi, 1982. The card prints a photograph of Haring and Angel Ortiz posing in a room filled floor-to-ceiling with their graffiti. Fine (ca. 6" x 4"). A scarce card from the early phase of Haring's career. More
NY: Tony Shafrazi, 1992. This large card prints Haring's iconic three-eyed smiling face in black against a bold pink background. Fine (7" x 7"). More
NY: Palladium, 1985. Haring did the cover illustration for the LP and that illustration is featured on the front of the card, though here printed in b&w, gray, and blue. The back prints event info including appearances by David Johansen (as Buster Poindexter), and John Giorno, both of whom who..... More
NY: Privately published, 1985. The card prints an untitled colorful painting by Haring of a bizarre creature with its nipples being sucked by baby creatures. Light stress crease to the right side, else fine (4" x 6"). More
NY: Tony Shafrazi, 1988. The card prints a photograph of Haring at age 12 in his hometown Kutztown, Pennsylvania, taken by his father, Allen Haring. This was Haring's last exhibition at Shafrazi during his lifetime. Fine (5.75" x 4"). More
NY: Barbara Gladstone, 1982. The front of the card reproduces one of the more provocative images from the portfolio showing two dog-like creatures having sex with a human. Fine (4.5" x 6.5"). A scarce card from the early phase of Haring's career. More
NY: Public Illumination Magazine, 1981. Small pamphlet-style magazine (measuring 4.25" x 2.75"). Features a centerfold spread by Keith Haring using the pseudonym "Kip Herring." The drawings include some of Haring's signature images including dogs and crawling babies, as well as sexual activity that involves the comingling of species. A very..... More
SF: Privately published by the artists, ca. 2000. 4to. Features 16 images of the Mona Lisa printed in several colors against a larger image of the Mona Lisa in the background. One of 5 numbered copies signed by Held and Dickau. (This is No. 2 in a series of 7..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. Abstract shapes printed in dark blue against a light blue background. Issued in the French art magazine XXe Siecle No. 4, Christmas 1938, but here offered separately. A lovely copy carefully removed from the magazine and left in its original state with the edges untrimmed leaving the publisher's..... More
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2006]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 60 copies signed by Hido with a signed, color Type C print by Hido enclosed in a separate hardbound portfolio. Prints Raymond Carver's poem, "Energy." A handsome production. Fine in publisher's clamshell box... More
[Paso Robles, CA]: Nazraeli, [2018]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Alexander Nemerov. Signed by Hido. Hido's photos document the bleak, beautiful wilderness of Northern Europe with 48 lovely plates printed in oversize format, including two vertical gatefolds and a large fold-out..... More
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2001]. Tall folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of Hido's first book. Warmly inscribed by Hido to a friend in the year of publication: "To Reed, You light up my life Todd Hido July 2001." Fine. More
SF: Privately published by Todd Hido, 2005. A huge, original print of one of the photos from Hido's book Between the Two. One of only 10 numbered copies signed by Hido and dated 2005 on a printed label affixed to the verso. The photo, shot through a rain-flecked windshield, shows..... More
Merchantville/Century City: Between the Covers/Biblioctopus, [2000]. Innovative catalog offering rare books for sale from Between the Covers and Biblioctopus. Features a plastic box containing 76 rare book trading cards, each with a color photo of the book on front, and description and price on back. As new in plastic box..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1970]. Kitsilano: Privately published, ca. 1970. 4to. Suggests The Psychedelic Shop, Phase 4 Coffee House, Horizon Book Store, and several other places as shopping destinations for arts, crafts, and hip accouterments. Illustrated with a circular psychedelic drawing divided into 8 sections---one for each of the stores listed. Very near..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1968]. Prints a long text about the "International Youth Festival" to be held in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic convention. "...there will be music playing and people swaying, dancing in the streets...agents of the Pothead's Benevolent Association have planted hundreds of pot seeds...free people, free pot, free music, free..... More
Dekalb, IL: Welsh Industries, 1993. Day-glo orange border, with gold bicycle, and day-glo orange lettering. As new. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, [1960]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "A ridiculous novel about two beatnik girls in college." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a faint touch of soiling to back panel. More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2020. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat Visions and the Counterculture. Beautifully printed letterpress by Lead Graffiti. As new. More
n.p.:n.p., [1970]. The blowfish (yes, an actual blowfish) was delivered to Plunkett by their mutual friend "Marilyn" around 1970. It was enclosed in a white cardboard box with the the following instructions written boldly in Ray Johnson's hand with a red magic marker: "MARILYN--THIS BOX IS FOR ED PLUNKETT" and..... More
[Buffalo]: Unique Books, [1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Great cover illustration by Bill Ward of beatnik couples on the beach with one of the bearded guys playing guitar for a scantily-clad beatnik gal. Minor edge-wear to one-inch of top edge of cover, else a fine, crisp, unread copy..... More