NY: Village Vanguard, 1957. The card, mimeographed from typescript, reads (in part): "The voice of the 'Beat Generation' ---Jack Kerouac---will step off the road momentarily for a stop at the Village Vanguard beginning Thurs. Dec. 19th for his first nightclub appearance ever. Author of 'On the Road' which has been..... More
NY: Viking, 1957. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. Very near fine with bright top stain, in like dust jacket with judicious, minor restoration by Pofelski. More
NY: B.B. Sales, 1968. First edition of this Paperback Original. Published as an Olympic Photo-Reader. A novelization of the film about "what it's like to spend a wild weekend with drug-happy, sex-mad motorcyclists...sharing all their weird hangups." Lavishly illustrated with unbelievable photos of naked bikers and their female cohorts, including..... More
Burlington, VT: Neo-American Church, 1975. Tabloid. The correct first edition of Klep's detailed, and very entertaining account of life at Leary's Millbrook enclave during its heyday. Features a large front cover map of the Millbrook estate. This precedes book publication by two years. Kleps, a former associate of Leary, founded..... More
NY: Mary Boone Gallery, 2007. The front features an untitled color photo of an architectural detail. Included is a press release on Mary Boone letterhead to Kim Levin at the Village Voice. Barely perceptible stress crease, else fine (7.5" x 7.5"). More
NY: Institute for Art and Urban Resources, [1980]. The front of the card features a photo of two faces and the word "Nature." A very early show for Kruger---her sixth exhibition. Addressed for mailing. Fine (3.5" 8.25"). Rare. More
Chicago: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, 1984. The front features text in white and black printed against a red and black background. Hairline scratch that doesn't break the surface, else fine (4" x 6"). More
LA: Fred Hoffman Gallery, 1989. Text printed in white and black against a red background. Couple of soft creases to top right corner, near fine (5.75" x 8.5"). More
LA: UCLA, 1992. Single quarto sheet folded twice to make a leaflet for mailing. Illustrated with photos of several works by Kruger including her famous "I shop therefore I am." Mailing label, small soft crease, but still fine (8.5" x 11" unfolded). More
NY: Mary Boone, 1989. The front of the card features a color photograph by Kruger of blooming flowers in the midst of which is a small red box with the words "Jam Life Into Death." Kruger was the first female artist to be handled by Mary Boone. Fine (8.25" x...... More
NY: Mary Boone, 1994. The front of the card shows Kruger's photo of a jumble of nails and a couple of boards. Included is a press release on Mary Boone letterhead to Kim Levin at the Village Voice. Kruger was the first female artist to be handled by Mary Boone..... More
Koln: Monika Spruth Galerie, 1987. Red text printed on white stock. An early European show for Kruger. Fine (ca. 4" x 8.25"). More
NY: Public Art Fund/Whitney Museum, 2000. Prints color photos of Kruger's billboards, buses, and large scale works around NYC. Published to coincide with the "Barabara Kruger" retrospective at the Whitney. Included is a press release on Whitney Museum letterhead. Fine (5" x 5" folded). More
NY: Guggenheim Museum, 1980. Large Guggenheim label pasted to verso describing this 1980 work as a "photostat and collage on paper from the collection of the artist." It was exhibited at Guggenheim's "19 Artists---Emergent Americans: 1981 Exxon National Exhibition." James Dee was a prominent photographer of art who documented the..... More
[NY: Birth Press, 1966]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. First edition. A play against the war in Vietnam, illustrated with newspaper clippings. Fine. One of Kupferberg's scarcer items. More
NY: Birth Press, 1962. Narrow 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as Pedantic Pamphlet No. 2. Pages toned as usual, else near fine. More
Enschede: Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit, 1968. Square 8vo. Catalog for this important early exhibition of Kusama's work at the Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit. The back cover features a magenta photo of Kusama naked, with polka dots affixed to her body, posing on top of one of her textile works. Inside are photographs..... More
SF: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Softbound. First edition of the author's second book. One of 950 copies. Presentation copy nicely inscribed by Lamantia to fellow poet Stephen Ronan in remembrance of a day spent together: "Stephen & Philip / in / serenity of / the flame, cool / Passion Sunday, 2001..... More
[SF: Last Gasp, 1995]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Leary. A graphic novel, illustrated by Robert Williams and others. Inscribed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited of which there were 500 copies. Fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1951]. Offprint from the Dec. 1951 issue of the Journal of Personality. First separate printing of one of the earliest psychology papers authored or co-authored by Leary. The text reproduces two of the charts that Leary devised for measuring personality traits. These charts were widely used for many years..... More
n.p.: Peace Press, 1979. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Boldly inscribed by Leary taking up the entire inside front cover. Very near fine and unread (acidic paper slightly toned at edges as usual). More
LA: Falcon Press, 1987. Softbound. Later printing. A revised edition of Exo-Psychology. Signed by Leary. Near fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1966]. 4to. 5-page mimeo stapled at the corner. Information paper authored primarily by Leary and distributed to the press at League headquarters in Greenwich Village in Oct. 1966 when this religion based on the use of LSD was formed (and the month when LSD was declared illegal). Includes much..... More
Berkeley: Psychological Consultation Services, ca. 1956. 4to. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. First edition. A form created by Leary for use in interpersonal diagnosis of personality. Reproduces one large Interpersonal Diagnostic Circle that Leary devised for measuring characteristics of personality (also prints eight smaller circles). One of..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1963]. Offprint from the Dec. 1963 issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. First separate printing, one of a small number of copies for the author's use. Detailed early account of Leary's pioneering experiments with hallucinogenic mushrooms at Harvard. The first research where the drug was given..... More