Santa Fe: Bajada Pass Media, 1971. 4to. Softbound. First edition. An over-the-top, erotic photo-novel in magazine format with dialog balloons for the characters in the photos. Prints three stories about hippies involved in various sexual escapades including much nudity, drug references (especially marijuana), and countercultural themes. Minute tear to cover..... More
LA: J. P. Tarcher, [1983]. Softbound. First American edition. The autobiography of the man who discovered LSD, including recollections of his time spent with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Gordon Wasson, and others. Fine (few minute specks of wear). More
London: Steam Press, 1979. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in black cloth-covered boards. First edition. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Hughes and Steadman. Minute tap to two corners, the boards have a couple of barely perceptible small blemishes, else fine. More
[NY: Fuck You Press,1964]. 4to. "Attention poets, historians, flame brains, spaceouts, & madmen Herbert Huncke Reads! from his absolute work." This was a very early reading for Huncke preceding publication of his first book. Le Metro was an important, though short-lived, mid-sixties showcase for the N.Y.C. avant-garde. A 1964 reading..... 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
Vancouver: Image Bank, [1977]. First edition. Original publisher's printed box containing 47 (of 48) postcards plus one card listing the participants. Includes cards by Ray Johnson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vito Acconci, Ed Ruscha, Sol Lewitt, Dick Higgins, Ben Vautier, Les Levine, Eleanor Antin, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Filliou, Alison Knowles, Peter Hujar..... More
Long Island, NY, postmarked March 24, 1994. The xerox handbill features a photo of Johnson's head in white against a black background. On his head Johnson has written in blue marker: "Tim, Your box arrived. I'll photo it." Beneath the writing Johnson has done a sizable drawing of a face..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1980]. Johnson has utilized a b&w photo of "Ian Richardson as Jean-Paul Marat entering his bath" and has affixed a color photograph of a naked male torso viewed from behind while he stands in the woods. The position of the torso in the photograph mimics the position of Ian..... More
NY: Willard Gallery, 1967. Illustrated with a photograph of Johnson's works. Creased where folded twice as issued, else near fine (19" x 15"). 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
[Tucson]: Nazraeli Press, [2007]. 4to. Bound in three-quarter leather and linen-covered boards. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 50 copies signed by Kenna with a signed numbered and matted original silver gelatin print enclosed in a folding chemise (the photo is mounted to the matte using corner mounts so it..... More
Tokyo: Fiction, Inc., 1996. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards and clear yellow acetate dust jacket. First edition. Photographs of edgy, pierced, gun-wielding, tattooed nudes from the NYC art and music scene. Published by a gallery as a way to get around the Japanese censors. Rubbing to edges of boards (as usual)..... More
NY: Sotheby's, 2003. 4to. Pamphlet in glossy covers featuring a photo of Kerouac. Color photos and descriptions of the most important group of Kerouac association copies to appear on the market, featuring books inscribed to his mother and other close family members, as well as fellow Beats including Phil Whalen..... More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1972. 4to. Broadside. First separate printing of this piece that originally appeared in The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog. Prints four b&w photos of Kesey wearing a helmet and sunglasses while rubbing cornstarch on his privates. Printed below is a statement by Kesey explaining..... More
Paris: Rive Droite, 1960. Folio. Pamphlet. Prints "Monochromie et Vitalisme" by Pierre Restany, an important manifesto by one of the founders of the Nouveau Realisme movement. Also prints an essay by Werner Ruhnau and includes a list of works in the show. Laid in is a small (12.5" x 9.5")..... More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1960. 4to. Four sheets printed on one side, mimeographed from typescript, and fastened at the corner with a small silver clasp. At the top: "Yves Klein / Dit le Monochrome." Then Klein gives his birthplace and date, occupation ("peintre"), home address, and states that he is..... More
NY: Sidney Janis, 1986. 4to. Pamphlet. Illustrated throughout including some full-page color plates. Prints an excerpt from a biographical essay by Sidney Janis and includes a list of works in the exhibition. A few pin-head-size abrasions to covers, else about fine. More
NY: L&M Arts, 2005. The card features a die-cut window on the front through which you can view one of Klein's "sponge" works. Some very slight rubbing and hairline scratches to verso, else nice (8" x 8" folded). More
Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2007. Illustrated with Klein's "Globe Terrestre Bleu" printed on thick black stock. Fine (few tiny specks of wear and touch of rubbing much exaggerated by the scanner, presents as fine in reality). Measures 5.75" x 8.25" folded. A handsome invite. More
Austria: Mumok Museum, 2007. Illustrated with one of Klein's blue sponge works. Fine (8.25" x 5.75" folded). More
NY: Gagosian Gallery, 1989. A white card with text on both sides laid into a twice-folded sheet of Klein blue glassine that prints one of his Sponge Relief works. The intention being that the glassine sheet unfolds into a small poster. Fine (7" x 6" folded). More
NY: AD Gallery, 1997. The front of the card features a panel of gold, pink, and blue, with exhibition info on back Stamped and sent through the mail to Lawrence Weiner. Fine (3.5" x 8.5"). More
Germany: Privately published, 1968. A beautiful poster almost entirely devoted to reproducing one of Klein's "Bas-Relief" works done in his IKB color. Exhibition info at the bottom. Folded in eighths as issued, else fine (32.5" x 22.75"). A striking poster reproducing an image that epitomizes his work... 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
