Tokyo: Dai San Shokan, 1980. 8vo. Softbound in illustrated wraps with French flaps. First edition. A nice collection of photos documenting Japanese biker gangs. Stunning and very inventive typography and graphic design that must be seen to be appreciated. Minor wear to spine extremities, else a bright, near fine copy. Scarce. More
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Texts advocating the legalization of drugs by Lamantia and Artaud. Cover photographs by Wallace Berman of Lamantia injecting a syringe into his arm. One of Berman's earliest book covers (if not the first). A fine, fresh copy without the usual soiling and discoloration... More
LA: Starseed/Peace Press, 1977. Softbound. Second printing. Signed by Leary. Small corner crease to cover, else near fine. More
LA: Falcon Press, 1987. Softbound. Later printing. A revised edition of Exo-Psychology. Signed by Leary. Near fine. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard Review, 1963. Offprint from the The Harvard Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer 1963. First separate printing, one of a small number of copies for the author's use. "Make no mistake: the effect of consciousness-expanding drugs will be to transform our concepts of human nature, of human... 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
Kerhonksen, NY: Poets Press, [1966]. Square 8vo. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition, first issue (pink covers). Cover illustration by Michael Bowen. Warmly inscribed by Leary at Millbrook in the year of publication to J.D. Kuch, a Boo Hoo in the Neo-American Church: "To J.D. / 'what shall I write?'..... 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
NY: Dial Press, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book. Illustrated by Tom Feelings. "The ancestry of any black American can be traced to a bill of sale and no further." Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
Cincinatti: Contemporary Arts Center, 1967. Oblong 8vo. 8pp. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog for Lichtenstein's 1967 show at the Contemporary Arts Center. Color cover illustration by Lichtenstein with text by Larrence Alloway. Illustrated throughout. Fine. More
Torino, Italy: Galleria Il Punto Arte Moderna, 1964. 16mo. Pamphlet issued in dust jacket. First edition. Exhibition catalog for Lichtenstein's 1964 show at Galleria Il Punto Arte Moderna in Italy. Dust jacket illustration by Lichtenstein with text by Michael Sonnabend. Illustrated throughout. (Italian text.) Fine. Scarce. More
n.p.: [Pleasure Editions, 2015]. 4to. Unbound folded sheets laid into transparent red glassine covers. First edition. Limited to 50 copies. Features risograph prints of Maclise's lovely, intricate, and transcendent calligraphy described by Ira Cohen as "his own special calligraphy, a kind of Atlantean script with suggestions of Sanskrit and Arabic..."... More
n.p.:n.p., [1938]. An abstract design printed in red and light yellow. 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 staple holes... More
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NY: Scholastic Records, 1975. 33 1/3 record in pictorial sleeve. Carole King sings the two title songs. The sleeve features illustrations by Maurice Sendak on both sides. Photos of King and Sendak on the verso with biographical blurbs. Very fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. A sheet of stationary colorfully illustrated by Peter Max with a blank, cloud-like space in the middle on which to write. Included is an envelope also illustrated by Max. The pair:. More
SF: Spatsa Gallery, [1961]. In 1958 Dimitri Grachis opened the Spatsa Gallery in a converted two-car garage in the Marina district. The artists, Beats, and bohemians who had been part of the scene at the recently defunct 6 Gallery soon shifted their attention to the Spatsa making it the new... More
n.p.: Imperial, [1960]. LP record. Imperial 9092. Beat poetry by McKuen, folk songs by Julie Meredith, and exotica by Tak Shindo. Features one of the most desirable Beat LP cover illustrations showing a pensive beatnik sitting at a coffee-house table in a dark room illuminated only by a candle in... More
n.p.: Maya Quarto, [1969]. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 4 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1960's. He has a brush in his hand and the typewriter in front of him has a haiku painted on a scroll that's coming out of the typewriter. Surrounding him is a chianti bottle made into a waterpipe and several joints and matches. Inscribed by Meltzer..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1960]. A seminal collection edited by Don Allen and published by Grove Press in 1960. It was responsible for introducing Beat, New York School, and Black Mountain poets to a wider audience. 2 quarto pages stapled at the corner. Signed by Meltzer and Don Allen and dated 1958. Faint... More
n.p.:n.p., [1907]. Envelope printed on both sides with one side featuring a color illustration of a woman and a coca plant, and the other side printing: "Metcalf's Coca Wine A Wonderful Restorative of Vocal Mental and Natural Powers. Assuages thirst and hunger and promotes digestion. For loss of Sleep and..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. 16mo. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition, variant white cloth binding (preceded by gray cloth). One of 275 numbered copies signed by Miller. Very fine. More
[Portland]: Nazraeli, [2016]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 100 signed numbered copies with an original 11" x 14" signed numbered print laid in. Originally issued as part of the set Six by Six: Set Six but here offered separately. As new. More
NY: Lospecchio Press, 1986. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Allen Ginsberg and Bill Morgan. A 60th birthday tribute to Ginsberg with contributions by Ram Dass, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, Thon Gunn, Paul Bowles, and many, many others. Fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. First edition. Limited to 1200 copies. (Art of Rock, p. 235.) Very fine (27" x 20"). More