NY: Privately published by the Yippies, 1968. 4to. Illustrated with a photograph of a pre-Columbian sculpture of a laughing figure. Signed by Paul Krassner. The handbill states: "MACY'S GIANT NEW-NATION CELEBRATION to help free us from the property fetish, macy's will become a liberated zone SATURDAY, June 8, from 1..... 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
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1982]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Hoffman. A collection of pieces written by Abbie while he was living underground as a fugitive. Two minuscule nicks to top edge of front board, tiny clear stain to top edge, else fine in near fine..... 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
LA: William and Victoria Dailey, 1979. Pamphlet. First edition. Landmark catalog from booksellers William and Victoria Dailey offering an amazing selection of rare books and ephemera relating to psychoactive drugs. The first rare book catalog on the subject. Preeminent psychedelic drug literature scholar Michael Horowitz did the descriptions. Foreword by..... 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
SF: La Mamelle, 1976. Tabloid folded as issued. "Special Catalog Edition: International Rubber Stamp Exhibition." Entire issue devoted to rubber stamp art and the exhibition in San Francisco. Contributions by Ray Johnson, Anna Banana, Joseph Beuys, Ken Friedman, et al. Fine. 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
NY: Psychedelic Solution, 2003. A complete set, plus extras and variants, of invitations and announcements for the 23 exhibitions held at the Psychedelic Solution Gallery between 1986 and 1995. This is the third state of the packaging for these cards, in a red envelope with a b&w label printing a...... More
[Tucson]: Nazraeli Press, [2006]. Square 4to. Bound in flexible wood covers with white cloth spine. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 100 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..... 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
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in silver marker. Very fine. More
Dusseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1964. Oblong sheet of cardstock tri-folded to make six panels. Prints an essay by Otto Piene, a photograph of Klein, a color reproduction of one of his works, a photo of a letter from Klein, and exhibition info. Fine. Measures ca. 6" x 24.5" unfolded. (German text.)..... 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
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: Storefront for Art and Architecture, 2005. Large newprint sheet folded to make a 4-page tabloid. Includes a huge centerfold poster reproducing a work by Klein. The front and back pages feature photographs and articles. Fine (22.5" x 31.5" unfolded). More
Paris: Galerie Alexandre Iolas, 1965. Black text printed on textured off-white stock. Barely perceptible touch of toning to edges (exaggerated in the scan), else fine (4.75" x 6.5"). 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
Koln & Dusseldorf: Museum Ludwig/Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 1995. Illustrated with a photo of Klein and some of his works. Fine (8.25" x 19.25" unfolded). (German text.). More
Germany: Privately published, 1976. An impressive poster utilizing a blown-up detail from the photograph of Klein peforming his famous "leap into the void." The photo has been enlarged creating a dot pattern that results in a dynamic graphic design, with exhibition info in the bottom right corner printed in Klein's..... More
Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, 1973. Silkscreen poster reproducing a large monochrome yellow square on the left, with exhibition info on the right. Folded in eighths as issued, 1-inch tear and some creasing at intersection of one fold, else near fine (23.5" x 32.75"). More
[Paris: Privately published by the artist, 1957]. A single perforated postage stamp painted with Klein's famous IKB (International Klein Blue) pigment. The stamps were originally created to use on invitations for his simultaneous 1957 exhibitions in Paris at the Gallerie Iris Clert and Gallerie Colette Allendy. This unsent stamp retains..... More
