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Paris: Fernand Hazan Editeur, [1972]. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Early, profusely illustrated (many in color) overview of Warhol's career. (French text.) Very near fine. More
Paris: Fernand Hazan Editeur, [1972]. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Early, profusely illustrated (many in color) overview of Warhol's career. (French text.) Very near fine. 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
Antwerp: Gallery 121, 1987. The card reproduces an unusual, colorful Haring collage/drawing featuring collage images of two young kids, one playing the harmonica---also a tweeting bird---Haring has added drawings to embellish the images. Gallery info printed on back. An impossibly rare card that we've never previously encountered. Fine (4.25" x...... 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: Shafrazi/Castelli, 1985. The card prints an untitled colorful painting by Haring of a bizarre creature with its nipples being sucked by baby creatures. Barely perceptible stress crease to the right side, else fine (4" x 6"). 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
NY: Tony Shafrazi, 1984. This oversize card prints an untitled, intricate and colorful piece by Keith Haring. Fine (5.75" x 8.5"). More
[San Diego: Greenleaf Classic, 1969]. First edition of this Paperback Original about hippie orgies. "I went into the black room---the one with wall-to-wall mattresses and no lights---and I'm still trying to guess who I had---and who had me!" Provocative cover illustration of two mostly naked hippie couples in the final..... 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
LA: Love Press, 1979. Limited to 1000 copies. Herms did a drawing a day for a year, based on Sabian symbols received by clairvoyant, Elsie Wheeler in the 1930's. Each drawing is photographically reproduced on quarto stock with Dane Rudyhar's psychological interpretation of the symbol that inspired it printed at..... 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 on the verso by Hido dated 2005. An evocative image showing a car on a rural, deserted road on a foggy..... 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
Amarillo, TX: Baxter Lane Co., 1969. An anti-hippie flyer listing the requirements for membership in the Belligerent Student and Happy Hippie Society including: being "obligated to demonstrate conformity by: indulgin' in like free and prosmiscuous love; blowin' the 'mind' with drugs, spongin' meals off the squares; stealin'; demonstratin'; screaming 'Pigs!'..... More
Hollywood: Nordyke Publishing, 1959. 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Sheet music and lyrics for this beatnik-related song. Cover illustration of a bearded beatnik and a man strumming a guitar. Front cover has an "X" to the corner in magic marker and a tiny price sticker, else about..... More
Worcester, MA: Contemporary Classics, ca. 1983. A postcard announcing reprints of Steal This Book and other titles, issued when Abbie's brother, Jack became involved in revitalizing Abbie's career after he surfaced from living underground. Fine. More
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
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
NY: Mudd Club, 1981. The front of the card features a b&w photo of The Stones, the back of the card states the tongue-in-cheek purpose for the casting call: "November 12, 11PM. Mudd Films casting 8 actresses (no experience necessary) for film about legendary rock group which has fallen on..... 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