NY: Softcover Library, [1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "These were the kids who drifted together in dim places, strummed their haunting music, looked for dreams in wine. They lived in a world completely unconventional, their only morality that of fulfilling the senses." Near fine. Scarce, four copies on..... More
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. Scheduled to take place at the Glide Memorial Church the Invisible Circus was billed as "a 72-hour environmental community Happening" presented by the Diggers who wanted it to be the best party the Haight had seen. The Communication Company's gestetner machines were lugged to the church..... More
Chicago: The National Insider, 1967. Tabloid, folded as issued. Features the bold headline: "Tragic LSD Sex Orgy Raped by 18 Men!" Detailed outrageous story inside features another huge headline: "LSD Doped Girl Raped By 18 Boys!" Paper toned but still supple, very good. Sensational exploitation styled after The National Inquirer---..... More
LA: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. The front cover reproduces a verifax by Berman of a portable TV with an image of a naked woman on the screen. The cover is split down the middle and opens to make a triptych with a Richard Prince photo inside. Fine (5.5" x 17"..... More
Memphis: Kimbrough Publishing 1959. 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. The first full-length beatnik dictionary solely devoted to beatnik, drug, and hipster lingo. Within a year of publication this book was pirated twice, first as "Beatnik Dictionary," and then a revised and expanded edition was issued under the title "Beat Talk." Illustrated..... More
n.p.: X-Ray Book & Novelty Co., 2022. 4to. Illustrated broadside. First edition. Limited to only 33 copies signed, dated and numbered by Panter. The broadside features multiple small drawings of cowboys, buffalos, covered wagons, cacti and skeletons, and various other archetypal images as seen in films about the old west..... 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
[Germany & CA]: Hatje Cantz/Foggy Notion, [2011]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Brilliant photos by Brittin of the LA art scene in the '50s including Wallace Berman and his friends, early shots of the Venice scene, as well as photos from the '60s civil rights struggle, and more..... More
NY: Abrams, 1995. Oblong 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second printing. Introduction by Robert Pincus-Witten. The ultimate comprehensive reference for the Fluxus movement. Profusely illustrated throughout. Some fading to edges of boards, irregular sunning to back panel of dust jacket---unread and presents nicely---very good plus or better... 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
[Vienna, VA: Quadrus Communications, 2005]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ben Rapaport. A terrific book profusely illustrated with color photos of elaborate and beautiful antique opium pipes and accouterments. Arguably the best book on the subject. Fine... More
[NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973]. Legal-size sheet of blue stock printed in black. First edition. The event, the first of Patti's "Rock and Rimbaud" performances, took place on the roof of Le Jardin in the Hotel Diplomat. Patti performed accompanied by Lenny Kaye and Bill Elliot, even including songs by..... 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.: SOOJ, 2005. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with two images by painter Path Soong. One of only 30 numbered copies signed by Patti Smith and Path Soong, the entire signed edition (there were also 200 unsigned copies). Handsomely printed on Arches. The small signed edition was over-subscribed..... More
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 68 press numbered copies (of a total edition of 100). Handsomely printed on Rives paper..... More
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 26 press lettered copies (of a total edition of 100) with a bumper sticker laid..... More
Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA: Burton Weiss & James Musser, 1999. Hardbound in marbled paper-covered boards and cloth spine. Correct first edition. Introduction by Brautigan's close friend, Keith Abbott. One of 65 press-numbered copies signed by Keith Abbott (of a total edition of 75). As new... More
[Denmark: D.F.T. (A. Axgil), 1970]. Pamphlet. First edition. A pictorial exploitation novel featuring gay hippies. Illustrated with 20 full-page exuberantly gay and highly sexual drawings by Manders as "Dorus," including the cover that features a pot smoking scantily-clad gay hippie. Rare. OCLC locates only two copies... More
[San Diego]: Late Hour Library, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Exploitation novel about gay hippies in Greenwich Village: "He was going to feature them in a flesh happening---an exhibition of the most depraved sort. The Village beatniks counted on Pierre's cruel imagination because he had yet to have..... More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a sinister, demented person acting as the doorman who personifies the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. A small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots is printed on the..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1979]. Warhol executed this work in black marker on a piece of his "Andy Warhol Studio" stationary with the 860 Broadway address along the bottom. This was Warhol's third "Factory" address where he worked from 1973 to 1984. The soup is labeled "Tomato Soup" and Warhol has signed boldly..... More
Kauai: Privately published by Timothy T. DeLaVega, 2013. String-tied pamphlet with printed paper cover label. First edition thus, a facsimile edition of the first book devoted to the sport of surfing. There is no documentation of how many copies of the original "The Surf Riders of Hawaii" were produced, or..... More
SF & NY: City Lights & Harper & Row, [1980]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Thin blemish to cover, tiny remainder stamp to bottom edge, else fine. More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. The card prints (in white against a black background) the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on all their promotional material. Also prints the phone numbers and name of Rick Allmen who started the club in 1957. The Cafe Bizarre was one..... More
Portland: Nazraeli, 2005. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Pullen. Pullen's photographs of imaginary crime scenes. As new. More
