[Philadelphia]: Synapse Press, [1981]. Small 4to. First edition. Unbound folded sheets with purple/pink covers and interior pages printed in black, white, and shades of grey. Partially uncut and untrimmed this is the publisher's file copy of the book with a signed pencilled note by the publisher to the first page... More
London: Wallrich Books, 1975. Designed by Henri Chopin. Printed folder containing a glassine colophon sheet and three illustrated silk-screen prints, one each by Gysin, Aeschbacher, and Hughes. The Gysin print features a terrific roller grid pattern with two small photos, one a self-portrait, affixed within the grid. One of 100... More
LA: John Martin, 1967. Vibrant color lithograph showing nine variants of Berman's signature motif of a hand holding a transistor radio. The bottom features a nonsense text: "OPT. 82. BOOSTER BNG. ANGUINEA/Y..." One of 100 numbered copies signed by Berman. Printed in black and red against an orange background creating... More
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a hand holding a transistor radio within which is an image of Christ on the cross (often sent by Berman as a Christmas greeting). "Love from the Bermans" is printed underneath. Somewhat toned and... More
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus... More
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Among the images is one of Bob Dylan. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Support the Revolution, p. 172.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
Enschede: Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit, 1968. Square 8vo. Catalog for this important early exhibition of Kusama's work at the Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit. The back cover features a magenta photo of Kusama naked, with polka dots affixed to her body, posing on top of one of her textile works. Inside are photographs... More
Livingston: First Security Bank, 1980. A check written entirely in Brautigan's hand and signed by him. In the memo section of the check Brautigan has written "for: work on school." The check, from Brautigan's First Security Bank account in Livingston, Montana, has Brautigan's printed name at the top along with... More
[SF: Haight-Ashbury Maverick, 1967]. 8pp. Tabloid format, folded as issued. First edition. Features a long text about hippies, drugs, and life in the Haight-Ashbury. Multicolored psychedelic covers printed using split-flow technique, with a psychedelic centerfold map of the Haight showing hippie points of interest during the "Summer of Love." Illustrated... More
SF: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First edition. Printed folder featuring childhood photos of Brautigan's daughter, Ianthe, with 8 seed packets printing a poem on each packet. One of the most charmingly conceived "books" of poetry very much redolent of the period when Brautigan handed out copies for free on the hippie-filled... More
NY: The Motherfuckers, 1968. 4to. "We Don't Give A Goddamn If Johnson Lives Or Dies. If Kennedy Is Or Isn't. We Have Nothing To Do With Them Or Their Politics Except As Objects To Be Destroyed. They Are Cowboys and Yankees. We Are Indians (And This Time We Win). Celebrate... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1966. The event was scheduled to take place at the Discovery Bookshop in San Francisco, but it never occurred due to Farina's death in a motorcycle crash in Big Sur after the first publication party for this book. Handsomely printed letterpress in black on orange, textured, deckle-edge... More
NY: Privately published, 1965. "Experimental Music & Dance & Theatre Works" by Andy Warhol, Dick Higgins, Al Hansen, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Christo, Wolf Vostell, Charlotte Moorman, Diter Rot, and others. Printed in black on white stock. An ephemeral item featuring a who's who of the NYC Fluxus scene... More
LA: Synaesthesia Press, [2009]. A "magazine" assembled and edited by Jim Camp as a tribute to Wallace Berman's Semina. Consists of a black envelope printed in silver containing various small broadsides, a found color transparency, photos, and a colophon sheet printing Berman's "Art is Love is God" quote. Limited to... More
[Sydney, Australia]: Calvert Publishing Co., [1972]. First edition of this Paperback Original, a rare hippie exploitation novel. Unusual because set in the milieu of the medical world rather than more overtly hippiesque environs. Cover illustration of a long-haired, bearded doctor in his white coat holding hands with his hippie girlfriend... More
North Hollywood: Essex House, [1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Few trivial rubbed spots, else fine and unread. More
NY: Softcover Library, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "She was high on beer, pot, wild partying and sex. But Cass rescued her from double disaster---by coming on wilder than she did." Pages very slightly toned, else fine. More
[LA: Echelon, 1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The study of movements, sex techniques, and erotic response experienced under the spell of Aphrodisiac grass and weeds." Pages and inside edges of covers toned, else very near fine. More
Venice: Temple of Man, n.d. Single sheet folded to make four pages with text printed on the inner pages only. Prints a substantive text that begins: "We are here together on this day, because you have asked me to sanctify your love into marriage in accordance with the traditions of... More
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small, original photo by Berman of a piece of parchment with Hebrew lettering. "Love from the Bermans" is printed underneath. Addressed in Berman's hand at the bottom---also stamped and postmarked. This image was used as the cover illustration for... More
[Basel: Kunsthalle], 1991. Narrow 4to. Softbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color. Fine. Due to the awkward format scarce in this condition. More
NY: Mokotoff Gallery, 1986. Exhibiting artists included Basquiat, Haring, Wojnarowicz, Borofsky, Baumgardner, Baechler, and many others. Stamped and addressed to artist Melissa Meyer. Scarce ephemera from this show very much reflective of the NYC avant-garde of the '80s. Fine (5.5" x 7.5"). More
NY: Julien Levy Gallery, [1934]. The card features a photo of one of Giacometti's sculptures. The Julien Levy Gallery was the preeminent venue for Surrealist art, photography, and experimental film during the '30s and '40s. Fine (trivial soiling to verso). More
NY: Julien Levy Gallery, [1944]. The card features illustrations by Ernst and gallery info printed in white against a charcoal background. The Julien Levy Gallery was the preeminent venue for Surrealist art, photography, and experimental film during the '30s and '40s. Fine. More