New Arrivals
ALPERT, Richard & COHEN, Sidney.
LSD.
[NY: New American Library, 1966]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Sympathetic overview of the LSD controversy, with excellent photographs by Lawrence Schiller documenting various stages of the LSD experience. Inscribed by Lawrence Schiller. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a couple of short tears and a small... Item #SKB-13944
Price: $300.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
''If I Am Doing It at All...''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory... Item #SKB-16462
Price: $150.00
ANDERSON, Chester & GROGAN, Emmett.
Term Paper.
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and... Item #SKB-16461
Price: $250.00
BALDASSARI, Anne.
Picasso and Photography: The Dark Mirror.
NY: Flammarion/ Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1997. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Studies the effect of photography on Picasso's work and his use of it in his work. Fine. Item #SKB-16618
Price: $75.00
BASQUIAT, Jean Michel.
Jean Michel Basquiat: Il campo vicino l'altra strada.
Rome: Galleria Diacono, 1982. 8vo. Single sheet of tan, wove card stock printed in red letterpress, folded to make four pages. The very first catalog, and the first monograph, published on the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, featuring an extensive text by Mario Diacono. The exhibition displayed a single major work... Item #SKB-14994
Price: $4,000.00
BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.
Folding invitation for Basquiat's 1988 show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in NYC.
NY: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, 1988. Invite for Basquiat's final exhibition featuring a b&w cover photo of Basquiat holding a copy of Kerouac's The Subterraneans. Fine (few specks of foxing to corner of back cover). Item #SKB-16571
Price: $850.00
BASQUIAT, Jean-Michel.
''Food For The Soup Kitchens,'' Fashion Moda Poster, 1983.
NY: Privately published, 1983. Basquiat created a special drawing for the poster to publicize the "Food for the Soup Kitchens" benefit exhibition held in 1983 at Fashion Moda in the Bronx and the Store for Art and Architecture in downtown NYC. The bottom portion of the poster lists the participating... Item #SKB-16590
Price: $4,000.00
BAZIN, Germain.
The Avant-Garde in Painting.
NY: Simon & Schuster, [1969]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Profusely illustrated. Very fine (slight yellowing to dj flaps). Item #SKB-16526
Price: $35.00
BENTLEY, Richard.
Erotic Art.
NY: Gallery Books, [1984]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Some foxing to top edge of text block, else fine in slightly spine-faded dust jacket. Item #SKB-16529
Price: $20.00
BERG, Peter & BULLINGTON, Bryden.
Planetedge.
n.p.: Privately published, 1969. A beautifully designed poster by Peter Berg, of the Diggers and San Francisco Mime Troupe, that he published and distributed himself in 1969. The poster prints poetic manifestos regarding the Pacific Northwest and salmon fishing, reflecting some of the bioregional concerns that inform Gary Snyder's work... Item #SKB-16483
Price: $150.00
BERMAN, Wallace & DYLAN, Bob.
Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. Retard Para) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a transistor radio with nonsense text at the bottom.
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"). Item #SKB-12529
Price: $250.00
BERMAN, Wallace & LAMANTIA, Philip.
Narcotica.
[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... Item #SKB-16160
Price: $350.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Announcement card from L.A. Louver Gallery done in the style of a piece of Berman mail art.
Venice: L.A. Louver Gallery, n.d. [ca. 1990's]. The card is a notification that "The Wallace Berman Estate is Represented Exclusively by L.A. Louver Gallery." Printed on both sides illustrated with works by Berman and prints the phrase "Art is Love is God." Two pieces of clear tape to the verso... Item #SKB-16561
Price: $35.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. CMN/Thumb Poster) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a transistor radio with nonsense text at the bottom.
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). Item #SKB-10767
Price: $250.00
BOHN-SPECTOR, Claudia, & MELLON, Sam (eds.).
Wallace Berman: American Aleph.
LA: Kohn Gallery, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Terrific book on Berman profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. Item #SKB-16545
Price: $47.50
BRAUTIGAN, Richard & HOYEM, Andrew.
Handbill announcing the "Le grand farewell appearance by popular demand the poets Richard Brautigan and Andrew Hoyem.''
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at Cal State's Winnett Lounge as part of Brautigan's stay as Poet in Residence, 1967. Printed in black on orange stock. Very fine. Item #SKB-16495
Price: $90.00
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
The Beautiful Poem.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Short-lived hippie publication that was given away free on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." Brautigan was active in the Haight hippie community and formed an alliance with the Communication Company who published this and other works... Item #SKB-4732
Price: $350.00
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Handbill issued by Oar Books announcing publication of their reprint of The Galilee Hitch-Hiker by Brautigan.
SF: Oar Books, 1966. A small signed drawing of a trout by Brautigan is reproduced in facsimile. Printed in black on beige stock. Barely perceptible touch of toning to one edge, else a fine copy of this scarce piece of early Brautigan ephemera. Item #SKB-443
Price: $90.00
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4.
n.p.: n.p., n.d. 4to. Broadside poem. Bootleg facsimile mimeoed in purple ink. This broadside was originally published by the Communication Company in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." Given where this turned up and how long it had been there we're guessing this was done roughly contemporaneous with the... Item #SKB-7638
Price: $125.00
BRAUTIGAN, Richard.
Personal check written and signed by Richard Brautigan.
n.p.: Privately published, 1980's. A check made out to "Chaney's" written entirely in Brautigan's hand and signed by him. The check, from Brautigan's account at First Security Bank in Livingston, Montana, has Brautigan's printed name at the top. Fine. Item #SKB-16546
Price: $150.00
BRENNAN, Joe.
Duke Kahanamoku: Hawaii's Golden Man.
Honolulu: Hogarth Press, [1974]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition of the first book on Duke Kahanamoku, legendary surfer, Olympic medal-winning swimming champion, movie actor, and sheriff! Illustrated with photographs and includes a substantive glossary of surfing terms. Published as part of Hawaii's Cultural Heritage Series. Some foxing to covers... Item #SKB-16601
Price: $200.00
BRENT, John.
Bibleland.
n.p.: John Mitchell, 1960. Long, folding broadside tipped into illustrated covers. First edition of this poem "as read at the Gaslight Cafe." A long, scathingly humorous poem spoofing religion, modern culture, and consumer society. Done in the style of an amusement park advertisement, but instead of promoting Disneyland, here it's... Item #SKB-16586
Price: $90.00
BRIDGEMAN, Harriet.
Erotic Antiques: Love is an Antic Thing.
Scotland: Lyle Publications, 1974. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Very fine. Item #SKB-16536
Price: $25.00
BUKOWSKI, Charles & CHILDISH, Billy.
He Went for the Windmills, Yes.
SF: X-Ray Book Co., 2017. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 75 numbered copies. A single 2-page poem (originally published in Big Scream) hand-printed letterpress and string-bound into printed covers featuring a portrait of Bukowski by Billy Childish. As new in publisher's mylar bag. Over-subscribed upon publication. Item #SKB-16597
Price: $50.00
BUKOWSKI, Charles.
Hostage.
LA: Freeway Records, 1985. LP record. Bukowski reading live for more than an hour. Jacket photo by Michael Montfort. Mint record in excellent jacket. Item #SKB-13191
Price: $50.00
