[LA: Classic Publications, 1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Sensational short stories around the theme of sex and drugs including one about Helen who was addicted to sex and pot at 13, or Wendy, a hippie, whose psychedelic sex trips lasted for days. Fine and scarce thus... More
Santa Barbara: Joseph the Provider Books, [1987]. Hardbound in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. First edition. Foreword by Ralph Sipper. Preface by William Everson. One of 100 hardbound copies (there were also 400 softbound). Landmark bookseller's catalog listing a wide range of works by Everson. Spine lettering on spine label..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a naked female torso, an..... More
Softbound. First edition. Important study of Breton's life and work. Very near fine and unread. More
No place: MGM Records, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve featuring a small reproduction of the poster for this Beat exploitation film starring Mamie Van Doren (and in which Gregory Corso has a cameo). "The Wild World of the Beatniks!" Tiny remainder drill hole through sleeve and record label, else..... More
NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1971. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear to top of front panel and a 1-inch creased tear to top of back panel. A nice, crisp copy overall. More
No place, no publisher, 1999. Exhibition catalog in tabloid format for this traveling show originally organized by the Walker Art Center. A huge sheet printed on both sides and folded three times. Features an interview with Ruscha, supplementary texts, illustrations of some of his works, and when completely unfolded it..... More
[England: Royal Mail, 1986]. A set of 4 postage stamps designed by Steadman to commemorate the 1986 appearance of Halley's Comet. Each features a different color illustration of the comet. As new. More
No place, 1968. 1 and-a-half pages on a single sheet. 4to. In full: "I am 33 years old and I have been writing for 15 years. I am thirty-three years old and it seems as if I have been writing forever and it pleases me very much. I have lived..... More
NY: Pix Incorporated, ca. 1967. The Psychedelicatessen was one of the very first head shops in the United States, following closely on the heels of San Francisco's The Psychedelic Shop in the Haight-Ashbury. Located in the East Village not far from Ed Sander's Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fillmore East, and..... More
SF: Privately published, [1980]. Folding card with a photo of Marcia on the front and text inside (in part): "One evening of ten years 'Art by Marcia Clay' at the home of Richard Brautigan who will read (don't worry, briefly) six or seven poems of his last ten years." Enclosed..... More
NJ & NY: Prentice-Hall & Abrams, [1977]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition, revised and expanded. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color throughout. Fine. More
[SF: Inferno Press, 1957]. "This collection from the work of four young poets, all under 25, presents an interesting contrast that is most refreshing after so much orthodoxy in current American poetry. Here are poets representing an articulate segment of a sometime-called silent generation" (the poet's names are listed below..... More
SF: Privately published, 1963. A one-shot mag from San Francisco edited by Brautigan and Ron Loewinsohn. Prints Brautigan's story "Coffee" as well as contributions by Duncan, Whalen, Kyger, et al. Cover photograph of a young, short-haired Brautigan with Loewinsohn. Crisp, very near fine. More
[London: Tate, 2007]. 4to. Softbound. Later printing, revised. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition. Bright, unread, very near fine. More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a large sinister face to convey the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. The back cover prints a small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots. The menu includes such..... More
[London]: Picador, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Briefly inscribed by the author. Fine. More
LA: Third Rail, 1988. The "Wallace Berman issue." Cover by Berman and a long section devoted to him, includes writings or interviews by Robert Duncan, David Meltzer, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschman, George Herms, et al. Hard bump to top of spine, else very good. More
Sweden: Rooseum, [1989]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color. Catalog issued on the occasion of these artist's exhibition at the Rooseum. Fine (some barely perceptible hairline scatches to the covers that don't break the surface). More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, [1965]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in second state white dust jacket. Fine. More
NY: Dover, [1960]. Softbound. First edition thus, a revised and expanded version of this title originally published in 1933. Illustrated with photographs and graphics. Near fine. More
NY: Boo-Hooray, 2014. A bibliography of the Bardo Matrix publications, deluxe issue limited to 120 copies. Consists of the bibliography (a pamphlet), a small print showing Bardo publications, an invitation to the Bardo Matrix exhibition at the Grolier Club, and an original Bardo Matrix publication. In this copy the item..... More
LA: Michael Kohn, [2009]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in illustrated boards. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Published to coincide with an exhibition. As new. More
[NY]: Universe, [2006]. 4to. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely photo-illustrated guide to collectible, vintage rock T-shirts. As new. More
