SF: The Diggers, 1968. 4to. First edition. Illustrated folder containing 12 colorful broadsides featuring Satanic-biker-hippie surreal texts printed in elaborate calligraphy with psychedelic embellishments by "Freewheelin' Frank," the Hell's Angel most associated with the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene. Although The Diggers imprint does not appear, four pages of "Notes from a...... More
Rennyville, IL: 1st National Bank, 1983. Among the featured exhibitors are "Downtown" heavyweights Jean-Michael Basquiat, Futura 2000, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Donald Baechler, and others. Reproduces a work by Rigoberto Torres, one of the exhibitors. Folded as issued, else as new (unfolded 17" x 10.75"). A rare poster from an..... More
[Amsterdam]: Torch Books, [1991]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Superb presentation copy boldly inscribed by Sprinkle to Timothy Leary with a two-page decorated inscription that she's kissed twice: "Timothy Leary, You turn me on. Thanks for all the inspiration & guidance & for bringing so much pleasure into the world. Annie..... More
NY: Kent/Westreich, [1989]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Terrific presentation copy inscribed by Prince to his friend, prominent bookseller Glenn Horowitz, who also published books by Prince and exhibited his work: "To Glenn, Inside/Outside and Upside down. R. Prince 11/24/07." An artist's book by Prince with many of his signature images..... More
Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beunigen, 1993. Small 4to. Softbound with French-fold covers. First edition. Superb presentation copy inscribed by Prince to his friend, renowned bookseller Glenn Horowitz, who also published books by Prince and exhibited his work: "To Glenn, This is my favorite book---maybe because I didn't have anything to do..... 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
[Chicago]: Newstand Library, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. One of the all-time classic beatnik exploitation novels, with a terrific Robert Bonfils cover illustration featuring a sexy beatnik temptress playing bongos in the foreground as Ted Joans reads poetry in the beatnik coffee house they're in. The inspiration for..... More
San Diego: Greenleaf, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Fags, freaks and the famous turn the street into a hippie hell." An "expose" of the famed Sunset Strip during the height of the '60s, published shortly after the famous riots there. Fine. More
n.p.: Nightstand, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Reckless Desire Ruled Their Shame Cult!" Cover illustration of an artist painting a naked woman as another man lurks in the background. Fine. Rare. No copies on OCLC. More
[Van Nuys]: Pike, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The strange sex life of the sick generation is shockingly displayed." Cover photo of a beatnik seductress dancing to bongos. Small indentation to front cover, spine leans very slightly, very good plus or better. A classic of the genre... More
Fresno, CA: Golda Foundation, 2006. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Interesting account of a fine artist, true bohemian, and free spirit from the '50 scene in Paris throughout the rest of her interesting life that took her around the world. Illustrated with photos and some color reproductions of her..... 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
[Chicago: M.M. Cole Publishing, 1928]. Pamphlet. First edition. Illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings. Some splits to spine but still solid, couple of corner creases to cover, else very good. An early book on blues harmonica before it became wildly popular in the folk and rock movements of the '50s..... More
Ostfildern-Rutt: Haatje Cantz, [2005]. Oblong 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Published on the occasion of the 51st Venice Biennale. Text by Joan Didion, Frances Starck, Donna De Salvo, and Linda Norden. Ten color reproductions. As new in publisher's shrink-wrap. More
No place: Privately published by the author, 1965. Large 4to. Broadside reproducing the holograph manuscript of this musical score with words and music by Lew Welch for voice, bass, and drums. Printed in black on thin brown stock. A humorous song exhorting people to write graffiti: "Graffitti of the world..... More
No place: Privately published by the author, 1939. Small pamphlet (measuring ca. 4.25" x 2.75"). Second edition of this legendary title, the "revised 1939 edition," published a year after the first (the book went through six printings until 1944). Regarded as the first dictionary by an African-American, and the first..... More
NY: Rizzoli, [2008]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards, issued without dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with color photos of crash pads, hippie communes, infinity machines, tree houses and innovative rural constructions, experimental architecture, Leary's commune at Millbrook, and more. Highly recommended. As new. More
No place: no publisher, no date. Untitled broadside poem, illustrated. First edition. Printed in black on orange stock. Fine. More
No place: Maya, 1969. Untitled broadside poem. First edition. Inscribed to Oyez publisher Bob Hawley: "For Bob / Jack Shoemaker / iv.8.69." Published as Maya Broadside Three. Several scattered spots of foxing mostly to left edge, else near fine. More
[SF]: Cranium Press, n.d. 4to. Broadside poem, illustrated. First edition. Printed letterpress by Clifford Burke in black on brown stock. Published as "A Cranium Free Poem." Fine. More
SF: No publisher, 1967. Psychedelic printing in red against a yellow background. Benefit concert for Painters Union Local No. 4. Fine (14" x 8.5"). More
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... More
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. Broadside printed in red and black with a quote by Robert Duncan. Folded as isued, very near fine. More
