n.p.: Kreiss, n.d. [ca. 1962]. Bearded, beret-wearing, beatnik holding a painting under his arm mounted on a wooden stand with a small metal tag affixed stating: "Picasso?---Who's that, cat?!" Fine (7" tall). More
n.p.: Kreiss, n.d. [ca. 1962]. Bearded beatnik mounted on a wooden stand with a small metal tag affixed stating: "Man! My philosophy is easy---to heck with everything---" Fine (7" tall) with some faint ink writing to bottom of stand. More
n.p.: Kreiss, n.d. [ca. 1962]. Bearded, beret-wearing, beatnik mounted on a wooden stand with a small metal tag affixed stating: "Man, you're sick---sick---sick!" Fine (7" tall). More
[Barcelona]: Ministerio de Cultura, [1988]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards. First edition. Signed by Witkin. Issued to coincide with the 1988 exhibition at Centro de Arte Reina Sofia. Fine. (Spanish text.). More
[NY]: Aperture, [1994]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of Sturges' second book. Introduction by Elizabeth Beverly. Very fine. More
[NY]: Aperture, [1991]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of Sturges' first book. Essay by Jayne Anne Phillips. Very fine. More
CA: Elkhorn Slough Foundation, 1991. Square 8vo. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. Fine. More
NY: Macmillan, [1971]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "Traces the history of the Women's Liberation movement through seventy-seven songs, many of which were written long before the existence of a unified organization." Illustrated with photographs. Fine (touch of wear to top of dj spine)... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1987. Softbound. First edition. Very fine. More
Memphis: Kimbrough Publishing, n.d. [ca 1959]. Small pamphlet. First edition under this title. A glossary of beatnik lingo illustrated with drawings. Interestingly, and inexplicably, the entire contents of this book (save for the title page) are exactly the same as "Beatnik Dictionay" published around the same time by Publishers Moderna..... More
[NY: Olympia Press, 1969]. First edition of this Paperback Original. The author's sensationalized account of beatnik life in New York, including her fictionalized liaisons with Kerouac and others. Published as part of the Traveller's Companion Series. Publisher's small "NR" remainder stamp to front cover, front cover just perceptibly faded, else..... More
n.p.: Compass Line, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "They lived in a whirlwind of free and easy love and sin." Fine. Scarce, especially without the usual remainder notch. More
SF: Unicorn, 1958. Pamphlet. First edition. Schock takes us on a cynical tour through the Beat haunts of '50s North Beach making snide observations about the habitues. Illustrated with accomplished, evocative and lovely illustrations of beatniks at poetry readings, jazz clubs, etc., by Trubee Campbell whose drawings are much more..... More
[Berkeley?]: Privately published, ca. 1970. Two mimeo sheets printed on both sides, stapled at the corner. Prints a long text on how and why students at Berkeley and elsewhere should strike in opposition to the invasion of Cambodia. Some occasional slight discoloration to paper but still nice. More
West Hollywood: The Western Empire, 2018. 4to. Hardbound, with Coffin Cheaters logo embossed on front board, issued without dust jacket. First edition. A terrific collection of photographs documenting, from an insider's point of view, the Coffin Cheaters who were a prominent 1% motorcycle club active in LA between 1962-1966. Most..... More
[Dallas: Documentary Arts, 1989]. Pamphlet. Second edition of this title originally published in 1953. A collection of "Jive Talk" terms including how they can be utilized in sentences. Durst was one of the first Black DJ's in Texas and he hosted a popular program on KVET specializing in blues, jazz..... More
Peoria, IL: Publishers Moderna, n.d. [ca 1959]. Small pamphlet. First edition under this title. "The Official Handbook for Everyone in Orbit." A glossary of beatnik lingo illustrated with drawings. Interestingly, and inexplicably, the entire contents of this book (save for the title page) are exactly the same as "Swinging Syllables"..... More
[San Jose: Mex-I-Can-Ink Publishing, n.d. ca. 1979]. Pamphlet. First edition. Slang terms from the Pachuco counterculure movement that originated among the Chicano and Mexican-American community in El Paso in the late '30s and eventually migrated to LA. A group associated with jazz and swing music, zoot suits, dancing, tattoos, and..... More
Chicago: Burley, Cross, & Co., [1959]. Softbound (no cloth issued). First edition. Illustrated with drawings. A collection of short stories (in some cases adapted from fairy tales or literary classics) written entirely in Beat slang. An amazing tour de force of hip lingo, one of the two most important books..... More
[Stinson Beach: Enkidu Surrogate, 1959]. Pamphlet. First edition thus (preceded only by the rare mimeo edition), first issue without the single hand correction by the author. Limited to 750 copies, not all of which were offered for sale. Cover and illustrations by Jess. One staple rusted (but not bleeding), very..... More
Vancouver: [Naz Enterprises], 1973. Softbound. First edition. Gathers "More than 1000 words and definitions of the 'hip' generations of four decades." A wide-ranging collection of hip slang. Trivial touch of soiling to covers (infinitesimal pin hole), else near fine. Scarce in the original printing. More
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1963. 4to. Softbound. First edition. A dictionary of Beat and hipster lingo with spoofs of Castro, Sinatra, Kennedy, Nixon, et al written in hip slang and illustrated by famed MAD magazine artist Jack Davis. Some toning to covers and some silverfish trails, else a solid, presentable..... More
NY: Folklore Center, 1962. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Charming cover illustration of a young, corduroy-capped Dylan playing harmonica. First separate printing of a song by Bob Dylan. Depending on exactly when in 1962 this was published, it may also be his first appearance in print. (The only..... More
SF: Gray Line, 1967. 16mo. Large sheet folded to make a small, 4-page unbound pamphlet. First edition. "Designed for the enjoyment and information of travelers on The Gray Line, Inc. San Francisco Haight-Ashbury District 'Hippie Hop' Tour." The back cover boasts: "The only Foreign Tour within the continental limits of..... More
