NY: Avon, [1959]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Then she stumbled onto Shelley, crude and sensual, one of the Beat Generation. It was all fire and passion and threw an alluring light---until it raged out of control and began to destroy her." A fine, crisp copy (pin-head-size speck of..... More
NY: Sidney Janis,1952. Very attractive, nicely designed announcement printed on both sides with reproductions of Pollock's work, one side printed in red the other in black. Measues ca. 9" x 28" unfolded. An elaborate announcement for an important early show. Very near fine. More
London: Faber & Faber, 2020. Quarter-bound in blue cloth and orange paper-covered boards. First edition. One of 250 hand-numbered copies signed by Van Morrison. Foreword by Paul Muldoon. The second volume to collect Van Morrison's superb song lyrics that cover the wide range of topics that he's been preoccupied with..... More
London: Royal Festival Hall, 1964. Pamphlet. 8pp. First edition. Cover photo of a young Dylan. Prints Dylan's "My Life in a Stolen Moment," an early text in which Dylan recounts his adventures hitching across country and arriving in Greenwich Village. Includes an article on Dylan by Ralph J. Gleason, and..... More
Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1963. Softbound issued in printed acetate dust jacket. First edition. Catalog designed by Duchamp for his important first museum retrospective that took place at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1963. Profusely illustrated in b&w with three tipped-in color plates. Minute wear to spine extremities, minor..... More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1967. Issued by hippies during the "Summer of Love" period (we've also seen Tuli Kupferberg's name mentioned in connection with the creation of this but can't confirm). Handed out to straight people and tourists to provide them with "safe passage " through the hippie populated streets..... More
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[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. One side announces the free zucchini feast, the other prints a recipe for zucchini. One of the Digger's most important contributions to the Haight-Ashbury community was offering free meals for the throngs of hippies who descended on the Haight during the "Summer..... More
[SF]: Privately published by the Diggers, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a...... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem, with the text reproducing the author's handwriting. First edition. Published by the Communication Company who issued several broadsides by Richard Brautigan and other poets, as well as various communiques from the Diggers and the Black Panthers. Very fine. Scarce... More
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[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
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." This came from Brautigan's personal archive where it had been for many years so we're guessing this was done roughly contemporaneous..... More
Berkeley: Book People, 1969. 4to. The event is scheduled to take place at Book People's warehouse in Berkeley where attendees are invited to "Share an afternoon with Richard Brautigan..." Illustrated with a small cartoonish drawing of Brautigan. Printed in black on yellow stock with the text reproduced in holograph. Fine..... More
[SF: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition, second issue (with illustrations of dogs and photo of computers as the background). Ephemeral publication that was given away free on the streets of the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." Published by Brautigan's friends at the Communication Company who were..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition (issue with the background illustration of bones printed in black rather than red, priority unknown). A fugitive item from the Communication Company who also published the Diggers' communiques during the "Summer of Love" as well as work by other poets and..... More
[Hollywood]: Intimate, [1963]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Broads, beatniks, and booze in the funniest, wildest mix-up of the sexes since the days of the Roman Orgies!" Near fine. More
London: Consul Books/World Distributors, [1963]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "A startling novel of life as it is lived by Chelsea's beatniks horrifyingly revealing." Occasional scattered foxing, toning to inside edges of covers, very good minus. One of the scarcest novels set in the beatnik milieu... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, [1960]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "A ridiculous novel about two beatnik girls in college." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a faint touch of soiling to back panel. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. 4to. Hardbound in pictorial boards with dust jacket. First edition. Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. A children's book with illustrations and text about a beatnik baby growing up in Greenwich Village. Ownership signature, else near fine in spine faded, very good dust jacket with an inconspicuous..... More
n.p.: Bedstand, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Kooks, Beatniks, and Babes Meet in an Orgy of Summer Lust." Fine. More
NY: Signet, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "He was a faithful husband--until he found himself irresistibly attracted to a beautiful beatnik with a zest for love." Speck of wear to spine extremities, else fine. More
[Chicago: Dollar Books, 1962]. Paperback. First edition thus. Published back to back with Every Bed is Narrow by Andrew Laird. "The erotic and exotic---a lost world where naked sex flaunts its message to the sensuous beat of a drum." "The Beatniks" side features a cover illustration of a scantily-clad beatnik..... More
NY: Permabooks, [1960]. First paperback edition. "A beatnik babe was murdered---George Bagby was No. 1 Suspect!" Nice cover illustration of beatniks playing jazz, etc. Fine. More
NY: Poet's Press, 1968. Pamphlet. First edition. Illustrated by the author. One of only 12 specially-bound lettered copies signed by the author with the drawings hand colored by her. These special copies were for di Prima's personal use. Fine. More
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. 4to. Hardbound in paper-covered boards and cloth spine, issued in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author. Couple of minute specks to cover, else fine in acetate dust jacket with a 1-inch tear. More
