No place: Privately published, 1959. A single sheet printed on both sides, folded twice to make a leaflet. Cover photo of a scantily-clad Mamie Van Doren next to a beret-wearing, bearded beatnik face. Prints a "glossary of the words and expressions that characterize today's controversial 'beatniks'" along with photos from..... More
Tulsa: Studio Press, 1960. Small pamphlet. Second edition, revised and expanded, published the same year as the first. A vintage dictionary of "so called 'BEAT' or 'COOL' talk," illustrated with charming drawings of beatniks. Fine (a couple of minute specks of edge wear ). This title has been on our..... More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1974. Features the SLA's seven-headed cobra symbol and the words: "I Have Chosen to Stay and FIGHT. The only way to support the SLA is to make revolution." Couple of minute edge tears, else about fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1968. Features an image of Black Panther leader Huey Newton. The rally sponsored by "Campus Peace and Freedom" is scheduled to take place at De Fremery Park in Oakland, where Eldridge Cleaver, Stokely Carmichael, and others will speak. Toned with a few tears, tiny chips, and..... More
Cleveland: American Communist Workers Movement, 1968. Oblong 16mo. Features an image of slain Black Panther leader and "Anti-Fascist Fighter" Bobby Hutton. "Long live the anti-fascist revolution of the American people!" Printed boldly in red on slick white stock. Three vertical old creases, some soiling to verso, very good (5" x...... More
[San Diego: Corinth/Leisure Books, 1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A classic of the genre featuring cover art by Robert Bonfils, arguably one of the best lurid exploitation covers of all time, rivaling (perhaps surpassing) his work on Narco Nympho. The design depicts naked female bodies writhing inside a...... More
San Diego: Publisher's Export Co., 1966. First edition of this Paperback Original. One of the all-time best sleeze/exploitation titles, with terrific cover art by Doug Weaver showing Satan, a scantily-clad woman, and a whip-bearing lesbian dominatrix. A fine, fresh copy and scarce thus. More
London: Phaidon, 2005. Thick, small 4to. Hardbound in Japanese silk-covered boards. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Araki. Included in a separate, silk-covered, folding chemise is an original silver gelatin print showing a bound, naked woman suspended in the air. The print measures approx. 15"..... More
Tokyo: Gallery Min, 1990. Square 4to. Softbound. First edition. Signed by Kenna. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new. Bilingual Japanese-English text. More
NY: Random House, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition of the author's well-received first book, Winner of the Booker Prize. Remainder dot to top edge, else fine. More
n.p.: Published for the Museum of Modern Art by Arno Press, 1968. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. Reprint of this famous work originally published in 1936. Essays by Georges Hugnet. Profusely illustrated throughout. Couple of very faint touches of soiling to covers, else fine. 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
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
