[Delray Beach, FL]: University Circle Press, [1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A study of LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin, and the history of their use. A couple of soft creases to front cover, price scratched out, bookseller's rubber stamp to title page and inside back cover, despite the flaws..... More
Nagoya: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1984. 4to. Catalog from this group show including Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, and others. This copy is signed twice by Basquiat---once on the front free endpaper dated 1986, and again above one of his plates in the book where he added the date and "Denis,"..... More
No place: Wallace Berman, ca. 1954. Charming bookmark from Wallace Berman the top half of which is devoted to a photo of his baby son Tosh with mom's hand laid upon his head. Along the left edge of the bottom half this statement is printed letterpress in red ink: "And..... More
No place: Ex Tempore, 1957. 24mo. Pamphlet in glassine outer covers. First edition of this collaborative artists' book by Robert Alexander and his close friend Wallace Berman. The first book by Alexander and his only collaboration with Berman---reportedly only 25 copies were produced. Features poems by Alexander here using a...... More
No place: Privately published, 1995. 4to. Side stapled sheets. First edition. Quite interesting to see how these posters have appreciated in value over 28 years! Possibly the first price guide on the subject. Edge of cover slightly faded, else fine. More
Berkeley: Wingbow press, [1974]. Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Photos and text document the hippie subculture with lots of nudity on beaches and in communes. White covers very slightly toned, else near fine. More
LA: William & Victoria Dailey, ca. 1988. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of the earliest catalogs on psychoactive drugs by these scholars on the subject. They previously did the landmark Phantastica catalog in conjunction with Michael Horowitz before he started Flashback Books. Some overall wear and one inch split to..... More
San Francisco, CA: Flashback Books, 2006. Pamphlet. First edition. Bookseller's catalog devoted to a wide range of hippie, drug, and counterculture material. Horowitz is the preeminent scholar on psychedelic drugs, Timothy Leary's bibliographer, and co-founder of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. He was the first dealer to specialize in..... More
Mill Valley, CA: Flashback Books, 2000. Pamphlet. First edition. Bookseller's catalog devoted to a wide range of hippie, drug, and counterculture material. Horowitz is the preeminent scholar on psychedelic drugs, Timothy Leary's bibliographer, and co-founder of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. He was the first dealer to specialize in..... More
Petaluma, CA: Flashback Books, 1992. Pamphlet. First edition. Bookseller's catalog devoted to a wide range of hippie, drug, and counterculture material. Horowitz is the preeminent scholar on psychedelic drugs, Timothy Leary's bibliographer, and co-founder of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library. He was the first dealer to specialize in drugs..... More
Petaluma, CA: Flashback Books, 1991. Pamphlet. First edition. Bookseller's catalog devoted to a wide range of hippie, drug, and counterculture material---this catalog with an emphasis on performing and visual arts. Horowitz is the preeminent scholar on psychedelic drugs, Timothy Leary's bibliographer, and co-founder of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library..... More
NY: The Century Co, 1908. Hardbound in publisher's decorative red boards stamped in gilt. First edition of this anthology featuring articles from the magazine St. Nicholas that was oriented toward young readers. Prints "A Boy's Paradise in the Pacific" by Alexander Hume Ford, a substantial article about surfing profusely illustrated..... More
Honolulu: Privately Published by the photographer, ca. 1910. Gurrey is most famous as "the grandfather of surf photography" due to his legendary 1914 "The Surf Riders of Hawaii," the first ever book on surfing that he handmade copies of between 1912 and 1914. The book featured 8 small gelatin silver..... More
NY: The Century Company, 1915. This issue reprints in its entirety the legendary very first book on surfing, Gurrey's handmade book of photographs (with supplementary text) "The Surf Riders of Hawaii" that he made copies of between 1912 and 1914. Considered the "grandfather of surf photography," Gurry was the first..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2000. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski. Photo postcard of Bukowski laid in. One corner slightly bumped, small indentation to bottom of front board, else fine. More
NY: Hyperion, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author dated year of publication. As new. More
[San Diego: Greenleaf Classic, 1969]. First edition of this Paperback Original about hippie orgies. "I went into the black room---the one with wall-to-wall mattresses and no lights---and I'm still trying to guess who I had---and who had me!" Provocative cover illustration of two mostly naked hippie couples in the final..... More
Ann Arbor: Roger Jackson, 1996. Single sheet elaborately cut and folded to make a small pamphlet (4.25" x 2.75"). First edition. One of 60 copies signed by the author. A poem written for Miller by one of his lovers in 1943. Fine with wraparound band in glassine envelope and original..... More
Ann Arbor: Roger Jackson, 1996. Pamphlet. First edition. Devoted to contributions by or about Miller in various men's magazines such as Playboy and Swank, etc. As new. More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition of the author's first novel. Fine in dust jacket with a tiny spot on bottom of front panel where the color has flaked off. More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition of the author's second book. Minute bend to cloth at base of spine, else fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1975]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British (and correct first) edition of the author's first book. Few pin-head-size specks of foxing to top edge of text block, else fine and bright. More
NY: Simon and Schuster, [1978]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Briefly inscribed by the author. Fine in dust jacket with a small, internally tape-repaired tear to back panel. More
Ann Arbor: Roger Jackson, 1995. Pamphlet. First edition. Each copy contains a silkscreen sample cut from a page of "Into the Night Life." Fine. More
Ann Arbor: Roger Jackson, 1997. Pamphlet. First edition. Prints the text of a speech given at the Chicago Literary Club by a lawyer who defended Miller in his obscenity cases. Fine. More
