Surrey: Genesis, 2004. Folio. Quarter-bound in purple leather with multicolored silk-screened aluminium boards edged with prismatic silver. First edition. One of 1750 numbered copies signed by the authors. Foreword by Noel Redding. The nicest imaginable documentation of every facet of Hendrix's career with outstanding photos from the best rock photographers..... More
Mexico: Populibros "La Prensa," [1972]. Second printing of this Paperback Original. Features one of the most sensational,beautifully designed, drug exploitation covers in existence. There are covers that show women and syringes, women using syringes, but in the subset of woman-in-a-syringe covers---this is the best. Features an illustration of a beautiful..... More
No place: No publisher, 1960-1962. The four photos are: 1) snapshot of a baby playing bongos with the notation "Beatnik Jamie at those drums again" 2) snapshot of two couples in their living room, one person playing bongos the others dressed as beatniks 3) snapshot of a woman dressed as..... More
Kabul: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, [ca. 2004]. Printed, peel-off sticker measuring almost 6" in diameter, text in Dari. Issued by the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan a few years after the American invasion in 2001. Produced in accordance with aggressive US-backed eradication efforts, this sticker features a dynamic..... More
Kabul: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, [ca. 2004]. Printed, peel-off sticker measuring almost 6" in diameter, text in Dari. Issued by the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan a few years after the American invasion in 2001. Produced in accordance with aggressive US-backed eradication efforts, this sticker features a powerful..... More
Merchantville/Century City: Between the Covers/Biblioctopus, [2000]. Innovative catalog offering rare books for sale from Between the Covers and Biblioctopus. Features a plastic box containing 76 rare book trading cards, each with a color photo of the book on front, and description and price on back. As new in plastic box..... More
No place: No publisher, ca. early 1960's. The four buttons are: 1) "Beatnik Spoken Here" 2) "Beatnik Talk / Let's Grab Some Wheels" 3) "Like Cool Man Cool" with an illustration of a beatnik with a block of ice on his head 4) "Cannon 'Falls' to Gophers / Man, Like..... More
No place: Privately published, 1985. An extreme close-up of Vollmann's face, in his hand is a pistol which he is pointing at his temple (different shot from the one on the back of You Bright and Risen Angels). Miller has done the dust jacket photos for many of Vollmann's books..... More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with an elaborate woodblock print by Adrian Brooks. Printed on handmade Lokta Nepalese paper. Very near fine. More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Decorative design and lettering by Sidney E. Hushour. Woodblock printed in black and red on handmade Nepalese Lokta paper. Small, narrow chip to bottom left margin, else very good plus to near fine. More
NY: Public Illumination Magazine, 1981. Small pamphlet-style magazine (measuring 4.25" x 2.75"). Features a centerfold spread by Keith Haring using the pseudonym "Kip Herring." The drawings include some of Haring's signature images including dogs and crawling babies, as well as sexual activity that involves the comingling of species. A very..... More
Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1985. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Exhibition catalog printing full-page color reproductions of Basquiat's work. Lovely frontis photograph of Basquiat by Yoshitaka Uchida. One of only 300 hardbound copies (the entire cloth edition). As new. The cloth edition is quite scarce, especially in this..... More
Vancouver: Image Bank, [1972]. First edition. Original publisher's box with an illustrated label affixed to the top stating "Greetings from Image Bank B.C." The box contains 93 cards (including 6 duplicates), by 49 individual artists, and 14 collectives. Individual artists include Ray Johnson, Geoffrey Hendricks, Joseph Beuys, Gary Lee Nova..... More
Vancouver: Image Bank, [1977]. First edition. Original publisher's printed box containing 47 (of 48) postcards plus one card listing the participants. Includes cards by Ray Johnson, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vito Acconci, Ed Ruscha, Sol Lewitt, Dick Higgins, Ben Vautier, Les Levine, Eleanor Antin, Gordon Matta-Clark, Robert Filliou, Alison Knowles, Peter Hujar..... More
NY: Gagosian, 2009. One side printed in yellow the other in blue, featuring vintage photographs of Andy and his work. Machine folded three times into six sections. Minute wear to bottom of one section, near fine (30" x 20" unfolded). More
London: Cape Golliard, 1968. Oblong 16mo. Pamphlet issued in fragile tissue dust jacket. First edition of this long poem (written on LSD) describing Ginsberg's LSD trip in the countryside. Limited to 200 copies none of which were offered for sale. Fine (two tiny nicks to dj)... More
n.p.: The Old Marble Press, 1975. (The imprint is fictitious, actually published by John Martin at Black Sparrow Press.) Broadside poem. First edition. As new. More
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. Folio. Broadside poem. First edition. Published in an edition of 350 copies. Features a Robert LaVigne illustration of a nude Ginsberg in both black and white silhouette within a penis-shaped outline. Few small handling impressions to edges, else very near fine. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1988. VHS video in plastic case with printed pink label and gold sticker seal neatly opened. First edition, regular issue (there were also 100 signed copies). Documents a 1970 reading by Bukowski at Bellevue College, one of Buk's earliest public readings. Running time: 60 minutes. Fine..... More
Louisville, KY: Literary Renaissance, 1994. Folio. Broadside poem. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Carroll. Illustrated with a photo of Carroll by Chris Felver. Published as Heaven Poster Series No. 13. Very fine. More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1970]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's breakthrough book. A fine, fresh copy (minute touch of soiling to back panel of dust jacket). More
No place: Privately published by the Yippies, 1969. Rally scheduled to take place in Washington at the "Department of Injustice." Wonderful graphic design featuring an illustration of a courthouse with "Stop the Trial" printed using decreasing-sized lettering as if steps leading up to the courthouse---with "Free Bobby" printed with chains..... More
Dusseldorf: Hans Mayer Gallery, 1979. 4to. Single sheet of cardstock folded to make four pages. Reproduces a work from Warhol's American Indian Series on the front and one from his Torso Series inside. Includes a Warhol chronology. In 1969 the Hans Mayer Gallery was the first to show Warhol in..... More
NY: Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1985. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Robert Ferris Thompson. Catalog from Basquiat's 1985 show at the Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery. Nicely illustrated throughout with full-page color plates. Fine. More
[Paris: Privately published by the artist, 1957]. A single perforated postage stamp painted with Klein's famous IKB (International Klein Blue) pigment. The stamps were originally created to use on invitations for his simultaneous 1957 exhibitions in Paris at the Gallerie Iris Clert and Gallerie Colette Allendy. This unsent stamp retains..... More
