"Stepping Stone" b/w "Izabella".
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1970. 45rpm record. From Hendrix's "Band of Gypsies" LP. Mint record in very good original sleeve. More
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"Hey Joe" b/w "51st Anniversary".
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1967. 45rpm record in picture sleeve (Reprise 0572). Tiny hole punch through record labels and sleeve, else near mint record in very good minus sleeve with a tape-repaired split to left edge and a partial split to bottom edge. Very scarce, the only Hendrix picture sleeve made..... More
My Younger Days / I Want You Close to Me.
Chicago: Checker, n.d. [ca. 1950's]. 45rpm record. Checker was a subdivision of the famed Chess Records label---the preeminent blues label. Tiny hole punch through labels, else fine in plain white sleeve. More
God Speed / Because the Night.
NY: Arista Records, [1978]. 45rpm record. Minute speck of wear to one label, else mint in plain white sleeve. More
Frederick / Frederick Live.
NY: Arista Records, [1979]. 45rpm record. Mint record in very good plus sleeve. More
Free Speech Carols.
n.p.: Privately published, 1964. 45rpm record. Christmas carols with Free Speech themes, issued to raise money for the Free Speech Defense Fund. Mint record in very good plain white sleeve. The scarcest of the FSM recordings. More
The Beat Generation Dictionary.
No place: Privately published, 1959. A single sheet printed on both sides, folded twice. Scarce variant issue we've never seen before with a red border around the front and back covers. Issued as a promotional item for the 1959 Beat exploitation film, "The Beat Generation" starring Steve Cochran and Mamie..... More
Silver Elvis multiple.
NY: Multiples Inc, 1970. Warhol's three overlapping images of Elvis printed in black against a silver backgroud. Signed by Warhol along the right edge in thin black marker. One of Warhol's contributions to Multiples' "Artists and Photographs" portfolio of 1970, but here offered separately. An iconic image that presents beautifully..... More
Original psychedelic anti-drug painting by an unknown artist ca. early 1970's.
n.p.:n.p., [1972]. The central image is the "Life Hotel" that uses the word "methodone" as the basis for the structure---with the words "cocaine," "hash," "LSD," "opium," codeine," "peyote," and "DMT" written on the edge of the street that the hotel stands on. A roller coaster in front of the hotel..... More
Collaborations: Jean-Michel Basquiat & Andy Warhol.
Tokyo: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 1986. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog illustrated in color throughout. Fine. More
Post Graffiti.
NY: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1983. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Exhibition catalog for this important show at the up-scale Sidney Janis Gallery that featured some of the first works on canvas by noted graffiti artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Crash, Daze, Futura 2000, Kenny Sharf, Ramm-Ell-Zee, Keith Haring, A-One, Lady Pink, and..... More
The Rock Nations.
NY: Paperback Library, [1971]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "A searing novel about a generation searching for peace, drugs and soul-shattering music---from the love of Woodstock to the hatred of Altamont." Spine leans slightly, owner's rubber stamp inside front cover, else bright very good plus or better... More
A Dispersal.
[Santa Cruz: U. C. Santa Cruz, 1974]. Narrow 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Very good. More
Chris Burden When Robots Rule: The Two-Minute Airplane Factory.
[London: Tate Gallery, 1999]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Profusely illustrated. As new. More
Ruth Bernhard: The Collection of Ginny Williams.
[n.p.: Tallgrass Press, 1993]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine (tiny soiled spot to front board). More
Words/Images.
Tucson: University of Arizona, 1984. 4to. 2 volumes. Softbound. First edition. One book features Sommer's photos and the other his writings. As new in publisher's cardstock slipcase and shrinkwrap. More
Poems of Madness.
[n.p.: Paperbook Gallery, 1965]. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Bremser was one of the original Beats, and one of the best of the jazz poets. Very fine. More
Howl and Other Poems.
SF: City Lights, 1959. 18mo. Pamphlet. Eighth printing---the first unexpurgated printing. The "offensive" words had been deleted from all earlier printings, thus the eighth is bibliographically important. Number 4 in the Pocket Poets Series. Despite a touch of oxidation to the staples, and a minute nick to back cover, this..... More
Beatsville.
Hollywood: HiFi Records, 1959. LP record. McKuen reads beat poetry with titles such as "Co Existence Bagel Shop Blues," "Haiku Poems," "What is a Fabian," and "Like," to jazz accompaniment. Terrific cover photograph of McKuen sitting pensively at a table in a Beat coffee house with a wine bottle and..... More
Folding invitation card from Annina Nosei Gallery announcing Basquiat's 1986 "Paintings from 1982" exhibition.
NY: Annina Nosei, 1986. The front of the card features an untitled work by Basquiat printed in gray and black on white stock. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer. She provided him with studio space in her basement, published his first print portfolio, and gave him his first solo exhibition in..... More
Promotional postcard from Annina Nosei Gallery announcing the 1982 "Anatomy" portfolio of Basquiat's work.
NY: Annina Nosei, 1982. The front of the card features one of the works from the portfolio printed in gray and black on off-white stock. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer who mounted his first solo US exhibition the same year that she published this, his first print portfolio. Fine (5.5"..... More
Joel-Peter Witkin: Oeuvres Recentes 1998-1999.
Paris: Galerie Baudoin Lebon, [2000]. 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Signed by Witkin. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Fine (French/English text). More
Tri-fold flyer announcing the Art Against Apartheid benefit at the Limelight in NYC, 1986.
NY: Privately published, 1986. Nicely designed printed in black, white, and red against a striking yellow background illustrated with small African motif drawings. Performances by various bands throughout the evening, with art on display by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Futura 2000, Lady Pink, Ero, and others. Couple of small, light..... More
Postcard invitation announcing Basquiat's December 1988 show at the Annina Nosei Gallery in NYC.
NY: Annina Nosei, 1988. Printed in white against a funereal black background. This show took place just a few months after Basquiat's death and a month after his memorial service. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer. She provided him with studio space in her basement, published his first print portfolio, and..... More