Invitation card for Basquiat's 1985 show at the Boone/Werner Gallery in NYC.
NY: Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1985. Nicely printed in silver and mustard on textured gray stock. Fine (5" x 7"). More
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The Paris Review, Spring 1983.
Flushing, NY: The Paris Review, 1983. Notable long-running magazine of art and literature. This issue features a terrific 10-page section devoted to reproducing the Tuxedo suite of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat. This substantive contribution is quite striking with his texts and images printed in white on black stock. Also includes..... More
Andy Warhol Oh This is Fabulous: The Silver Age at the Factory 1964-1967.
Rotterdam: Bebert Editions, [1989]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with terrific photos from the heyday of the Factory. Very good plus. More
Checking account deposit ticket from First Security Bank in Livingston, Montana filled out by Richard Brautigan.
Livingston: First Security Bank, 1974. Brautigan's name and address are printed at the top. He has signed the slip, filled in the date (1974), and the deposit amount ($1500. cash). Fine. Unusual Brautigan ephemera from his Montana years. More
The Berkeley Review 3, 1957.
n.p.:n.p., [1957]. Prints the first appearance of Brautigan's "The Return of the Rivers" and "The Horse that Had a Flat Tire." Small spot to front cover, touch of sunning to spine, else fine. A scarce, very early appearance published the same year as his first book. More
Wild Dog, No. 18, 1965.
SF: Wild Dog, 1965. A mimeo poetry mag that very much epitomizes the "mimeo revolution" of the period. Prints two poems and a review of McClure's Ghost Tantras by Brautigan. Also Ed Dorn, Robert Duncan, Lewis Warsh, Joanne Kyger, et al. Slight toning to edges, else fine. A scarce Brautigan..... More
The Pacific Nation, No. 1, 1967.
Vancouver: Pacific Nation, 1967. Short-lived (just two issues) poetry mag edited by Robin Blaser. Signed by Robin Blaser. Prints excerpts from Trout Fishing by Brautigan, as well as Olson, Artaud, McClure and others. Fine. More
Morning Star Faith Thy Open Land Church.
[Occidental, CA]: Privately published by the author, 1971. 4to. Three unbound handbills printed on both sides. First edition. As the Haight-Ashbury started to become intolerable for some members of the community, many hippies started migrating to the rural area of Sonoma where Lou Gottlieb's Morningstar Ranch was located. One of..... More
This isn't Folly This is Me: The Letters of Jack Kerouac.
NY: Glenn Horowitz, [2001]. Softbound. First edition. Bookseller's catalog offering for sale Kerouac letters and manuscripts described by John McWhinnie. Price sheet laid in. Fine (a couple of tiny blemishes to covers). More
Believe, Believe.
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2020. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat Visions and the Counterculture. Beautifully printed letterpress by Lead Graffiti. As new. More
The Wild Spirit of Kicks (in memory of Jack Kerouac).
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2020. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat Visions and the Counterculture. Beautifully printed letterpress by Lead Graffiti. As new. More
Psychedelic Sex Rebellion.
[LA: Classic Publications, 1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Sensational short stories around the theme of sex and drugs including one about Helen who was addicted to sex and pot at 13, or Wendy, a hippie, whose psychedelic sex trips lasted for days. Fine and scarce thus... More
William Everson: A Collection of Books and Manuscripts.
Santa Barbara: Joseph the Provider Books, [1987]. Hardbound in paper-covered boards with cloth spine. First edition. Foreword by Ralph Sipper. Preface by William Everson. One of 100 hardbound copies (there were also 400 softbound). Landmark bookseller's catalog listing a wide range of works by Everson. Spine lettering on spine label..... More
Untitled lithograph utilizing Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios with images inside.
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a naked female torso, an..... More
Andre Breton: Arbiter of Surrealism.
Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1967. Softbound. First edition. Important study of Breton's life and work. Very near fine and unread. More
The Beat Generation/Someday You'll Be Sorry.
No place: MGM Records, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve featuring a small reproduction of the poster for this Beat exploitation film starring Mamie Van Doren (and in which Gregory Corso has a cameo). "The Wild World of the Beatniks!" Tiny remainder drill hole through sleeve and record label, else..... More
The Slightly Irregular Fire Engine: or The Hithering Thithering Djinn.
NY: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1971. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear to top of front panel and a 1-inch creased tear to top of back panel. A nice, crisp copy overall. More
Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999.
No place, no publisher, 1999. Exhibition catalog in tabloid format for this traveling show originally organized by the Walker Art Center. A huge sheet printed on both sides and folded three times. Features an interview with Ruscha, supplementary texts, illustrations of some of his works, and when completely unfolded it..... More
Halley's Comet Postage Stamps.
[England: Royal Mail, 1986]. A set of 4 postage stamps designed by Steadman to commemorate the 1986 appearance of Halley's Comet. Each features a different color illustration of the comet. As new. More
Folding invitation for an exhibition of works by artist Marcia Clay taking place at Brautigan's home along with a reading by Brautigan.
SF: Privately published, [1980]. Folding card with a photo of Marcia on the front and text inside (in part): "One evening of ten years 'Art by Marcia Clay' at the home of Richard Brautigan who will read (don't worry, briefly) six or seven poems of his last ten years." Enclosed..... More
History of Modern Art.
NJ & NY: Prentice-Hall & Abrams, [1977]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second edition, revised and expanded. Profusely illustrated in b&w and color throughout. Fine. More
Nicely printed card from Inferno Press announcing the publication of Brautigan's first book appearance in "Four New Poets".
[SF: Inferno Press, 1957]. "This collection from the work of four young poets, all under 25, presents an interesting contrast that is most refreshing after so much orthodoxy in current American poetry. Here are poets representing an articulate segment of a sometime-called silent generation" (the poet's names are listed below..... More
Change, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1963 (all published).
SF: Privately published, 1963. A one-shot mag from San Francisco edited by Brautigan and Ron Loewinsohn. Prints Brautigan's story "Coffee" as well as contributions by Duncan, Whalen, Kyger, et al. Cover photograph of a young, short-haired Brautigan with Loewinsohn. Crisp, very near fine. More
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era.
[London: Tate, 2007]. 4to. Softbound. Later printing, revised. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition. Bright, unread, very near fine. More
Menu from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a large sinister face to convey the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. The back cover prints a small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots. The menu includes such..... More