Memphis: Kimbrough Publishing 1959. 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. The first full-length beatnik dictionary solely devoted to beatnik, drug, and hipster lingo. Within a year of publication this book was pirated twice, first as "Beatnik Dictionary," and then a revised and expanded edition was issued under the title "Beat Talk." Illustrated..... More
n.p.: X-Ray Book & Novelty Co., 2022. 4to. Illustrated broadside. First edition. Limited to only 33 copies signed, dated and numbered by Panter. The broadside features multiple small drawings of cowboys, buffalos, covered wagons, cacti and skeletons, and various other archetypal images as seen in films about the old west..... More
[SF: Last Gasp, 1995]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Leary. A graphic novel, illustrated by Robert Williams and others. Inscribed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited of which there were 500 copies. Fine. More
[Germany & CA]: Hatje Cantz/Foggy Notion, [2011]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Brilliant photos by Brittin of the LA art scene in the '50s including Wallace Berman and his friends, early shots of the Venice scene, as well as photos from the '60s civil rights struggle, and more..... More
NY: Psychedelic Solution, 2003. A complete set, plus extras and variants, of invitations and announcements for the 23 exhibitions held at the Psychedelic Solution Gallery between 1986 and 1995. This is the third state of the packaging for these cards, in a red envelope with a b&w label printing a...... More
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 68 press numbered copies (of a total edition of 100). Handsomely printed on Rives paper..... More
[Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA]: Burton Weiss & James P. Musser, 1996. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition of this collection of previously unpublished stories and poems. Introduction by Burton Weiss. One of 26 press lettered copies (of a total edition of 100) with a bumper sticker laid..... More
Berkeley & Forest Knolls, CA: Burton Weiss & James Musser, 1999. Hardbound in marbled paper-covered boards and cloth spine. Correct first edition. Introduction by Brautigan's close friend, Keith Abbott. One of 65 press-numbered copies signed by Keith Abbott (of a total edition of 75). As new... More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a sinister, demented person acting as the doorman who personifies the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. A small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots is printed on the..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1979]. Warhol executed this work in black marker on a piece of his "Andy Warhol Studio" stationary with the 860 Broadway address along the bottom. This was Warhol's third "Factory" address where he worked from 1973 to 1984. The soup is labeled "Tomato Soup" and Warhol has signed boldly..... More
Kauai: Privately published by Timothy T. DeLaVega, 2013. String-tied pamphlet with printed paper cover label. First edition thus, a facsimile edition of the first book devoted to the sport of surfing. There is no documentation of how many copies of the original "The Surf Riders of Hawaii" were produced, or..... More
SF & NY: City Lights & Harper & Row, [1980]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Thin blemish to cover, tiny remainder stamp to bottom edge, else fine. More
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. The card prints (in white against a black background) the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on all their promotional material. Also prints the phone numbers and name of Rick Allmen who started the club in 1957. The Cafe Bizarre was one..... More
No place: no publisher, 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..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Among the images is one of Bob Dylan. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Support the Revolution, p. 172.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
Detroit: The Retort, 1964. Original broadside/mailer issued by The Retort, a small, folk music coffee house in Detroit. One side is largely devoted to promoting Dylan's appearance at the Masonic Scottish Rite Cathedral and it features two photos of Dylan including one of him smiling! Also advertises upcoming appearances by..... More
NY: W W Norton, 1993. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. The print run was 1500 copies. Signed by the author. As new. More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. More
[SF]: City Lights Books, [1971]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by Allen Ginsberg. Fine in slightly used dust jacket with a couple of small creased tears and a minute chip. More
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Minute, faint touch of wear to spine corners, else fine. More
London: NJG Studio, 2019. Folio. Long accordion-folded portfolio (almost 13 feet unfolded), enclosed in a handmade blood red slipcase, presenting for the first time 12 large-format images of Basquiat taken in 1984 at his studio at 57 Great Jones Street. Of the 12 large images 9 are b&w and 3..... More
NY: Twayne, [1967]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with some rubbing to back panel. More
New Orleans: House of Books 1994. Softbound. First edition. Limited to 250 copies. Nice Buk catalog featuring items from the collection of Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb including some terrific association copies. Spine and edges of front and back cover faded, a few catalog entries circled in ink, else very..... More
No place: Cab Calloway, 1944. Small pamphlet (measuring 4.5" x 2.75"). The sixth, and final, and most definitive, edition of this title originally published in 1938. Issued as a promotional item for the movie Sensations of 1945, in which Cab and his band appeared (an ad for the film appears..... More
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory..... More
