n.p.: Privately produced by the artist, 1962. Small framed etching that Berman found and gifted to Meltzer. Inscribed on the verso by Berman who has done a small drawing of Meltzer: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID From Wallace, Shirley & Tosh 1962." A charming artifact linking these two longtime best friends. The... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. This is one of only 6 signed numbered artist proofs. Berman has written in the bottom corner: "W Berman artists proof 3/6." Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph p. 86.) Couple of small pieces of archival tape to verso of top corners... More
LA: Wallace Berman, 1962. Features an original photo by Berman of his beloved hand-printing press on which he produced Semina (and that he can be seen with on the cover of Semina Culture). Beneath the photograph is a handwritten message to his friend and Semina contributor, poet and publisher William... More
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above. Fine with a few minute remnants of archival tape to verso from previous framing (4" x 3"). More
LA: Wallace Berman, 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo collage by Berman of a person playing an organ with a bird and flower superimposed. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above. Addressed in Berman's hand at the bottom---also stamped and postmarked. Fine with a few minute remnants... More
Berkeley and LA: University of California Press, 1968. Hardbound lacking the dust jacket. First edition of the author's first book and the first book in the Don Juan series. Fine. More
[Philadelphia]: Synapse Press, [1981]. Small 4to. First edition. Unbound folded sheets with purple/pink covers and interior pages printed in black, white, and shades of grey. Partially uncut and untrimmed this is the publisher's file copy of the book with a signed pencilled note by the publisher to the first page... More
London: Wallrich Books, 1975. Designed by Henri Chopin. Printed folder containing a glassine colophon sheet and three illustrated silk-screen prints, one each by Gysin, Aeschbacher, and Hughes. The Gysin print features a terrific roller grid pattern with two small photos, one a self-portrait, affixed within the grid. One of 100... More
LA: John Martin, 1967. Vibrant color lithograph showing nine variants of Berman's signature motif of a hand holding a transistor radio. The bottom features a nonsense text: "OPT. 82. BOOSTER BNG. ANGUINEA/Y..." One of 100 numbered copies signed by Berman. Printed in black and red against an orange background creating... More
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus... More
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base... 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
Enschede: Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit, 1968. Square 8vo. Catalog for this important early exhibition of Kusama's work at the Kunstzaal Enschedese Kunstenaarssocieteit. The back cover features a magenta photo of Kusama naked, with polka dots affixed to her body, posing on top of one of her textile works. Inside are photographs... More
SF: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First edition. Printed folder featuring childhood photos of Brautigan's daughter, Ianthe, with 8 seed packets printing a poem on each packet. One of the most charmingly conceived "books" of poetry very much redolent of the period when Brautigan handed out copies for free on the hippie-filled... More
NY: The Motherfuckers, 1968. 4to. "We Don't Give A Goddamn If Johnson Lives Or Dies. If Kennedy Is Or Isn't. We Have Nothing To Do With Them Or Their Politics Except As Objects To Be Destroyed. They Are Cowboys and Yankees. We Are Indians (And This Time We Win). Celebrate... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1966. The event was scheduled to take place at the Discovery Bookshop in San Francisco, but it never occurred due to Farina's death in a motorcycle crash in Big Sur after the first publication party for this book. Handsomely printed letterpress in black on orange, textured, deckle-edge... More
NY: Privately published, 1965. "Experimental Music & Dance & Theatre Works" by Andy Warhol, Dick Higgins, Al Hansen, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Christo, Wolf Vostell, Charlotte Moorman, Diter Rot, and others. Printed in black on white stock. An ephemeral item featuring a who's who of the NYC Fluxus scene... More
LA: Synaesthesia Press, [2009]. A "magazine" assembled and edited by Jim Camp as a tribute to Wallace Berman's Semina. Consists of a black envelope printed in silver containing various small broadsides, a found color transparency, photos, and a colophon sheet printing Berman's "Art is Love is God" quote. Limited to... More
[Sydney, Australia]: Calvert Publishing Co., [1972]. First edition of this Paperback Original, a rare hippie exploitation novel. Unusual because set in the milieu of the medical world rather than more overtly hippiesque environs. Cover illustration of a long-haired, bearded doctor in his white coat holding hands with his hippie girlfriend... More
North Hollywood: Essex House, [1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Few trivial rubbed spots, else fine and unread. More
NY: Softcover Library, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "She was high on beer, pot, wild partying and sex. But Cass rescued her from double disaster---by coming on wilder than she did." Pages very slightly toned, else fine. More
[LA: Echelon, 1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The study of movements, sex techniques, and erotic response experienced under the spell of Aphrodisiac grass and weeds." Pages and inside edges of covers toned, else very near fine. More
Venice: Temple of Man, n.d. Single sheet folded to make four pages with text printed on the inner pages only. Prints a substantive text that begins: "We are here together on this day, because you have asked me to sanctify your love into marriage in accordance with the traditions of..... More
[Basel: Kunsthalle], 1991. Narrow 4to. Softbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated in color. Fine. Due to the awkward format scarce in this condition. More
NY: Mokotoff Gallery, 1986. Exhibiting artists included Basquiat, Haring, Wojnarowicz, Borofsky, Baumgardner, Baechler, and many others. Stamped and addressed to artist Melissa Meyer. Scarce ephemera from this show very much reflective of the NYC avant-garde of the '80s. Fine (5.5" x 7.5"). More
