Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1991. Hardbound in cloth-covered illustrated boards. First edition. The ultimate reference from the preeminent Mail Art scholar. One corner gently tapped, else fine (few microscopic specks to edges of text block). More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2000. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated catalog showing the best of the University of Delaware's amazing Paul Bowles holdings. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Fine. More
Santa Barbara: Bradford Morrow, [1980]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by John Payne. Photo-illustrated catalog of rare Steinbeck material offered for sale. Fine. The hardbound edition is scarce (only 250 copies). More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Fine. More
Wilkes-Barre: Sordoni Art Gallery, 1999. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Essays by Hank O'Neal and Stanley Grand. Profusely illustrated in color. Bacon was among the preeminent designers of dust jackets with the one for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest among his many credits. Published on the occasion of an..... More
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, [1990]. Large 4to. Softbound. Later printing. Excellent psychedelic, metaphysical, fantasy art. Fine (minute nick to spine). More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. As new. More
[NY]: Aperture, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A terrific, comprehensive survey of Hido's work profusely illustrated throughout. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. More
[Covina, CA: Collectors Publications, 1967]. First American edition, a Paperback Original. An erotic novel originally published by the Olympia Press exploring both the underground and high society scenes in Paris in the '60s---including drug themes. Corner chip to one page not affecting text, tiny sliver from bottom edge of front..... More
[Toronto]: McClelland & Stewart, [1997]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First Canadian edition (the correct first edition). As new. More
NY: Interview, 1972. The "Gala Christmas Issue" featuring a cover photo of Warhol in a tassled Santa cap taking a Polaroid. Bold and beautifully signed in brown marker by Warhol along the edge above his photo making a nice presentation. Contents include a color Diana Ross centerfold photo-collage, Bette Davis..... More
SF: City Lights, 1956. 18mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Number 4 in the Pocket Poets Series. The first major work to define the Beat ethos. Some sunning to spine that overlaps a bit onto the edge of the wrap-around cover label, else very good plus... More
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2001]. Tall folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition of Hido's first book. Signed by Hido. Lonely, atmospheric photos of suburbia at night. Fine. More
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2002]. Tall folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Hido. Hido's second book. Bleak, but beautiful photos of suburbia at night. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of soft, barely perceptible gentle creases to the jacket due to being too tightly shrink-wrapped by the publisher..... More
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1976. Hardbound in full decorated cloth with printed spine label. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed (in pencil) by Alastair Johnston to Bob Hawley publisher of Oyez Press: "the alleged book lovingly inscribed to Bob Hawley, yr servant, the author, Alastair Johnston." The following items are laid in..... More
NY: Abbeville Press, 1995. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Prologue by Allen Ginsberg. Excellent book documenting the Beat influence on the art, music, fashion, and popular culture of the '50s and '60s. Issued to coincide with the 1995 landmark exhibition at the Whitney Museum. It traces the Beat..... More
n.p.: Kreiss, ca. 1960. Bearded, hirsute, beret-wearing, standing male beatnik with a cigarette dangling from his lips while he carries a book under his arm. One foot cracked and imperceptibly repaired, else about fine. The large-size Kreiss beatnik statues are scarce. More
NY: Ticknor & Fields, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. As new. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1991]. Ownership signature, else fine in dust jacket with some slight fading to spine and edge of front panel. More
[London]: SAF Publishing, [2002]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of the more interesting '60s counterculture memoirs. Illustrated with photographs. Guthrie recounts his international adventures and drug-taking escapades in the hip scenes of LA, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Tangier, and elsewhere. Along the way he encountered Allen Ginsberg, Richie..... More
[Chicago]: Chicago Review Press, [2006]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine. More
Salem, OR: Privately published by the author, 1983. Softbound. First edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies signed by Barker with an original initialed linoleum cut frontispiece portrait of Bukowski by Barker. Spine slightly faded, else near fine. More
