The Queens' Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon.
[SF]: Straight Arrow, [1972]. Softbound. First edition. A classic of the genre. Some toning to the white spine lettering, else near fine. More about The Queens' Vernacular: A Gay Lexicon
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Homolexis: A Historical and Cultural Lexicon of Homosexuality.
[NY: The Scholarship Committee, 1985]. Softbound. First edition. Slight sunning to spine and white covers, else about fine and unread. More about Homolexis: A Historical and Cultural Lexicon of Homosexuality
Dictionary of Polish Obscenities.
n.p.: Privately published, 1978. Pamphet. First edition. This copy from the archive of Reinhold Aman, editor of Maledicta, and scholar on sex and hate speech. Some material from Aman laid in. Brown stain to corner of back cover that bleeds through to the last page, else fine. Scarce in the... More about Dictionary of Polish Obscenities
An Intelligent Woman's Guide to Dirty Words: Volume One of The Feminist English Dictionary.
Chicago: Loop Center YWCA, 1973. Softbound. First edition. Ownership signature of Reinhold Aman, editor of Maledicta, and scholar on sex and hate speech. Some material from Aman laid in. Some sunning to spine and edges of covers, else near fine. More about An Intelligent Woman's Guide to Dirty Words: Volume One of The Feminist English Dictionary
Free City News, No. 1.
SF: Privately published by the Diggers/Free City Collective, 1967. Legal-size sheets, bound with a metal clip, as issued. First edition. A collection of 12 broadsides (several printed on both sides) featuring psychedelic art, poetry, hippie philosophy, news from the street, and where to find free food and lodging. Printed by... More about Free City News, No. 1
Program book for a party and benefit auction billed as "an evening with Andy Warhol and Friends.''
Newport, RI: The Samaritans, 1981. Square 8vo. Stapled pamphlet with a dangling tassle on a string. The front cover prints a nice collage by Mahler Ryder utilizing images of Andy Warhol's face. The back cover reproduces one of Warhol's "Dance Diagrams" and Warhol has boldly signed above his illustration. The... More about Program book for a party and benefit auction billed as "an evening with Andy Warhol and...
Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 show at the Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris.
Paris: Galerie Daniel Templon, 1987. Text printed in black on slick white stock. Fine (4.25" x 6"). Scarce. More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 show at the Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris
Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 "Drawings" show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in NYC.
NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. The other side prints an announcement for a show by Simon Linke. Printed in white, gray, and brown on slick stock. Fine (ca. 8.5" x 6"). More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1987 "Drawings" show at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in NYC
Invitation card for Basquiat's 1984 show at the Boone/Bischofberger/Werner Gallery in NYC.
NY: Bruno Bischofberger/Mary Boone/Michael Werner Gallery, 1984. Nicely printed in green and black on textured beige stock. An early show for Basquiat. Fine (5" x 7"). More about Invitation card for Basquiat's 1984 show at the Boone/Bischofberger/Werner Gallery in NYC
Folding invitation for Basquiat's 1988 show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in NYC.
NY: Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, 1988. Invite for Basquiat's final exhibition featuring a b&w cover photo of Basquiat holding a copy of Kerouac's The Subterraneans. Fine (three small spots to back cover, a minor blemish from the printing process). A nicely designed announcement measuring 9" x 6" folded. More about Folding invitation for Basquiat's 1988 show at the Vrej Baghoomian Gallery in NYC
Program for Bob Dylan's historic "First New York Concert" at Carnegie Chapter Hall, Nov. 4, 1961.
NY: Izzy Young, 1961. Single sheet folded to make four pages. The cover features a photo of a young Dylan wearing a corduroy cap and playing harmonica. Prints biographical info, including some "embellishments" supplied by Dylan such as how he started "playing Carnivals at the age of fourteen." Includes extensive... More about Program for Bob Dylan's historic "First New York Concert" at Carnegie Chapter Hall,...
Picasso en Cataluna.
[Barcelona]: Ediciones Poligrafa, [1966]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Barely perceptible touch of yellowing to dust jacket, else fine with the original wrap-around band and housed in publisher's cardboard box. (Text in English, French, Spanish, and German.). More about Picasso en Cataluna
Homage to Richard Lindner.
[NY: Leon Amiel, 1980]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A special issue of the XX Siecle Review. Profusely illustrated throughout including two original lithographs by Lindner. Supplemenray texts by Werner Spies and others. Touch of yellowing to top edge of front and back blank pages, else very fine. More about Homage to Richard Lindner
Joan Miro.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, [1993]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout, many in color. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Very fine. More about Joan Miro
''Safe Conduct Pass'' to Hippie-Land.
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1967. Issued by the hippies in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." Handed out to straight people and tourists to provide them with "safe passage " through the hippie populated streets of the Haight-Ashbury and elsewhere. "Housewives...students...parents...athletes...doctors...squares...Indian chiefs...policemen...Have you heard of all those wild rumors..... More about ''Safe Conduct Pass'' to Hippie-Land
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 woman sitting in a.... More about Untitled lithograph utilizing Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios with...
Lost Contact.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1977]. Small 4to. Pamphlet, stitch bound. First edition. Of 250 numbered copies signed by Valenza. The colophon page is also signed by an unidentified person involved with the publication. Illustrated with charming woodblock prints. Printed on lovely handmade rice paper. Color photo of the author in... More about Lost Contact
Be-Bop Jazz: A Catalog.
NY: Dial Records, ca. 1948. 8vo. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Second edition. The front cover features the Wallace Berman illustration used on the cover of "Be-Bop Jazz," a set of 78 rpm records issued by Dial in 1948. A terrific illustration by Berman and his first published... More about Be-Bop Jazz: A Catalog
Handbill announcing two momentous events in the history of the Lower East Side counterculture of the '60s---the opening night party for Ed Sanders' legendary Peace Eye Bookstore and the world debut of The Fugs.
NY: Fuck You Press, 1965. 4to. "THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE FUGS! an unbelievable group of singers featuring Tuli Kupferberg on farto-phone, Brillo Box, finger symbols, & various percussion instruments; Ed Sanders on organ, sex-organ, & harmonica...dirty folk spews, rock & roll, poetry, Amphetamine operas and other freak beams..." The... More about Handbill announcing two momentous events in the history of the Lower East Side counterculture of...
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 nebula swirling in outer... More about Untitled lithograph utilizing Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios with...
Wallace Berman: Retrospective.
[LA: Fellows of Contemporary Art, 1978]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Foreword by Hal Glicksman. Essays by Robert Duncan and David Meltzer. Profusely illustrated throughout. Issued to coincide with an important exhibition---Berman's first major retrospective. Thin abrasion to bottom of front cover, barely perceptible yellowing to top edge of first few... More about Wallace Berman: Retrospective
Mimeo postcard announcing Kerouac's first and only nightclub performace, a 1957 reading at the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village.
NY: Village Vanguard, 1957. The card, mimeographed from typescript, reads (in part): "The voice of the 'Beat Generation' ---Jack Kerouac---will step off the road momentarily for a stop at the Village Vanguard beginning Thurs. Dec. 19th for his first nightclub appearance ever. Author of 'On the Road' which has been... More about Mimeo postcard announcing Kerouac's first and only nightclub performace, a 1957 reading at the...
Welcome to the Water Planet and House of Fire 1988-1989.
[Mt. Kisco, NY: Tyler Graphics, 1989]. Large 4to. Softbound. First edition. Essay by Judith Goldman. Profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition. As new. More about Welcome to the Water Planet and House of Fire 1988-1989
Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive.
NY: Privately published by Dan Burley, 1944. Softbound (only issued softbound). Second printing. Illustrations, including the terrific zoot-suit-wearing hepcat cover illustration, by Melvin Tapley. Inscribed by Burley: "To a real hepcat / on the other side / of the big drink / Paul Graae--- / Dan Burley / '48 /... More about Dan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive
Going East: Two Decades of Asian Photography.
France: Marval, 1992. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Terrific photographs Pam took on his travels through Asia in the '60s and '70s. (Bilingual French/English text.) Very fine. More about Going East: Two Decades of Asian Photography
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