[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of the danger of looking for leaders. The Communication Company and the Diggers were very influential in the Haight-Ashbury scene while often being critical of it. Three-hole-punch to left edge as issued, else very..... More
[South Hadley]: Norah Warbeke Gallery / Mt. Holyoke College, 1975. Softbound. First edition. Essays by Merrril Greene and others. Numerous illustrations throughout. Cover photograph of Jay DeFeo by Wallace Berman. Catalog for an important exhibition of works by Wallace Berman, George Herms, Bruce Conner, Robert LaVigne, Joan Brown, Jess, Fred..... More
[Hollywood: MGM, 1959]. Features a huge, beret-wearing, bearded beatnik face, next to which is scantilly-clad Mamie Van Doren. In bold, jazzy letters: "THE BEAT GENERATION." At the top, an illustration of Louis Armstrong playing in a Beat jazz club. "Behind The Weird 'Way-Out' World of the BEATNIKS!" An unusually nice..... More
Middletown, CA: Harbinger, 1968. After the demise of the San Francisco Oracle, several of the original Oracle staff moved to rural California, started a commune, and published this one issue of Harbinger. Produced in the multicolored, psychedelic style of the original San Francisco Oracle, it's filled with psychedelic art, and..... More
[Berlin: Pogo Books, 2018]. Four separate pamphlets bound together. First edition. Essay by Alexa Hunter. Features Carrithers photographs (many in color) of the people who frequented Club 57, one of the most popular clubs in the East Village and party headquarters for the '80s downtown art scene. Photos include familiar..... More
NY: Ballantine, [1967]. First paperback edition. A love story about a Mod couple in the swinging London of the '60s. Some rubbing to covers, very good. More
Toledo, OH: Leister Game Co., 1959. Cardboard box printed with charming drawings of bearded, beret-wearing beatniks spouting beatnik phrases. The box contains 24 pieces of illustrated stationery in different shapes, 6 each in square, circle, trapezoid and rectangular format, plus 12 envelopes with a Beat jazz combo in the corner..... More
NY: Zwirner & Wirth, 2005. Square 8vo. Features Warhol's "Twelve Jackies" on the front. The show also included works by Lichtenstein, Polke, Richter, Oldenburg, et al. As new. More
NY: International Print Center, 2007. Features Warhol's "Kimiko" on the front. The show also included works by Lichtenstein and Oldenburg. As new. More
NY: Gemini G.E.L., 2008. 8vo. A single, multi-folded sheet of cardstock printed on both sides with a photo of Rauschenberg and reproductions of his work. An exhibition in memory of Rauschenberg who died just a few months before. Included is a card for the same event featuring a photo of..... More
London: Mitre Press, 1976. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Posthumously published account of the author's experiments with LSD. Some induced "ineffable visions" and "unforgettable insights" while others led to psychosis. The author's adventures included a stint in prison, addiction to heroin including a trip to Kabul where he ran..... More
Japan: No publisher, no date. The cards are nicely printed and enclosed in a printed (in Japanese) envelope. Fine. More
NY: Lancer Books, 1964. First edition of this Paperback Original. Early book to document The Beatles' invasion with photos and text. Some faint spots of foxing to back cover, pages slightly toned, solid very good plus. More
NY: Popular Library, [1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Includes a photo insert. Fun trivia (more than 400 questions and games) covering the '50s and '60s music scene. Near fine (inside of covers and pages slightly toned). More
NY: Simon and Schuster, [1971]. First paperback edition. The "most up-to-date, comprehensive guide available to the language of a whole new American subculture." Landy was a clinical psychologist who controversially treated Beach Boy, Brian Wilson and started to inappropriately take control of Brian's music business affairs until he was ultimately..... More
NY: Award Books, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The astonishing benefits available through the proper use of LSD..." Preface by Humphry Osmond. Introduction by Duncan Blewett. Afterword by Stanley Krippner. Very good or better. More
NY: Signet, [1961]. First paperback printing. "In glorious technicolor a side-splitting look at the wacky, way-out inhabitants of Southern California. Spin leans just perceptibly, else near fine. More
NY: Bantam, [1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A profile of the Baby Boomers and the "generation gap." Reprints articles and interviews culled from various sources profusely illustrated with photographs and unusual graphics. Inconspicuous owner's name inside front cover, else very good plus to near fine... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, [1969]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Very fine, basically as new. More
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A novelization of the exploitation film about the wild college scene by Albert Zugsmith. Spine leans slightly (though unread), else very good plus to near fine. More
Agoura, CA: Pad Library, 1967. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The 'Wild Sex Orgies of the Kooks' is the term usually applied to the Hippie 'Love-Ins,' 'Freak-Outs,' etcetera. The new generation means to follow their moods or whims...and to Hell with society's opinions. Is this SEXUAL DEVIATIONS or the..... More
NY: Grove, [1961]. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. Kerouac's "ad-libbed" text for Robert Frank's beat film Pull My Daisy. Illustrated with stills from the movie. Bright, near fine copy with a touch of barely perceptible fading to the colored spine lettering. More
[Garner Valley, CA]: The Botherhood of Eternal Love, ca. 1968. The card, in the shape of a butterfly, has the top of the butterfly's wings printed against a pink and purple background, the bottom of the wings feature stars in a nighttime sky. There is a hole punched through the..... More
[Portland]: Nazraeli, [2013]. 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with color photographic plates affixed to the front and back covers. First edition. Signed by Hido. Features many color plates, including some fold-outs, printed on lovely Japanese matte art paper. Evocative and poignant photos documenting the Midwestern suburban surroundings that Hido came..... More
NY: Van de Weghe Fine Art, 2008. Printed on thick cardstock in black against red on one side and red against black on the other. Fine (7.5" x 10.75"). More
