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
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...
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...
[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
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...
England: The British Journal of Addiction, 1957. 8vo. Offprint of Burroughs' first periodical appearance, and his first appearance under his own name, in the January 1957 issue of The British Journal of Addiction. First separate printing of this long statement by Burroughs on his experiments with various drugs and different... More about Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs
[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
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
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
[Geneva]: Skira, [1967]. Large 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout including many tipped-in plates. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with minor wear and a couple of 1-inch tears to top of spine. More about Treasures of Spain: From Altamira to the Catholic Kings
Tokyo: Kodansha, [1967]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More about The Arts of Japan: Late Medieval to Modern Vol. 2
NY: Skira/Rizzoli, [1976]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout with tipped-in color plates. One corner bumped, else fine in dust jacket with the original wrap-around band. More about Dutch Painting
NY: Privately published, 1989. The front of the card features the classic photograph of a bare-chested Smith holding a curved dagger, beneath which is printed: "Jack Smith / November 14, 1932---September 18, 1989 / Legendary Filmmaker, Theatrical Genius / and Exotic Art Consultant." The back of the card states: "Exotic... More about Announcement card for Jack Smith's memorial service
NY: Abrams, [1980]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with an illustrated plate affixed to the cover, issued in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Very fine. More about Art of the Ancient Near East
NY: Abrams [ca. 1971]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More about 17th and 18th Century Art: Baroque Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
NY: Abrams, [1977]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards with an illustrated plate affixed to the front cover, issued in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with a small, hairline scratch (that doesn't break the surface) to front panel. More about The Art of India
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine. More about History of Italian Renaissance Art
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, [1968]. Small 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine in dust jacket with barely perceptible yellowing to spine. Housed in publisher's cardstock slipcase (title written in ink on bottom edge of slipcase). More about German Art in the 20th Century
[SF: X-Ray Book & Novelty Co., 2010]. Oblong 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Designed and printed by Johnny Brewton under the pseudonym "Skillet Marimba." Prints Gonzales' Christmas story originally recorded in 1954, along with a glossary of slang terms from Bab's be-bop dictionary. Limited to 100 copies. This out of series... More about The Be-Bop Santa Claus
NY: Privately published by Slim Brundage, 1960. 4to. This handbill was the inspiration of Slim Brundage, hobo, Wobbly, writer, and proprietor of the Village coffee house College of Complexes where this convention took place to nominate a Beat candidate for the 1960 election. "Cool delegates wanted to nominate a Beat... More about Handbill issued by Beats in Greenwich Village announcing: ''BEAT CONVENTION CALL.''
NY: Brunswick, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve with a photo of a mummy (a still from the film of the same name that inspired this record). In 1959 McKuen (who wrote the words and music) and McFadden had a novelty hit with the song The Mummy that includes some... More about The Mummy
Providence, RI: Model(?)Art Co., 1958. Beat-era marijuana spoof item: "Marri-Warner Tobacco Co. Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes A Blend of Selected Leaves and Processed Poppy." Also states: "The Smoke That Sends You" and "Fly High With Old Reefer." This brand "sold only to undiscriminating smokers" promises to give you "happy dream... More about Spoof matchbook cover advertising ''Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes.''
NY: Abrams, [1983]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First revised edition, originally published by Abrams in 1964 as Pablo Picasso. Illustrated throughout, mostly in color. Fine. More about Picasso
NY: Viking, [1969]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout, many in color. Fine in dust jacket with some yellowing to spine, flaps, and top of back panel. More about Vincent Van Gogh
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Arguably Berman's most interesting poster design utilizing various photographs culled from newspapers and magazines to create a dynamic collage effect (Support the Revolution, p. 170.). Old creases where folded as issued, paper slightly toned, the toning a bit accentuated at the center fold, but an exceptionally... More about Offset poster designed by Berman for the 2nd Los Angeles Filmmakers Festival