Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 2011. Nicely designed catalog and 38 unbound plates (some in color) reproducing works by these artists enclosed in a cardboard box with printed label. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition exploring the work of these two influential Southern California artists. As..... More
n.p.: Columbia Records, 1970. A quarto page neatly excised from Billboard magazine. The advertisement utilizes a disturbing still from D.W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation." At the bottom the anonymous artist placed 5 handheld transistor radios identical to Berman's and in each he put a photo of one..... More
Berkeley: Privately published, 1979. Features an illustration of one of his verifaxes. Two words underlined in red ink on verso, imperceptible pin hole to two corners, else fine. More
Topanga: Privately published by Wallace Berman, ca. 1965. Features a small photo collage by Berman of a runner crossing the finish line with his hands raised in victory (same image that appeared on the cover of Caterpillar magazine). Above is printed: "Exhibition Sunday Feb. 26 2-5 pm 1440 N. Topanga..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, 1967. A piece of thick card stock printed in brownish red by Berman with his characteristic message: "Love / 1967 / Topanga / Bermans." Fine (ca. 2.75" x 4"). More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background probably a rain-blurred window. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above in red ink. Barely perceptible toning to one corner, else fine (4"..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is a small double exposed photo with the primary image being the head and torso of a Greek statue. Printed below in red ink is "love from the Bermans." Partial cancellation stamp from the post office and faint..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is Berman's self-portrait photograph of him and his son, Tosh holding their hands in the air as if playing "cowboys and indians" in a dilapidated corner of Berman's Semina Gallery in Larkspur. The same photo appears on the..... More
Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. The front of the card features a lovely, soulful close-up self-portrait of Berman's face looking directly into the camera. The photo has intentionally been torn with irregular edges and affixed to the card. The back of the card is stamped and hand-addressed by Berman in..... More
LA: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. The front cover reproduces a verifax by Berman of a portable TV with an image of a naked woman on the screen. The cover is split down the middle and opens to make a triptych with a Richard Prince photo inside. Fine (5.5" x 17"..... More
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1970. Features a silver gelatin photograph of a rock painted with Hebrew letters. Underneath is printed in red ink: "Love Berman Topanga." Addressed by Berman and sent through the mail to friends in Beverly Hills. Small, light spot of toning to bottom edge..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
Niagara Falls: press today, 1966. Mimeographed sheets of various colored stock stapled at the top. One of the more audacious mags from the Mimeo Revolution not offered for sale and distributed privately. Doug Blazek, Walter Lowenfels, Steve Richmond, Carl Larsen, and Russell Salamon are among the contributors. "Part four of..... More
SF: Open Skull Press, 1967. A literary magazine published by poet Doug Blazek. Prints letters from Al Purdy to Bukowski, and letters to Blazek from William Wantling, T.L. Kryss, Harold Norse, et al. Illustrated with ink pressings by Blazek. Several tiny specks to cover, else very good plus... More
LA: Kohn Gallery, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Terrific book on Berman profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This..... More
[SF]: Privately published, 1967. 4to. Richard Brautigan, Gary Snyder, Lenore Kandel, and Lew Welch are among those scheduled to read in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" in support of the Diggers who were instrumental in feeding and informing the influx of hippies to the Haight-Ashbury. Text and design..... More
SF: Privately published, 1960. 4to. An exceptionally early piece of Brautigan ephemera. This 1960 reading (where Brautigan received second billing) is the second earliest reading by him that we've ever seen an announcement for. Printed in black on white stock. A fine copy of a scarce, very early handbill... More
[Germany & CA]: Hatje Cantz/Foggy Notion, [2011]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Brilliant photos by Brittin of the LA art scene in the '50s including Wallace Berman and his friends, early shots of the Venice scene, as well as photos from the '60s civil rights struggle, and more..... More
[Hollywood: Living Color Productions/Jack Stevenson, 1982]. The "Special Family Issue" of this periodical from the publisher who issued Pandemonium. Features an interview with John Waters, five poems by Charles Bukowski, a photo essay on "The Future That Never Came," and more. Very near fine. More
[Gottingen: Expanded Media Editions, 1973]. Softbound. First edition thus. Fine. (Bilingual English/German text.). More
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in N.Y.C. in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is in the process of taking a puff on his cigarette. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, stoned, classic Burroughsian look. A shot that epitomizes..... More
NY: High Risk, [1995]. Softbound. "Advance uncorrected proof" in printed glossy wraps. Fine. More
[NY: Viking, 1989]. Softbound. Uncorrected proofs. Few faint specks of foxing, else very near fine. More
[London]: Picador, [1995]. Softbound. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Features Charles Burn's excellent illustration of Burroughs on the front cover. Very fine. More
