Poster announcing a performance of poetry and music by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye in Central Park, 1995.
n.p.:n.p., [1995]. Features a photo of Patti and a quote from "Paths that Cross." Printed in purple and green. Fine (22" x 14"). More
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Paths That Cross.
n.p.: SOOJ, 2005. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with two images by artist Path Soong. One of only 30 numbered copies signed by Patti Smith and Path Soong, the entire signed edition (there were also 200 unsigned copies). Handsomely printed on Arches. The small signed edition was over-subscribed..... More
Poster announcing "An Evening of Poetry and Music in Memory of Todd Pollard Smith.''
n.p.:n.p., [1995]. The performance took place at the Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia, 1995. Features a color photo of Patti on stage and a quote from "Paths that Cross." Fine (20" x 16"). More
Psalm 23 Revisited.
Woodstock, NY: Hanuman Books, 1995. Broadside poem. First printing. Handsomely printed by Leslie Miller of the Grenfell Press. A poem written for William Burroughs, illustrated with Burroughs' self portrait. Fine. More
The Gary Snyder Reader.
Washington, DC: Counterpoint, [1999]. Thick 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Snyder. As new. More
No Nature: New and Selected Poems.
NY: Pantheon, [1992]. Softbound. First edition. Briefly inscribed by the author. Corner crease to front cover, else fine. More
Tree Song.
SF: James Linden, 1986. Broadside poem. First printing. The broadside is accompanied by an original, signed photograph by Michael Mundy titled: "Dogwood, Forest-Yosemite." Both the broadside and the photograph are enclosed in a printed folder and archival envelope. Designed and printed by Peter Koch on Arches Cover paper. This is..... More
Here Come the Hippies.
North Hollywood: Brandon House, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A novel about the hippie scene on Sunset Strip and the "Teenie Boppers, Brinkniks, and Hippies who were currently flooding the Strip and converting it to their own shocking psychedelic pattern." Nice wraparound cover art depicting the various counterculture..... More
Bradford Morrow Bookseller Catalogue Eight: John Steinbeck A Collection of Books & Manuscripts Formed by Harry Valentine of Pacific Grove, California.
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
Beatnik Ball.
[Van Nuys]: Pike, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The strange sex life of the sick generation is shockingly displayed." Cover photo of a beatnik seductress dancing to bongos. Small indentation to front cover, spine leans very slightly, very good plus or better. A classic of the genre... More
Down and In: Life in the Underground.
NY: Beech Tree/William Morrow, [1987]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. The author traces the development of the bohemian tradition from the early scene in Greenwich Village through the Beats, hippies, and Punks. Illustrated with photographs. Minor tap to one corner, else fine in about fine spine faded dust jacket..... More
Sunshine in the Trees.
[SF]: Cranium Press, n.d. 4to. Broadside poem, illustrated. First edition. Printed letterpress by Clifford Burke in black on brown stock. Published as "A Cranium Free Poem." Fine. More
"A bird is flying...".
No place: no publisher, no date. Untitled broadside poem, illustrated. First edition. Printed in black on orange stock. Fine. More
Peril: The All Men's Magazine, January, 1960.
Baldwin, NY: Jeflin Pub, 1960. Exploitation mag featuring the cover story: "Will the Beatniks Ruin America?" Several pages of photos of Beatniks in Greenwich Village (including one of the Miss Beatnik contest winner), London, and San Francisco. Rubber stamp to front cover, some wear to spine with 1-inch tear to..... More
Pose!, June, 1960.
NY: Cape Magazine Management Corp., 1960. Exploitation mag featuring the cover story: "I Lived in California's Beatnik Paradise." Includes several pages of photographs of the Venice West Beatnik scene including one of Eric "Big Daddy" Nord (founder of the legendary Gas House). Very near fine. More
Showcase, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1964.
North Hollywood: American Art Agency, 1964. A "men's magazine" featuring the cover story: "Greenwich Village Party Time" about the Beatniks in Greenwich Village. Includes several pages of staged and wonderfully ridiculous photos of a Beatnik party with shade-wearing, guitar-strumming, wine-drinking, beatniks with candles in wine bottles and modern art on..... More
Yak Yak, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1961.
[NY: Dell Publishing, 1961]. A comic book featuring a cover illustration of beatniks in a dingy basement playing bongos, smoking pipes, drinking coffee, and lounging decadently. In their midst one of them is giving a speech: "Oh wad some power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see..... More
Folding invitation/ticket order form for the 1917 bohemian Bal Primitif featuring a cover illustration by Clara Tice.
[NY]: Privately published, 1917. Narrow 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Gold leaf-covered paper covers features an illustration by Tice of a naked Eve holding a fig leaf, with the words "Bal Primitif Oct. 12" on the fig leaf. Inside is printed the info for the event that..... More
Folding announcement for a showing of the exploitation film "The Beatniks".
No place: Privately published, 1960. A single octavo sheet folded to make four pages. Advertises a screening of the 1960 film "The Beatniks" at the Echo Drive-In in New Iberia, Louisiana, a noted hotbed of beatnik activity. A terrific item---the front cover features a dynamic illustration of a shade-wearing, bearded..... More
Color lobby card from the 1959 Beat exploitation film, The Beat Generation starring Maime Van Doren.
n.p.:n.p., [1959]. Shows a scene from the film with beatniks playing bongos and guitars in a Beat coffee house. Fine (slight ripple to bottom). More
Bruce Weber.
[n.p.: Treville Co., 1991]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Fahey/Klein Gallery in LA. Profusely illustrated. Prints Burroughs essay "Eternal Farewells!" Fine. More
Like Young.
NY: Robbins Music Corp., 1958. Single quarto sheet folded to make four pages, with another sheet laid in loose. Sheet music printing the music and lyrics for this beatnik love song recorded by Ann Henry that utilizes beatnik slang and even includes a reference to reading Kerouac. The cover features..... More
Getting Bald.
SF: Cranium Press, ca. 1970. A postcard printing this poem by Welch. First edition. Fine. Scarce. More
Graffiti.
No place: Privately published by the author, 1965. Large 4to. Broadside reproducing the holograph manuscript of this musical score with words and music by Lew Welch for voice, bass, and drums. Printed in black on thin brown stock. A humorous song exhorting people to write graffiti: "Graffitti of the world..... More
Sausalito Trash Prayer.
[Berkeley: Cranium Press, 1969]. Small poetry card printing this poem. First edition. Illustrated. Very fine. More