Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. Second 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
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory..... More
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and..... More
[SF]: Privately published, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a black-and-white picture from..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Scheduled to take place at the Glide Memorial Church the Invisible Circus was billed as "a 72-hour environmental community Happening" presented by the Diggers who wanted it to be the best party the Haight had seen. The Communication Company's gestetner machines were..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Correct first edition. This same text was also printed on yellow paper measuring 8.5" x 11" but this is a previously undiscovered earlier version done on larger white paper and without the Communication Company imprint. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "She had to eat it to produce me yet, when I told her I had a desire to eat it she said no. So I said, 'get fucked bitch,' and lived to eat..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "Shit why do you read this. Spoon fed dip shit who are we to tell you. Do you need to be Told. Sorry I only give you shit. You tell me stupid. Talk..... More
SF: No publisher, 1967. Psychedelic printing in red against a yellow background. Benefit concert for Painters Union Local No. 4. Fine (14" x 8.5"). More
No place: no publisher, no date [1960's]. We've never encountered one of these before during the 35 years we've been specializing in this kind of material. Some creasing and small tears to fragile paper, but iron-on lettering fine (10" x 11"). More
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... More
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International [1977]. First paperback edition. Atkins writes of her transformation from Manson Family murderer to born-again Christian. Pages and inside of covers toned, else near fine. More
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). More
LA: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. Large folio sheet folded to make four pages. Prints a long text by George Herms, a chronology of Berman exhibitions, a poem by Herman Hesse, and more. An important exhibition/retrospective that took place the year following his death. 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, 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
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
LA: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. Features George Herms' wonderful photo of Berman looking directly into the camera as he stands, wearing hippie garb, holding a rock painted with Hebrew lettering. Published on the occasion of the first major retrospective of Berman's work taking place about a year after his death..... More
Santa Monica: Rose Gallery, [2007]. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Features Berman's photographs of family, friends, and the bohemian scenes in Larkspur and Topanga in the '50s and '60s. Couple of pin-head-size nicks to boards, else fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at Cal State's Winnett Lounge as part of Brautigan's stay as Poet in Residence, 1967. Printed in black on orange stock. Very fine. More