SF: San Francisco Examiner, 1985. The poster proclaims: "Hinckle Free at Last Only in the Examiner" and reproduces a drawing by Crumb showing Hinckle and his hound dog being dragged away by three burly police officers. Printed in black and red on white card stock. Fine (14" x 21"). More about Poster featuring an illustration by R. Crumb promoting Warren Hinckle's column in the San...
SF: San Francisco Examiner, 1985. The poster proclaims: "Hinckle Free at Last Only in the Examiner" and reproduces a drawing by Crumb showing Hinckle and his hound dog being dragged away by three burly police officers. Presentation copy inscribed by Crumb to his publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press... More about Poster featuring an illustration by R. Crumb promoting Warren Hinckle's column in the San...
[San Diego]: Companion, [1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original about LSD-fueled swingers. "She crouched on her hands and knees; the sensations she was feeling from the drugs were overwhelming. She felt as if she had four or five minds." Cover illustration of tripping wife swappers by Ed Smith. One... More about Trip 'N' Trade
n.p.: Ten Speed Press, [1971]. Oblong 16mo. Softbound. Second printing. Cartoons and text about dopers and drugs. Tiny remainder line to bottom edge, else fine. More about Dr. Natural's High Toy Guide
n.p.:n.p., [1968]. A slick-format counterculture magazine from London edited by Ian Duncan. Prints excerpts from the 1967 Dialectics Conference, "Fisheye Nudes" photographs, drawings, psychedelia, articles on exorcism, mandalas, and more. Couple of minuscule chips to fore-edge of cover and first couple of pages, else fine. More about Image, Spring 1968
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Chicago's premiere underground paper. Articles on the Bank of America bombing, the Black Panthers, Gay Liberation, drugs, and various counterculture subjects. Also features Ron Cobb cartoons, prints Jerry Farber's "The Student as Nigger," and more. Covers and some pages printed in color. Fine (short tear to edge of..... More about The Seed, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1969
SF: Last Gasp, 2007. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of 40 numbered copies signed by Felver with an original signed and numbered print of the cover photograph of William Burroughs. Nice collection of Felver's photographs of the Beats and counterculture heroes from the sixties. As new. More about Beats
SF: Privately published, 1972. Single sheet with an interesting graphic design utilizing images of Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Timothy Leary, and Allen Ginsberg. The Cockettes were an LSD-inspired, gay liberation theatrical group of hippie drag-queens founded by Hibiscus, whose real name was George Harris. After a philosophical dispute with The... More about Handbill announcing "Earthquake" performed by Hibiscus and The Angels of Light
SF: Privately published, 1971. 4to. Single sheet illustrated with a line drawing of the Tinsel Tarts. The Cockettes were a group of LSD-inspired, hippie drag-queens, and some women, from the Haight-Ashbury. They brought their unconventional lifestyle to the stage in the form of song-filled, high-camp theatrical productions utilizing outrageous costumes... More about Handbill announcing The Cockettes' performance of ''Tinsel Tarts in a Hot Coma'' at the Palace...
NY: Grove Press, 1971. 4to. Single sheet illustrated with a still from the film. The Cockettes were an LSD-inspired, gay liberation theatrical group of hippie drag-queens, and some women, from the Haight-Ashbury counterculture. They brought their unconventional lifestyle to the stage in the form of various song-filled theatrical productions utilizing... More about Handbill issued by Grove Press announcing the availability of The Cockettes' film Tricia's...
[SF: Last Gasp, 1971]. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Drawings by John Flowers. Photographs by Clay Geerdes. Outrageous photographs of The Cockettes, a notorious LSD-inspired, hippie drag-queen theatrical group from San Francisco whose members also included women. These photos were intended to be cut out and made into paper dolls that... More about The Official Cockettes Paper Doll Book
SF: Privately published, 1972. The film was directed by Gregory Pickup and shot in a SF loft converted to a performance space and sound stage. The star, Hibiscus (a.k.a. George Harris), was the leader of The Angels of Light, a group he formed after leaving his previous group, The Cockettes..... More about Poster announcing a screening of Pickup's Tricks, a film starring Hibiscus, The Angels of Light,...
SF: Privately published, 1972. The Cockettes were a group of LSD-inspired, hippie drag-queens, and some women, from San Francisco. They brought their lifestyle to the stage in the form of various song-filled theatrical productions utilizing outrageous costumes, or the lack thereof. Their provocatively decadent behavior brought them a cult following... More about Poster for The Cockettes performance of ''Journey to the Center of Uranus.''
n.p.: Privately published by the author, ca. 1970. 4to. Original xerox sheets stapled at the corner, as issued. First edition, first issue (without the additional note to front cover). Limited to 300 copies. Fine. Scarce. More about Documents on Police Bureaucracy's Conspiracy Against Human Rights of Opiate Addicts &...
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Thick 4to. Softbound (no hardbound issued). First printing. An exhaustive compendium of virtually everything relating to the cultural change of the '60s. Interesting graphics, photos, collage art, and reprinted texts are used to chronicle the people, movements, and events of the decade. White covers slightly... More about The Movement Toward a New America: The Beginnings of a Long Revolution
NY: Link Books, [1974]. Narrow 4to. Softbound. First edition. Foreword by Ken Kesey. Cover art by Rick Griffin. Boldly inscribed by Wavy: "Good luck always Wavy Gravy Hugh Romney vice versa." Wavy has also done a drawing of the Hopi symbol for emergence. Wavy recounts his escapades during the sixties... More about The Hog Farm and Friends
Amsterdam: Joy Publications, 1969-1974. Tabloid format, early issues on newsprint, later issues on coated stock. Suck was founded in Amsterdam in 1969 by Bill Levy, Germaine Greer, Heathcote Williams and others. It was among the most important underground newspapers of the period, not only because of its enlightened stance on... More about Suck: First European Sexpaper, Nos. 1 through 8 (all published
SF: Intersection, 1968. Oblong 16mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog of events for this festival of underground art which took place at various venues in San Francisco, 1968. Essays by Ralph Gleason, James Broughton, David Meltzer, Robert Duncan, and others, trace the development of the poetry, jazz, and painting of the... More about Rolling Renaissance: San Francisco Underground Art in Celebration 1945-1968
n.p.:n.p., [1999]. A local newspaper from Maui featuring a full-cover color illustration by Rick Griffin of an eyeball riding a surfboard. Very fine. More about Maui Time, July 19, 1999
SF: Communication Company, 1967. 4to. Broadside. First edition. A text humorously comparing Teenybopper the "Newborn King" to the saga of Jesus. "In Bethlehem, in the Haight-Ashbury, Hidden in Egypt, hidden in Crete, in a cave on Mount Ida, living on necter..." At the bottom this text is attributed to "George... More about ''Teenybopper is Our Newborn King...''
SF: Privately published by the Diggers/Free City Collective, 1967. Legal-size sheets, bound with a metal clip, as issued. First edition. A collection of 12 broadsides (several printed on both sides) featuring psychedelic art, poetry, hippie philosophy, news from the street, and where to find free food and lodging. Printed by... More about Free City News, No. 1
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. Tabloid, folded as issued. The "Pop Festival Souvenier Issue" largely devoted to the Monterey Pop Festival. Features photos of Hendrix and others, an interview with Brian Jones, an article by Eric Burdon about the festival, Paul McCartney talks about LSD, and more. Fine (couple of tiny nicks to..... More about WCFL Beat, July 15, 1967
Amarillo, TX: Baxter Lane Co., 1969. An anti-hippie flyer listing the requirements for membership in the Belligerent Student and Happy Hippie Society including: being "obligated to demonstrate conformity by: indulgin' in like free and prosmiscuous love; blowin' the 'mind' with drugs, spongin' meals off the squares; stealin'; demonstratin'; screaming 'Pigs!'... More about The Belligerent Student & Happy Hippie Society International Membership Certificate
SF: Bo-Tree Productions, 1972. Gay, male hippies strategically posed so there's very little frontal nudity. One card missing. Fine. More about A deck of Gay hippie playing cards
n.p.:n.p., [1970]. Kitsilano: Privately published, ca. 1970. 4to. Suggests The Psychedelic Shop, Phase 4 Coffee House, Horizon Book Store, and several other places as shopping destinations for arts, crafts, and hip accouterments. Illustrated with a circular psychedelic drawing divided into 8 sections---one for each of the stores listed. Very near fine. More about Handbill welcoming visitors of Kitsilano, Vancouver, Canada to visit the hip merchants located on...