Livingston: First Security Bank, 1974. Brautigan's name and address are printed at the top. He has signed the slip, filled in the date (1974), and the deposit amount ($1500. cash). Fine. Unusual Brautigan ephemera from his Montana years. 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
Cambridge, MA: Quincy Poetry Forum, 1969. Printed in black utilizing various-sized fonts on white card stock. Fine. It's likely that not many of these were produced for this small venue. More
Berkeley: Book People, 1969. 4to. The event is scheduled to take place at Book People's warehouse in Berkeley where attendees are invited to "Share an afternoon with Richard Brautigan..." Illustrated with a small cartoonish drawing of Brautigan. Printed in black on yellow stock with the text reproduced in holograph. Fine..... More
No place: no publisher, n.d. 4to. Broadside poem. Bootleg facsimile mimeoed in purple ink. This broadside was originally published by the Communication Company in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." This came from Brautigan's personal archive where it had been for many years so we're guessing this was done..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition (issue with the background illustration of bones printed in black rather than red, priority unknown). A fugitive item from the Communication Company who also published the Diggers' communiques during the "Summer of Love" as well as work by other poets and..... More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Evanescent hippie publication that was given away free in the Haight-Ashbury during the "Summer of Love." In our experience, along with Flowers for Those You Love, the scarcest of Brautigan's Communication Company broadsides. Very fine. More
[SF: Inferno Press, 1957]. "This collection from the work of four young poets, all under 25, presents an interesting contrast that is most refreshing after so much orthodoxy in current American poetry. Here are poets representing an articulate segment of a sometime-called silent generation" (the poet's names are listed below..... More
Livingston: First Security Bank, 1980. A check written entirely in Brautigan's hand and signed by him (he's also written his phone number beneath his signature). It's made out to "Franchise Tax Board." The check, from Brautigan's First Security Bank account in Livingston, Montana, has Brautigan's printed name at the top..... More
SF: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First edition. Printed folder featuring childhood photos of Brautigan's daughter, Ianthe, with 8 seed packets printing a poem on each packet. One of the most charmingly conceived "books" of poetry very much redolent of the period when Brautigan handed out copies for free on the hippie-filled..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, [1970]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition of the author's breakthrough book. A fine, fresh copy (minute touch of soiling to back panel of dust jacket). More
SF: Wild Dog, 1965. A mimeo poetry mag that very much epitomizes the "mimeo revolution" of the period. Prints two poems and a review of McClure's Ghost Tantras by Brautigan. Also Ed Dorn, Robert Duncan, Lewis Warsh, Joanne Kyger, et al. Slight toning to edges, else fine. A scarce Brautigan..... More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Decorative design and lettering by Sidney E. Hushour. Woodblock printed in black and red on handmade Nepalese Lokta paper. Small, narrow chip to bottom left margin, else very good plus to near fine. More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, ca. 1975. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with an elaborate woodblock print by Adrian Brooks. Printed on handmade Lokta Nepalese paper. Very near fine. More
NY: Ecco, 2006. Tall folio. Broadside printing this poem from the concurrently published "Book of Longing." First separate printing. Printed in red and black on white stock, illustrated with a small reproduction of a drawing by Cohen. Limited to 250 copies, this copy signed by Cohen though not called for..... More
No place: American International Records, 1970. LP record. Soundtrack for the American International hippie musical exploitation film directed by Roger Corman starring Robert Corff (of "Hair" fame) and Bud Cort. A group of hippies from various backgrounds "inherit" the nation after a mysterious gas attack exterminates everyone over twenty-five. Interestingly..... More
[San Francisco: Privately published by the author, 1967]. Square 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Nice photo-documentary of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene in its heyday and one of the scarcer books on the subject. Couple of small sepia spots to bottom edge of front cover that shows a bit of gentle rippling..... More
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
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
NY: Cafe Cino, 1968. 4to. "Monuments" consisted of 8 monologues by di Prima directed by James Waring. It was the last performance at the legendary Cafe Cino, a Greenwich Village venue that was the first Off-Off Broadway theater. The Cino staged one-act plays by established authors, eventually presenting only new..... More
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
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
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
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
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
