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
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. 4to. Broadside poem. Facsimile piracy 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 roughly..... 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
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
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
Canada: Georgia Straight, 1970. Tabloid, folded as issued. A special issue of Georgia Straight, Canada's preeminent underground newspaper, entirely devoted to this unauthorized printing of the complete text of Dylan's Tarantula. One of the scarcest of the various bootleg versions that appeared prior to Macmillan's publication of the book in..... 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
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
[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
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
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1968. The bearer of this card is "classified in Class 6-Z until PEACE DECLARED by General Hershey Bar...by President Doctor Spock...by President Richard Nixon." Instructions on the back of the card on how to "burn or 'boil' your non-draft card and to surrender the ashes...please alter..... More
