n.p.: n.p., 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 roughly contemporaneous..... 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
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
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
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Thick 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). 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. Modest toning and..... More
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
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
