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
SF: City Lights, 1956. 18mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Number 4 in the Pocket Poets Series. One of the most important books of modern poetry, and the first major work to define the Beat ethos. Some sunning to spine that overlaps a bit onto the edge..... More
NY: Popular Library, [1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Includes a photo insert. Fun trivia (more than 400 questions and games) covering the '50s and '60s music scene. Near fine (inside of covers and pages slightly toned). 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
NY: St. Martin's Press/Thomas Dunne Books, [2016]. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second printing. A biography of one of the preeminent LSD chemists of the sixties and the person who designed the Grateful Dead's sound systems. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of small, slightly toned patches... 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
n.p.: Privately published, 1980. "An Historic Hootenanny" held at Carnegie Hall to benefit the SEVA Foundation, 1980. Odetta, Tom Paxton, John Sebastian, Ram Dass, Bob Gibson and others were scheduled to play, with Wavy Gravy acting as MC. Features an illustration of eyeballs playing musical instruments. Fine... More
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
Berkeley: Berkeley Bonaparte, 1967. Poster featuring a b&w illustration of a holy man with arms outstretched and rays emanating from him. The same illustration was featured on the cover of Oracle, No. 6. This is the second printing of this poster that was originally issued by Co-op Oracle Posters earlier..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1980. "An Historic Hootenanny" held at Carnegie Hall to benefit the SEVA Foundation, 1980. Odetta, Tom Paxton, John Sebastian, Ram Dass, Bob Gibson and others were scheduled to play, with Wavy Gravy acting as MC. Features an illustration of eyeballs playing musical instruments. Tiny, light spot to..... More
[London]: SAF Publishing, [2002]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of the more interesting '60s counterculture memoirs. Illustrated with photographs. Guthrie recounts his international adventures and drug-taking escapades in the hip scenes of LA, San Francisco, London, Amsterdam, Tangier, and elsewhere. Along the way he encountered Allen Ginsberg, Richie..... More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1967. 45rpm record. One minute cosmetic scuff, else near mint record in very good original sleeve. More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1968. 45rpm record. From Hendrix's "Elecric Ladyland" LP. Touch of spindle wear, else mint record in plain white sleeve. More
England: Track Records, 1967. 45 rpm record. One small cosmetic scratch, else near mint in plain white sleeve. More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1967. 45rpm record in picture sleeve (Reprise 0572). Tiny hole punch through record labels and sleeve, else near mint record in very good minus sleeve with a neatly tape-repaired split to left edge and a split to most of the bottom edge. A rare record priced at..... More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1972. 45rpm record. White label promo copy "Promotional Not For Sale." From Hendrix's "Hendrix in the West" LP. White labels a bit soiled, else mint record in plain white sleeve. More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1970. 45rpm record. From Hendrix's "Band of Gypsies" LP. Mint record in very good original sleeve. More
[Burbank]: Reprise Records, 1968. 45rpm record. One cosmetic scratch, the letter "d" has been added in ink to "Stone Free" label, else near mint record in plain white sleeve. More
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
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..... More
n.p.: Pot Head Experimental Films,1967. Printed in day-glo orange, pink, and purple featuring an illustration of a shade-wearing hippie couple and a scantily-clad hippie gal. "UP-TIGHT SQUARES Join the HIPPIES and their HIP CHICKS they've scored for ACID, POT, & GRASS! THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT...IT'S A SEX FREAK OUT."..... More
