Maui Time, July 19, 1999.
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
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''Teenybopper is Our Newborn King...''
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
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era.
[London: Tate, 2007]. 4to. Softbound. Later printing, revised. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition. Bright, unread, very near fine. More
"Burning of the Midnight Lamp" b/w "The Stars that Played with Laughing Sam's Dice".
England: Track Records, 1967. 45 rpm record. One small cosmetic scratch, else near mint in plain white sleeve. More
Music is My Only Friend.
Germany: Historical Museum of Hannover, 2007. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Catalog for an exhibition about the American music scene of the '60s including rock, jazz, and blues. Profusely illustrated with psychedelic poster art. Fine. (German text.). More
The Belligerent Student & Happy Hippie Society International Membership Certificate.
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
Handbill welcoming visitors of Kitsilano, Vancouver, Canada to visit the hip merchants located on 4th Street.
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
One sheet day-glo poster advertising two hippie exploitation films offered as a double-bill, "Psychedelicsex Kicks" and "Wild Hippie Orgy".
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
Handbill issued by the Yippies announcing an action at Macy's department store in NYC, 1968.
NY: Privately published by the Yippies, 1968. 4to. Illustrated with a photograph of a pre-Columbian sculpture of a laughing figure. Signed by Paul Krassner. The handbill states: "MACY'S GIANT NEW-NATION CELEBRATION to help free us from the property fetish, macy's will become a liberated zone SATURDAY, June 8, from 1..... More
Thunderhead Photo Phantasies.
Santa Fe: Bajada Pass Media, 1971. 4to. Softbound. First edition. An over-the-top, erotic photo-novel in magazine format with dialog balloons for the characters in the photos. Prints three stories about hippies involved in various sexual escapades including much nudity, drug references (especially marijuana), and countercultural themes. Minute tear to cover..... More
LSD: My Problem Child: Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism, and Science.
LA: J. P. Tarcher, [1983]. Softbound. First American edition. The autobiography of the man who discovered LSD, including recollections of his time spent with Timothy Leary, Aldous Huxley, Gordon Wasson, and others. Fine (few minute specks of wear). More
Berkeley Tribe, Vol. 6, No. 17, Jan. 7-14, 1972.
n.p.:n.p., [1972]. Tabloid, folded as issued. Published by the Red Mountain Tribe. Soledad Brothers, Vietnam, revolutionary calendar, articles on counterculture issues with the accent on Revolution, etc. Paper slightly toned, else fine. More
Weatherman.
No place: Ramparts Press, [1970]. Softbound. First edition. A solid reading copy. More
Original photograph (recent print) of Janis Joplin in Buena Vista Park, 1967, as part of a fashion shoot.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. As a favor to Jeanne Rose, who designed clothes for the Jefferson Airplane and others, Janis consented to be in a fashion shoot for the Style section of the S. F. Chronicle. She's part of a Carnaby-Street-meets-Haight-Ashbury shot with several other models in Sixties mod/psychedelic clothes. This is..... More
Garage Sale.
NY: Viking, 1973. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Kesey with a drawing: "For Lee: / For whom there is / Frolick! / Ken Kesey / May, 1976 (line drawing of stars and stripes)." Also inscribed by fellow Prankster Ken Babbs: "For Lee Mars and / slow..... More
Sailor Song.
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in silver marker. Very fine. More
Sailor Song.
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in pink marker including a touch of sparkly embellishment with artistic flourishes and then elaborately rubber-stamped with Alaskan totem symbols. Fine. More
Millbrook: The True Story of the Early Years of the Pyschedelic Revolution.
Burlington, VT: Neo-American Church, 1975. Tabloid. The correct first edition of Klep's detailed, and very entertaining account of life at Leary's Millbrook enclave during its heyday. Features a large front cover map of the Millbrook estate. This precedes book publication by two years. Kleps, a former associate of Leary, founded..... More
Bardo Matrix: A Bibliography.
NY: Boo-Hooray, 2014. A bibliography of the Bardo Matrix publications, deluxe issue limited to 120 copies. Consists of the bibliography (a pamphlet), a small print showing Bardo publications, an invitation to the Bardo Matrix exhibition at the Grolier Club, and an original Bardo Matrix publication. In this copy the item..... More
Vintage Rock T-Shirts.
[NY]: Universe, [2006]. 4to. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely photo-illustrated guide to collectible, vintage rock T-shirts. As new. More
Cuddon's, No. 11, July 1967.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. A counterculture literary mag from England. Reprints Tuli Kupferberg's "Fuck Nam: A Morality Play" in its entirety, illustrated with photographs of Vietnamese war victims. Also prints "Dada" by Jim Drake and more. Laid into this copy are 5 pages of additional editorial commentary from the publisher. Fine (trivial..... More
Fuck Nam a Morality Play.
[NY: Birth Press, 1966]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. First edition. A play against the war in Vietnam, illustrated with newspaper clippings. Fine. One of Kupferberg's scarcer items. More
Hippies, Drugs and Promiscuity.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, [1972]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Rabid anti-hippie tract discussing "new hippie goals: incest and child molesting," "American hippies---drug-crazed Mansons or gentle flower children?," "the hippie church where where couples copulate on a giant cross," and more. Very fine, crisp copy... More
The Paper Revolutionaries: The Rise of the Underground Press.
NY: Simon & Schuster, [1972]. Softbound. First edition. Illustrated with photographs and graphics. Small abrasion to corner of front cover, else very good. More
Original press photo taken inside the Psychedelicatessen head shop in New York's East Village, ca. 1967.
NY: Pix Incorporated, ca. 1967. The Psychedelicatessen was one of the very first head shops in the United States, following closely on the heels of San Francisco's The Psychedelic Shop in the Haight-Ashbury. Located in the East Village not far from Ed Sander's Peace Eye Bookstore, the Fillmore East, and..... More