Neal Cassady: The Fast Life of a Beat Hero.
[Chicago]: Chicago Review Press, [2006]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Very fine. More
Hippies
Psychedelic Sex Rebellion.
[LA: Classic Publications, 1968]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Sensational short stories around the theme of sex and drugs including one about Helen who was addicted to sex and pot at 13, or Wendy, a hippie, whose psychedelic sex trips lasted for days. Fine and scarce thus... More
Oversize postcard featuring an illustration by David Singer announcing the opening of the State Theater in Martinez, 1971.
SF: Cronus Productions, 1971. The card annouces that the State Theater will be presenting "dance concerts, plays, events." Printed in three colors. Fine (7" x 4.5"). More
Psychedelic Sex.
[San Diego: Publishers Export Company, n.d. ca. 1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration by Doug Weaver featuring two women disrobing while a hippy stud in jeans and knee-high fringed boots watches---all against a background of orange and yellow floating globules. In contrast, the back cover simply features..... More
Down and In: Life in the Underground.
NY: Beech Tree/William Morrow, [1987]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. The author traces the development of the bohemian tradition from the early scene in Greenwich Village through the Beats, hippies, and Punks. Illustrated with photographs. Minor tap to one corner, else fine in about fine spine faded dust jacket..... More
The Daring Breed, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1966.
[Burbank: Seven Seventy Publishers, 1966]. Hippie exploitation mag that explores the adventures of "The Daring Breed," members of the younger generation who are "trapped, desperate, frantic to escape their everyday life. Frantic for new excitement, pleasures." These folks occupy their time with eveything from biker gangs, "Swingin' Wild Groups," draft..... More
Hell's Angels: The Wild Breed, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1966.
Universal City: Seven Seventy Publishers, 1966. Counterculture exploitation magazine with an emphasis on the Hell's Angels featuring a "Hell's Angels Special Inside Report" with photos and a glossary of Hell's Angels slang. Also includes articles such as "Escapism with So-called Wonder Drugs" (LSD), "Sunset Strip Gone Crazy," plus the requisite..... More
Love Trip.
n.p.: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1968]. Outrageous hippie exploitation magazine. Generic cover photo of a naked woman posing for the camera deceptively creates the impression that this is a standard men's magazine, however it is largely devoted to reprinting Psychedelic Hippie No. 1, probably the best hippie exploitation mag ever. Includes..... More
Love-In, Vol. 2, No. 4, ca. 1967.
[Burbank: Seven Seventy Publishers, ca. 1967]. One of the more extravagant hippie sleeze exploitation magazines (despite the misleading cover shot from a splatter film). Plenty of photos of naked cavorting hippies and other "way out nuts, kooks, goons, and flower people," with sections on "Haight-Ashbury Hippie Heaven," "The Swingers," "Incredible..... More
The National Insider, September 3, 1967.
Chicago: The National Insider, 1967. Tabloid, folded as issued. Features the bold headline: "Tragic LSD Sex Orgy Raped by 18 Men!" Detailed outrageous story inside features another huge headline: "LSD Doped Girl Raped By 18 Boys!" Paper toned but still supple, very good. Sensational exploitation styled after The National Inquirer---..... More
Swing Naked, No. 7, June-July 1969.
[San Diego: Phenix Publishers, 1969]. Hippie exploitation magazine exposing "The True Inside Story of Hollywood's Naked Hippies." Lots of b&w (and some color) photos of hippies having sex, playing cards, smoking a mammoth hookah, dancing with a dog, body painting, playing guitar, etc. Small price sticker to front cover, else..... More
Sex is King: The New Cry of the Hippie Generation!
Agoura, CA: Pad Library, 1967. First edition of this Paperback Original. "The 'Wild Sex Orgies of the Kooks' is the term usually applied to the Hippie 'Love-Ins,' 'Freak-Outs,' etcetera. The new generation means to follow their moods or whims...and to Hell with society's opinions. Is this SEXUAL DEVIATIONS or the..... More
Group of 8 color lobby cards for the 1969 film The Guru starring Michael York.
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. In one of his earliest starring roles York played a British rock star who traveled to India to learn how to play sitar from a master. Fine (11" x 14"). The lot:. More
Original rice paper woodblock print of a humanoid creature with an opium pipe.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a strange creature holding an opium pipe floating in midair above three other figures. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium smoking. Young was one of..... More
Original rice paper woodblock print of a skeleton strangling an opium smoker.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a skeleton holding an opium smoker by the throat amidst a scene that includes a tiger and a snake. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium..... More
Original rice paper woodblock print of an opium smoker and a part-human figure above him.
[Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1976]. Depicts a reclining opium smoker holding his pipe while an animalistic creature hovers over him. This print is one of an overrun made for use in Young's most important work, Opium Elementals that consists of woodblock prints devoted to opium smoking. Young was one of..... More