Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
Counterculture
Handbill announcing: ''The Diggers Have a Hotel.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out..... More
Handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of the danger of looking for leaders. The Communication Company and the Diggers were very influential in the Haight-Ashbury scene while often being critical of it. Three-hole-punch to left edge as issued, else very..... More
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Handbill proclaiming: ''Emmett Grogan is Back! so what [signed] the diggers.''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
''If I Am Doing It at All...''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory..... More
Term Paper.
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and..... More
Small handbill designed by Victor Moscoso announcing The Invisible Circus.
[SF]: Privately published by the Diggers, [1967]. First edition. Richard Brautigan phoned Moscoso on behalf of the Diggers and asked him to contribute a flyer for the Invisible Circus. "Any job for the Diggers was a donation, and Moscoso, currently working in color, scaled back his palette. He selected a...... More
Handbill announcing The Invisible Circus printed at the event itself.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Scheduled to take place at the Glide Memorial Church the Invisible Circus was billed as "a 72-hour environmental community Happening" presented by the Diggers who wanted it to be the best party the Haight had seen. The Communication Company's gestetner machines were..... More
Dictionary of Pachuco Slang.
[San Jose: Mex-I-Can-Ink Publishing, n.d. ca. 1979]. Pamphlet. First edition. Slang terms from the Pachuco counterculure movement that originated among the Chicano and Mexican-American community in El Paso in the late '30s and eventually migrated to LA. A group associated with jazz and swing music, zoot suits, dancing, tattoos, and..... More
Handbill telling Woodstock concert-goers "How to keep your abandoned car from being towed away by the cops".
n.p.: Woodstock Nation, 1969. The handbill prints what looks like a temporary license plate from Arizona: "Stick this in the back window. They'll know it's phony, but they'll be afraid. Cops are terrified by authority A Woodstock Nation product." Presumably handed out to Woodstock attendees many of whom were forced..... More
''Safe Conduct Pass'' to Hippie-Land.
n.p.: Privately published, ca. 1967. Issued by hippies during the "Summer of Love" period (we've also seen Tuli Kupferberg's name mentioned in connection with the creation of this but can't confirm). Handed out to straight people and tourists to provide them with "safe passage " through the hippie populated streets..... More
The Arts of an Addiction: Quing Dynasty Opium Pipes and Accessories.
[Vienna, VA: Quadrus Communications, 2005]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ben Rapaport. A terrific book profusely illustrated with color photos of elaborate and beautiful antique opium pipes and accouterments. Arguably the best book on the subject. Fine... More
Les Tarahumaras.
n.p.: L'Arbalete, [1955]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Artaud's account of his visit to Mexico where he participated in the peyote rites of the Tarahumara indians. Also prints texts on the theater, "Surrealism & Revolution," correspondence relating to his Mexican trip, and more. A handsome production nicely printed..... More
Class Reunion.
[Santa Barbara: Pride of Tacoma Press, 2003]. Pamphlet. First edition. A humorous story from Kesey's fellow Prankster. One of 75 copies signed by Babbs (of a total edition of 175). Fine. More
Goodbye Baby and Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties.
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base..... More
Beat Girl.
England: Columbia Graphophone, 1960. LP record. The soundtrack for this exploitation film about the British youth rebellion of the '50s starring pop idol Adam Faith and Gillian Hills. The film was later released in America as "Wild for Kicks." This was John Barry's first soundtrack, and it was the first..... More
Small poster printing an illustration by sixties underground cartoonist Joel Beck.
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). More
The Vancouver Report.
[NY: Fuck You Press, 1964]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the edge. First edition. The author's first book, a report from the 1963 Vancouver Poetry Seminar at the University of British Columbia where Ginsberg, Olson, Whalen, Duncan, and others were participants. Fine. More
Third Rail, No. 9, 1988.
LA: Third Rail, 1988. The "Wallace Berman issue." Cover by Berman and a long section devoted to him, includes writings or interviews by Robert Duncan, David Meltzer, Michael McClure, Jack Hirschman, George Herms, et al. Hard bump to top of spine, else very good. More
Advertisement for '60s rock band Pacific Gas and Electric by an unknown artist who blatantly stole Berman's signature motif of hands holding transistor radios.
n.p.: Columbia Records, 1970. A quarto page neatly excised from Billboard magazine. The advertisement utilizes a disturbing still from D.W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation." At the bottom the anonymous artist placed 5 handheld transistor radios identical to Berman's and in each he put a photo of one..... More
Framed antique etching of the Madonna and child given by Berman to David Meltzer as a birthday gift in 1962.
n.p.: Privately produced by the artist, 1962. Small framed etching that Berman found and gifted to Meltzer. Inscribed on the verso by Berman who has done a small drawing of Meltzer: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID From Wallace, Shirley & Tosh 1962." A charming artifact linking these two longtime best friends. The..... More
Handmade mail art postcard by Wallace Berman featuring a self-portrait photograph of him.
Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. The front of the card features a lovely, soulful close-up self-portrait of Berman's face looking directly into the camera. The photo has intentionally been torn with irregular edges and affixed to the card. The back of the card is stamped and hand-addressed by Berman in..... More
Offset poster for the 3rd Los Angeles Film-Makers Festival, 1964.
LA: Privately published, 1964. Features 16 variant images of Berman's signature motif of a hand holding a transistor radio (Support the Revolution, p. 171). Minute closed tear to bottom edge, creased where originally folded as issued (infinitesimal hole at the intersection of one fold), else a handsome, about fine copy..... More
Semina, No. 2, 1957.
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus..... More
Semina, No. 5, 1959.
Larkspur, CA: Hand-printed and assembled by Wallace Berman, 1959. Limited to 350 copies. Printed folder featuring a cover photo of a phallic rock by Charles Brittin. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 17 (of 18) inserts printing poems, photographs, and drawings, with contributions by Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman..... More