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
Menu from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a sinister, demented person acting as the doorman who personifies the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. A small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots is printed on the..... More
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. Second 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
![Item #SKB-15436 Handbill proclaiming: ''Emmett Grogan is Back! so what [signed] the diggers.''....](https://sweetbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/SKB-15436.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1688750582)
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
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
Legal-size handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Correct first edition. This same text was also printed on yellow paper measuring 8.5" x 11" but this is a previously undiscovered earlier version done on larger white paper and without the Communication Company imprint. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of..... More
Legal-size handbill with text that begins: "She had to eat it to produce me...".
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "She had to eat it to produce me yet, when I told her I had a desire to eat it she said no. So I said, 'get fucked bitch,' and lived to eat..... More
Legal-size handbill with text that begins: "Shit why do you read this...".
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "Shit why do you read this. Spoon fed dip shit who are we to tell you. Do you need to be Told. Sorry I only give you shit. You tell me stupid. Talk..... More
Poster announcing a 1967 concert by The Loading Zone accompanied by Provo Lights at Dovre Hall in San Francisco during the Summer of Love.
SF: No publisher, 1967. Psychedelic printing in red against a yellow background. Benefit concert for Painters Union Local No. 4. Fine (14" x 8.5"). More
Vintage '60s iron-on T-shirt transfer stating: "Freedom Now Legalize LSD".
No place: no publisher, no date [1960's]. We've never encountered one of these before during the 35 years we've been specializing in this kind of material. Some creasing and small tears to fragile paper, but iron-on lettering fine (10" x 11"). More
Woodblock print of an impressionistic, atmospheric drawing of two Hell's Angels on their bikes.
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... 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
The Secret History of the Hell Fire Clubs: From Rabelais and John Dee to Anton LaVey and Timothy Leary.
Rochester, VT: Bear & Company, [2019]. Softbound. First edition thus. Very good plus to near fine. More
Child of Satan, Child of God.
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International [1977]. First paperback edition. Atkins writes of her transformation from Manson Family murderer to born-again Christian. Pages and inside of covers toned, else near fine. 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
Richard Brautigan: An Annotated Bibliography.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. 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
Art As a Muscular Principle: 10 Artists and San Francisco 1950-1965 / Roots and New Directions.
[South Hadley]: Norah Warbeke Gallery / Mt. Holyoke College, 1975. Softbound. First edition. Essays by Merrril Greene and others. Numerous illustrations throughout. Cover photograph of Jay DeFeo by Wallace Berman. Catalog for an important exhibition of works by Wallace Berman, George Herms, Bruce Conner, Robert LaVigne, Joan Brown, Jess, Fred..... 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
Handmade exhibition announcement by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately published by Wallace Berman, ca. 1965. Features a small photo collage by Berman of a runner crossing the finish line with his hands raised in victory (same image that appeared on the cover of Caterpillar magazine). Above is printed: "Exhibition Sunday Feb. 26 2-5 pm 1440 N. Topanga..... More
Handmade mail art card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is Berman's self-portrait photograph of him and his son, Tosh holding their hands in the air as if playing "cowboys and indians" in a dilapidated corner of Berman's Semina Gallery in Larkspur. The same photo appears on the..... More