Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1974. 4to. Pamphlet, stitch bound. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Published as Strastreams Poetry Series No. 1. Slip laid-in listing the cast for the first, and only, performance of this poem/play in Kathmandu, Nepal. The cast members included Ira Cohen and Angus MacLise both..... More
NY: Falcon Books, [1952]. First edition of this Paperback Original digest. Wonderful, scantily-clad-junkie-woman cover illustration. "Steve's search for Wally's murderer takes him into sordid 'Dream Street,' the world of 'junkies,' murderers, and prostitutes..." One of the half dozen scarcest and most desirable classic drug exploitation paperbacks. Has all the requisite..... More
[San Francisco: Privately published by the author, 1967]. Square 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Nice photo-documentary of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene in its heyday and one of the scarcer books on the subject. Tiny sepia stain to bottom edge that shows some gentle rippling, else very good or better... More
Cleveland: American Greetings, 1966. Features two color illustrations (one on the front one inside) of one of Crumb's trademark buxom women stuffed into a too-small dress. Signed by Crumb on the verso. A year after graduating high school Crumb moved to Cleveland where he got a job with American Greetings..... More
n.p.: n.d., ca. late 1960's. Crumb's famous image printed in black and white against a red background. Fine (ca. 4.5" x 9.25"). More
SF: San Francisco Examiner, 1985. The poster proclaims: "Hinckle Free at Last Only in the Examiner" and reproduces a drawing by Crumb showing Hinckle and his hound dog being dragged away by three burly police officers. Printed in black and red on white card stock. Fine (14" x 21")... More
SF: San Francisco Examiner, 1985. The poster proclaims: "Hinckle Free at Last Only in the Examiner" and reproduces a drawing by Crumb showing Hinckle and his hound dog being dragged away by three burly police officers. Presentation copy inscribed by Crumb to his publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press..... More
[Chicago: SDS, 1968]. Pamphlet. First edition. Near fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Features a photo of a surfer riding a wave, printed in dark blue on light blue stock. Early ephemera from the halcyon days of surfing before it went mainstream. As new (approx. 5.5" x 8.5"). More
Detroit: Radical Education Project, ca. 1967. Pamphlet. First separate printing of this article that originally appeared in Dissent. Near fine. More
n.p.: Romeo Records, 1957. 45rpm record in photo-illustrated sleeve showing Dean playing a conga drum. Home recording of James Dean in a late-night jam session with L.A. musician, Bob Romeo who plays flute. The actor can be heard talking and laughing with his friends in the background between songs. James..... More
NY: Cafe Cino, 1968. 4to. "Monuments" consisted of 8 monologues by di Prima directed by James Waring. It was the last performance at the legendary Cafe Cino, a Greenwich Village venue that was the first Off-Off Broadway theater. The Cino staged one-act plays by established authors, eventually presenting only new..... More
[Berkeley]: Weather Underground Organization, 1974. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Issued by the Weather Underground in support of the Symbionese Liberation Army in wake of the May 17, 1974 police seige of the SLA headquarters in Compton. Prints a long, incendiary text mourning the death of Cinque..... More
n.p.: Ten Speed Press, [1971]. Oblong 16mo. Softbound. Second printing. Cartoons and text about dopers and drugs. Tiny remainder line to bottom edge, else fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1968]. A slick-format counterculture magazine from London edited by Ian Duncan. Prints excerpts from the 1967 Dialectics Conference, "Fisheye Nudes" photographs, drawings, psychedelia, articles on exorcism, mandalas, and more. Couple of minuscule chips to fore-edge of cover and first couple of pages, else fine. More
NY: Columbia Records, 1963. 45 rpm record. "Not for sale---Radio station copy." An excerpt from Dylan's second LP "The Freewheelin Bob Dylan." Couple of small ink squiggles and pencil date (probably written by radio station) to label of "Blowin in the Wind" side, else virtually mint in plain white sleeve..... More
NY: Folkways Records, [1950]. 33rpm record. The record jacket bears Dylan's pencil ownership signature as well as some lyrics from the album that Dylan has transcribed on the front cover. The LP was issued with a postcard that customers could fill out and return requesting additional products. Dylan has filled..... More
NY: Columbia Records, 1966. 45 rpm record on black vinyl with red text. "Not for sale---Radio station copy." An excerpt from Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" LP. Couple of small, barely perceptible wrinkles to label, else very near mint in plain white sleeve. (The scanner has added a slight sepia tone..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Chicago's premiere underground paper. Articles on the Bank of America bombing, the Black Panthers, Gay Liberation, drugs, and various counterculture subjects. Also features Ron Cobb cartoons, prints Jerry Farber's "The Student as Nigger," and more. Covers and some pages printed in color. Fine (short tear to edge of..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1966. The event was scheduled to take place at the Discovery Bookshop in San Francisco, but it never occurred due to Farina's death in a motorcycle crash in Big Sur after the first publication party for this book. Handsomely printed letterpress in black on orange, textured, deckle-edge..... More
SF: Last Gasp, 2007. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of 40 numbered copies signed by Felver with an original signed and numbered print of the cover photograph of William Burroughs. Nice collection of Felver's photographs of the Beats and counterculture heroes from the sixties. As new... More
[Berkeley]: Ginko Press, [2009]. 4to. Softbound. First American edition. Terrific photo-documentary of the avant-garde of the period including early shots of Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Iggy Pop, Taylor Mead, New York Dolls, John Waters, William Burroughs, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Debbie Harry, Joey Ramone, and many, many..... More
SF: Privately published, 1972. Single sheet with an interesting graphic design utilizing images of Marilyn Monroe, Bob Dylan, Timothy Leary, and Allen Ginsberg. The Cockettes were an LSD-inspired, gay liberation theatrical group of hippie drag-queens founded by Hibiscus, whose real name was George Harris. After a philosophical dispute with The..... More
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