City Survival City Resistance.
[McDonald, Ohio: Hillcrest, ca. 1969]. Pamphlet. First edition. Guidebook on how to live in, and fight against, the police state. Some foxing and age-toning to covers, else near fine. More
Counterculture
Keith Haring color sticker showing a figure on a skateboard.
NY: Privately published by the artist, 1980's. Vintage self-adhesive sticker designed by Haring and sold at his Pop Shop. Printed in three colors against a white background. As new (3.5" diameter). More
Good Company.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1982]. Square 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Hobo accounts of life on the road, supplemented with the author's recollections of living among them. Illustrated with photographs. Very good. More
Original FBI wanted poster for Patty Hearst, Emily Harris, and William Harris.
Washington, DC: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1974. Prints photos and descriptions of each. "The above individuals are self-proclaimed members of the Symbionese Liberation Army and reportedly have been in possession of numerous firearms including automatic weapons. William Harris and Patricia Hearst allegedly recently used guns to avoid arrest. All three... More
Poster announcing ''The Only Correspondence Dinner'' at the Cafe LaMamelle in San Francisco, 1984.
n.p.:n.p., [1984]. The event was sponsored by Inter Dada 84 and The New York Correspondence School of San Francisco. Features a design utilizing an array of Ray Johnson bunny faces each with a different mail artist's name. As new. More
WCFL Beat, July 15, 1967.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. Tabloid, folded as issued. The "Pop Festival Souvenier Issue" largely devoted to the Monterey Pop Festival. Features photos of Hendrix and others, an interview with Brian Jones, an article by Eric Burdon about the festival, Paul McCartney talks about LSD, and more. Fine (couple of tiny nicks to..... More
Jimi Hendrix Electric Church: A Visual Experience.
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Program/tour book issued in 1969 and distributed at concerts. Features 20 pages of photos of Hendrix and The Experience. Nicely designed to look like a gatefold LP with triptych covers that fold over the pages. Some light creasing to covers, small patch of modest staining, very good. Scarce..... 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
Ramparts, March 1968.
SF: Ramparts, 1968. Cover photo of Che Guevara's corpse. Prints Michele Ray's explosive expose on how the CIA plotted to execute Che. Also, Leonard Baskin, Paul Krassner, David Horowitz, and more. Near fine. 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
A deck of Gay hippie playing cards.
SF: Bo-Tree Productions, 1972. Gay, male hippies strategically posed so there's very little frontal nudity. One card missing. Fine. 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 fine. More
Red Auction.
NY: Sotheby's, 2007. Softbound. First edition. Foreword by Bono. Catalog for this charity auction for AIDS relief in Africa featuring works by Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince, Damien Hirst, Banksy, Christo, Jasper Johns, et al. Signed on the cover by Damien Hirst and U2 frontman Bono both of whom were instrumental... More
Chicago Conspiracy Contempt Briefs: Brief on Behalf of David Dellinger et al Appellants, Brief on Behalf of Bobby Seale Appellant.
NY: Center for Constitutional Rights, [ca. 1970]. Softbound. First edition. Prepared for the appeal of the 159 contempt convictions against the Chicago Eight and their lawyers stemming from their famous conspiracy trial. Includes court transcripts, a chronology of events, and a detailed history of the trial. Some tonng and soiling... More
Handbill issued by the Yippies proclaiming: ''PEOPLE GET READY.''
n.p.:n.p., [1968]. Prints a long text about the "International Youth Festival" to be held in Chicago for the 1968 Democratic convention. "...there will be music playing and people swaying, dancing in the streets...agents of the Pothead's Benevolent Association have planted hundreds of pot seeds...free people, free pot, free music, free..... 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
Blotter 3.
Santa Cruz: Psychedelic Education Center, 1993. Tabloid, folded as issued. Prints "The Sayings of Michael Hollingshead," also articles on LSD and astrology, drug shamans, mushrooms, ketamine, Kirlian photos of peyote, contributions by Michael Horowitz, Bruce Eisner, and much more. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Touch of toning to edges, about fine. More
Mimeo handbill announcing a reading by Herbert Huncke at Le Metro Cafe.
[NY: Fuck You Press,1964]. 4to. "Attention poets, historians, flame brains, spaceouts, & madmen Herbert Huncke Reads! from his absolute work." This was a very early reading for Huncke preceding publication of his first book. Le Metro was an important, though short-lived, mid-sixties showcase for the N.Y.C. avant-garde. A 1964 reading..... More
Filmmusiktage Koln 1991.
Koln: Filmmusiktage/Institute fur Popkuktur, 1991. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Program/catalog for this event relating to rock (and other modern music) used in film. Covers Punk, Blacksploitation, psychedelic films, and more. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Slight toning to page edges, else fine. (German text.). More
Berkeley Tribe, Jan. 7-14, 1972.
n.p.:n.p., [1972]. Tabloid, folded as issued. Published by the Red Mountain Tribe. Soledad Brothers, Vietnam, revolutionary calendar, counterculture issues with the accent on Revolution, etc. Paper slightly toned, else fine. More
S. M. Lipset: Social Scientist of the Smooth Society.
[Madison, WI: SDS, ca. 1969]. Pamphlet. First edition. Touch of sunning, else fine. More
Fan's early Rolling Stones scrapbook.
n.p.: Privately produced, ca. 1965. Folio. Softbound. 32 pages. Lovingly created elaborate scrapbook from a devoted fan. Filled with tons of magazine photos and clippings documenting the Stones in the mid-sixties. A terrific zeitgeist item, and a great source for early Stones material not available elsewhere. Covers detatched and partially... More
Break Out & Do It Now.
[Chicago: SDS, 1968]. Pamphlet. Second printing. Fine. More
Tripper.
NY: Exposition Press, [1973]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "In the cold, beautiful Arizona desert, Tripper and her Tribe got zonked on peyote---In an instant the universe became manifest, exploding into galaxies of light and color, from a forgotten and unknowable origin, completely obliterating the past. It was the... 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