Vintage Rock T-Shirts.
[NY]: Universe, [2006]. 4to. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely photo-illustrated guide to collectible, vintage rock T-shirts. As new. More
Counterculture
Los Angeles Free Press, August 11-17, 1967.
LA: LA Free Press, 1967. Tabloid, folded as issued. Headlines: "George Harrison---My Dentist Turned Me On," and "Readers Defend Lovin' Spoonful." Articles and ads devoted to '60s countercultural themes. One page creased, paper slightly toned, very good. More
Cuddon's, No. 11, July 1967.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. A counterculture literary mag from England. Reprints Tuli Kupferberg's "Fuck Nam: A Morality Play" in its entirety, illustrated with photographs of Vietnamese war victims. Also prints "Dada" by Jim Drake and more. Very good plus. More
The Bosozoqu.
Tokyo: Dai San Shokan, 1980. 8vo. Softbound in illustrated wraps with French flaps. First edition. A nice collection of photos documenting Japanese biker gangs. Stunning and very inventive typography and graphic design that must be seen to be appreciated. Minor wear to spine extremities, else a bright, near fine copy..... More
The Psychedelic Orgasm.
LA: Ultima Books, 1969. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. A "case study of a girl's climax-to-climax search in a freaked-out nightmare of drugs and perversion!" Unlike most titles in the genre, this erotic hippie exploitation "study" has the distinction of having 5 full-page, b&w psychedelic photos of naked..... More
The Underground Dictionary.
NY: Simon and Schuster, [1971]. First paperback edition. The "most up-to-date, comprehensive guide available to the language of a whole new American subculture." Landy was a clinical psychologist who controversially treated Beach Boy, Brian Wilson and started to inappropriately take control of Brian's music business affairs until he was ultimately..... More
Harbinger, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1968 (all published).
Middletown, CA: Harbinger, 1968. After the demise of the San Francisco Oracle, several of the original Oracle staff moved to rural California, started a commune, and published this one issue of Harbinger. Produced in the multicolored, psychedelic style of the original San Francisco Oracle, it's filled with psychedelic art, and..... More
An LSD air-drop butterfly card issued by the Brotherhood of Eternal Love used to distribute their Orange Sunshine LSD.
[Garner Valley, CA]: The Botherhood of Eternal Love, ca. 1968. The card, in the shape of a butterfly, has the top of the butterfly's wings printed against a pink and purple background, the bottom of the wings feature stars in a nighttime sky. There is a hole punched through the..... More
Record Booklet for Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality.
Berkeley: Psychological Consultation Services, ca. 1956. 4to. Single sheet folded once to make four pages. First edition. A form created by Leary for use in interpersonal diagnosis of personality. Reproduces one large Interpersonal Diagnostic Circle that Leary devised for measuring characteristics of personality (also prints eight smaller circles). One of..... More
Complete set of Ludlow Library drug-themed notecards.
SF: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library, 1974. Twelve folding notecards featuring rare graphics of opium smokers and other drug images from the 19th Century and earlier. Fine in the original wrap-around band. More
Pictures from the New World.
[NY]: Aperture, [1981]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Book very slightly curved, else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
Dreamweapon 3.
NY: Boo-Hooray, n.d. LP record. First printing, with covers silkscreened in purple with classic Bardo Matrix skeleton motif. Limited to 500 copies. Previously unheard recordings by MacLise and Conrad from the MacLise tape archive. As new. More
Straight Farthest Blood Towards (Opening Section).
Paris: Dead Language Press, [1959]. Square 16mo. Single long sheet folded three times to make a booklet. First edition of Maclise's first publication. Maclise is probably best known as the original drummer for the Velvet Underground. Cover design printed in black with text in red. Very near fine. Scarce... More
Hippy Homo.
[Denmark: D.F.T. (A. Axgil), 1970]. Pamphlet. First edition. A pictorial exploitation novel featuring gay hippies. Illustrated with 20 full-page exuberantly gay and highly sexual drawings by Manders as "Dorus," including the cover that features a pot smoking scantily-clad gay hippie. Rare. WorldCat locates only two copies... More
Spoof matchbook cover advertising ''Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes.''
Providence, RI: Model(?)Art Co., 1958. Beat-era marijuana spoof item: "Marri-Warner Tobacco Co. Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes A Blend of Selected Leaves and Processed Poppy." Also states: "The Smoke That Sends You" and "Fly High With Old Reefer." This brand "sold only to undiscriminating smokers" promises to give you "happy dream..... More
Summer of Love: The Making of Sgt. Pepper.
Surrey: Genesis, 2007. Large 4to. Hardbound in full pink leather with a photo of George Martin inset onto the front cover. First edition thus, deluxe issue. Limited to 350 numbered copies signed by George Martin with an original loose photograph of Martin and The Beatles recording Sgt. Pepper signed by..... More
Peter Max Stationary.
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. A sheet of stationary colorfully illustrated by Peter Max with a blank, cloud-like space in the middle on which to write. Included is an envelope also illustrated by Max. The pair:. More
Venice West: The Beat Generation in Southern California.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, [1991]. Ownership signature, else fine in dust jacket with some slight fading to spine and edge of front panel. More
Un-American Activities in Washington State 1948.
[Washington State: State Printing Office, 1948]. Softbound. First edition. Report issued by the Washington State Legislature in an effort to ferret out Communists among university professors, students, and others. Early McCarthy-era item. Fine. More
Announcement from Oyez press for their 1965 publication of The Beard and the Love Lion, Lioness poster they published along with it.
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. Also included is a promotional theater ticket printing McClure's "lion talk," and a card announcing forthcoming Oyez author checklists. Fine (ticket has a tiny brown spot). The lot:. More
War is Decor in My Cavern Cave.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside poem, with the text reproducing the author's handwriting. First edition. Published by the Communication Company who issued several broadsides by Richard Brautigan and other poets, as well as various communiques from the Diggers and the Black Panthers. Very fine. Scarce... More
Beatsville.
Hollywood: HiFi Records, 1959. LP record. McKuen reads beat poetry with titles such as "Co Existence Bagel Shop Blues," "Haiku Poems," "What is a Fabian," and "Like," to jazz accompaniment. Terrific cover photograph of McKuen sitting pensively at a table in a Beat coffee house with a wine bottle and..... More
The Flesh Happening.
[San Diego]: Late Hour Library, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Exploitation novel about gay hippies in Greenwich Village: "He was going to feature them in a flesh happening---an exhibition of the most depraved sort. The Village beatniks counted on Pierre's cruel imagination because he had yet to have..... More
Program booklet for Winterland November 1970.
n.p.:n.p., [1970]. SF: Winterland, 1970. Designed by Randy Tuten. Features photgraphs of acts playing Winterland that month including The Steve Miller Band, The Chambers Brothers, Country Joe, Big Brother (sans Janis though her photo appears on the back cover), et al. Prints "The San Francisco Scene" by Philip Elwood. Very..... More
Live Naked.
[San Diego: Phenix Publishers, 1968]. Hippie exploitation mag documenting what happens when a "HIGH SCHOOL GIRL Drops Out to LIVE WITH NAKED HIPPIES." Here we "SEE Naked teen-age kids bathe their young bodies and minds in bold sunshine and pine-needled shadow." Article by William Mullins explaining the activities at this..... More