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
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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
How to Make Love: The Spiritual Nature of Sex.
NY: Grove, [1970]. First paperback edition. Barely perceptible touch of sunning to covers, else fine. More
Beatsville.
Hollywood: HiFi Records, 1959. LP record, mono. 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..... More
Vali Myers: A Memoir.
Fresno, CA: Golda Foundation, 2006. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Interesting account of a fine artist, true bohemian, and free spirit from the '50 scene in Paris throughout the rest of her interesting life that took her around the world. Illustrated with photos and some color reproductions of her..... 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
Ode to LA While Thinking of Brian Jones, Deceased.
[LA]: Privately published by the author, 1969]. 8vo. Single sheet of textured yellow paper printed in green ink, folded to make a 4-page leaflet. First edition. Morrison's poetic tribute to Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones who had just recently died under mysterious circumstances. This is the third of Morrison's..... 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
Original photograph of Eric Nord playing bongos while a beatnik woman in black tights and bra dances next to him with abstract paintings on the wall, ca. 1960.
No place: no publisher, ca.1960. Nord was a noted Beat-era nightclub owner, poet, actor, and self-proclaimed "King of the Beatniks." He was owner of the Co-Existence Bagel Shop in North Beach and later co-founder of the Gas House in Venice, a popular beatnik hang-out that was used as the setting..... More
The Poet's Eye: A Tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books.
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1997. Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Contributions by Hoyem, Micheline, Kyger, McClure, Brautigan, et al. Issued as number 43 in a series of keepsakes for friends of the Bancroft Library. Illustrated with photographs. Fine. More
The Jasius Pursuit.
London: Sphere Books,[1975]. First paperback edition. Thriller about: "a lone Englishman and two beautiful women are held prisoner by a gang of mad hippies led by the demented Starbuck. The hostages' only way of escape lies in a maze of underground caverns...and to get out they must face the crazy..... More
The Strange Case of Patty Hearst.
[NY]: Signet, [1974]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover price neatly inked out, pages slightly toned, else near fine. More
Poster announcing the 1989 Sculpture Grant Award Exhibition at Artspace in San Francisco.
SF: Artspace, 1989. The poster features a large b&w photo from a Survival Research Laboratories event in SF as well as photos of works by Alan Rath and Marc Paschell. Mark Pauline is the founder and director of Survival Research Laboratories. Folded as issued to be sent through the mail..... More
The New Sound.
[NY: Scholastic Magazines, 1966]. First edition of this digest-size Paperback Original. Preface by famed DJ Murray the K. Articles "In Defense of Bob Dylan," "Elvis Ten Million Dollars Later," and much more. Some photographs. Inside of covers toned, pages lesser so, solid very good. More
Flyer for Walt Phillips' 1960 surf film, Surf Mania.
n.p.: Privately published, 1960. Features a photo of a surfer riding a wave printed in blueish-green against a white background. The filmmaker would personally narrate the film when it was screened at various small venues. Scarce ephemera from earliest days of the surfing scene. Very fine (approx. 6.25" x 6.5")..... More
Poster for Walt Phillips 1962 surf film, Psyche Out!
Hermosa Beach, CA: Walt Phillips Productions, 1962. Features photos of surfers surfing. Printed in red and blue against a white background. Classic early poster from the heyday of surf culture. Very fine (approx. 9" x 12"). More
The Rock Nations.
NY: Paperback Library, [1971]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "A searing novel about a generation searching for peace, drugs and soul-shattering music---from the love of Woodstock to the hatred of Altamont." Spine leans slightly, owner's rubber stamp inside front cover, else bright very good plus or better... More
Beat Generation: Readings from 21 Carlisle and Other Works.
n.p.: Musitron, 1960. LP record. Readings by Blake who was active in North Beach in the late '50s, author of the book 21 Carlisle, appeared in Beatitude magazine, etc. Issued as Volume 2 in Musitron's series of Beat Generation recordings. Must be heard to be appreciated---terrific Beat/beatnik poetry rife with..... More
Music, Man, That's Where It's At!
NY: Roaring Fork Press, 1966. Photo-illustrated folder containing three groups of stapled sheets printing essays about the rock music scene. First edition. Each group of sheets is 4 pages and includes reproductions of concert handbills, photos, and clippings. Included is: "The View from the Dance Floor" by Bob Chamberlain, "From..... More
666 the Hymn to Lucifer.
SF: The Diggers, 1968. 4to. First edition. Illustrated folder containing 12 colorful broadsides featuring Satanic-biker-hippie surreal texts printed in elaborate calligraphy with psychedelic embellishments by "Freewheelin' Frank," the Hell's Angel most associated with the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene. Although The Diggers imprint does not appear, four pages of "Notes from a...... More