NY: Grove, [1961]. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. Kerouac's "ad-libbed" text for Robert Frank's beat film Pull My Daisy. Illustrated with stills from the movie. Bright, near fine copy with a touch of barely perceptible fading to the colored spine lettering. More
NY: Abbeville Press, 1995. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Prologue by Allen Ginsberg. Excellent book documenting the Beat influence on the art, music, fashion, and popular culture of the '50s and '60s. Issued to coincide with the 1995 landmark exhibition at the Whitney Museum. It traces the Beat..... More
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in silver marker. Very fine. More
[NY]: Viking, [1992]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Kesey in pink marker including a touch of sparkly embellishment with artistic flourishes and then elaborately rubber-stamped with Alaskan totem symbols. Fine. More
Columbia, MO: Saturday Review Magazine, 1983. This issue features a cover photo of Kesey in his barn with the original Prankster bus along with a substantive profile of him. Also pieces on Garrison Keillor, Philip Glass, and more. Fine. More
Memphis: Kimbrough Publishing 1959. 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. The first full-length beatnik dictionary solely devoted to beatnik, drug, and hipster lingo. Within a year of publication this book was pirated twice, first as "Beatnik Dictionary," and then a revised and expanded edition was issued under the title "Beat Talk." Illustrated..... More
Berkeley: Privately published by the author, n.d. [early 2000's]. Thick 4to. Plastic comb binding. Revised and expanded from the previous edition published in 2000 (this edition consistes of 664 numbered pages). A mammoth undertaking listing all the issue points needed to distinguish between the various original printings and reprints of..... More
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Minute, faint touch of wear to spine corners, else fine. More
[NY]: Universe, [2006]. 4to. Softbound, issued in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely photo-illustrated guide to collectible, vintage rock T-shirts. As new. More
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
[NY]: Aperture, [1981]. Oblong 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Book very slightly curved, else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
