n.p.:n.p., [1951]. This handmade announcement is for the production of "Four Plays" that were performed at the Beck's NYC apartment from August 15-20, 1951 (only 20 people were invited to each performance). The plays were: "Childish Jokes: or Crying Backstage" by Paul Goodman, "Ladies Voices" by Gertrude Stein, "He Who... More about Original collage announcing the very first performance by The Living Theatre
LA: Hollywood Star Press, 1979. Edited by Bill Dakota (pseud. of William Kern). This publication started in newspaper format but this is the premier (and we believe only) issue in magazine format. Cover photo of Elvis with sensational blurb "Exclusive! Elvis was Bi-Sexual Nick Adams was his Lover!" Also features... More about The Hollywood Star Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1979
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 about Spoof matchbook cover advertising ''Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes.''
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 about Peter Max Stationary
[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 about Un-American Activities in Washington State 1948
Berkeley: Oyez, 1965. Also included is a promotional theater ticket printing McClure's "lion talk." Fine. The pair:. More about Announcement from Oyez press for their 1965 publication of The Beard and the Love Lion, Lioness...
SF: Spatsa Gallery, [1961]. In 1958 Dimitri Grachis opened the Spatsa Gallery in a converted two-car garage in the Marina district. The artists, Beats, and bohemians who had been part of the scene at the recently defunct 6 Gallery soon shifted their attention to the Spatsa making it the new... More about Postcard announcement for ''Meat Science Show of Visionary Portraits & Banners.''
NY: Pocket Books, 1963. Narrow 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. A charming, unusual format guide to Greenwich Village in the early '60s with emphasis on the literary and bohemian aspects. Includes a "Beat lingo" glossary of hip terms, photos and quotes from various Village writers, and photos of the area by... More about The Merry Life: Greenwich Village
NY: SDS, [ca. 1965]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the corner. Stain from rusted staple, else fine. More about Disarmament and the American Economy
NY: Brunswick, [1959]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve with a photo of a mummy (a still from the film of the same name that inspired this record). In 1959 McKuen (who wrote the words and music) and McFadden had a novelty hit with the song The Mummy that includes some... More about The Mummy
n.p.: Privately published by the author, 1961. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. Presentation copy inscribed to beat poet and publisher, Bill Margolis: "To Bill who swings so beautifully Taylor Mead." Mead was active in the NYC counterculture before appearing in several of Warhol's films and becoming one... More about Excerpts from the Anonymous Diary of a New York Youth
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 about Program booklet for Winterland November 1970
NY: Pantheon, [1973]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. A study of hippie communes in London during the sixties. Near fine. More about Young Outsiders: A Study of Alternative Communities
NY: The Motherfuckers, 1968. 4to. "We Don't Give A Goddamn If Johnson Lives Or Dies. If Kennedy Is Or Isn't. We Have Nothing To Do With Them Or Their Politics Except As Objects To Be Destroyed. They Are Cowboys and Yankees. We Are Indians (And This Time We Win). Celebrate... More about Handbill issued by Up Against the Wall Motherfuckers (a.k.a the Motherfuckers) printing a...
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Morrison is shown sitting at a kitschy suburban kitchen table with a mother and her two blond, all-American kids who are eating snacks. Morrsion sits droopy-eyed and brooding in a white sweater looking directly into the camera. Great juxtaposition of the Lizard King in a Norman Rockwell setting..... More about Original color photograph of Jim Morrison (recent print
[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 about Live Naked
[Chicago: SDS, ca. 1966.] Pamphlet. Second printing. The text of Oglesby's 1965 speech in Washington, DC. Fine (small date stamp to front cover). More about Trapped in a System
NY: Privately published by the artist, 1962. The items include a mimeo handbill printed on both sides announcing the 1962 season for the Ray Gun Theater. One side advertises productions of Store Days, Nekropolis, Injun, Voyages, and World Fair, the other lists the cast for Store Days that included Henry... More about Handbill and other items relating to Oldenburg's Ray Gun Theater
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog for this show illustrated with photographs including supplementary text. Fine. More about Yoko Ono: Objects, Films
London: Indica Gallery, 1966. Narrow 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog for this landmark show where gallery co-owner John Dunbar first introduced Yoko to John Lennon. Interestingly designed, featuring 8 pages each with three perforated photos with adhesive backing that were intended to be torn out and glued into their... More about Yoko Ono at Indica: Unfinished Paintings and Objects by Yoko Ono
n.p.: SDS, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. Ink price to front cover, else about fine. More about Alienation or Participation: The Sociology of Participatory Democracy
LA: Gary Panter, 1980. Pamphlet in color illustrated staped wrappers. First edition. Signed by Panter in the year of publication. Panter's second comic, photocopied and hand-assembled by him. Panter was an early participant in the LA Punk scene of the '70s during which time his work appeared in Slash magazine... More about The Asshole (A Parable
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 about Poster announcing the 1989 Sculpture Grant Award Exhibition at Artspace in San Francisco
Boston: Meador, 1939. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by the author. Payne, a self-proclaimed "hobo philosopher," describes his theory of living simply, stating that he can survive happily by working one day a week. He suggests that with proper management of America's industrial capability we could produce a.... More about Why Work or The Coming Age of Leisure and Plenty
n.p.:n.p., [1969]. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Outlines the types of tear gas used on People's Park demonstrators, with advice on how to protect yourself. Fine. More about Instant News Service, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1969