[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...
[Chicago: SDS, ca. 1966.] Pamphlet. Second printing. The text of Oglesby's 1965 speech in Washington, DC. Fine (small date stamp to front cover).
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...
NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog for this show illustrated with photographs including supplementary text. Fine.
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...
n.p.: SDS, 1966. Pamphlet. First edition. Ink price to front cover, else about fine.
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...
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.....
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....
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.
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").
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").
NY/London: Award Books/Tandem Books, [1968]. Magazine-format publication devoted to "stripping the petals off the Flower Children" revealing "them to be floundering in a cesspool of sex, half-crazed with weird drugs, parasitic, selfish, diseased..." Sensational, scathing attack on the hippie subculture with articles and first-person accounts of "orgiastic parties" and "sexual.....
Paris: Andre Balland, 1971. Oblong 8vo. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. A photographic ode to free love among a group of hippies. Lovely, atmospheric photos by John Ray showing hippies smoking pot, dancing, and then participating in an orgy. The accent is on sensual embraces and intertwined naked hippie...
SF: Michael Zagaris, 1974. The photograph shows a blonde, bespectacled Lou Reed using the microphone cord to tie himself off while he injects a syringe into his right arm. This print is from the archive of Jon Goodchild, the original art director for OZ magazine until he was lured to...
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...
[SF]: Fantasy, [1957]. LP record. First printing, second issue (on lighter vs. dark red vinyl). Classic early Beat poetry readings accompanied by jazz. Fantasy promo sheet laid in. Very good plus.
n.p.: Privately published, 1961. Features a photo of a surfer riding a wave printed in blue against a white background. Early ephemera from the heyday of surfing. As new (approx. 9.5" x 6"). Surfing paper ephemera of this vintage is scarce.
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Nicely designed handbill with photos of crashing waves, text in red and black. "Grant Rohloff personally brings you the indescribable power and excitement of a 'North Swell' his all new surfing adventure film." The ticket reproduces a photo of a surfer riding a wave. Couple of...
Cambridge, MA: Left Mailings, n.d. Pamphlet. First edition. Covers the student strikes of the late sixties, the Kent State killings, and more. Near fine.
[Berkeley: Rubin for Mayor Committee, 1967]. 8vo (we've also encountered a slightly larger format version of this---no priority known). Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. A promotional booklet for Rubin's campaign for mayor of Berkeley, stating his positions on the draft, marijuana, Vietnam, abortion, and more. Nicely designed...
NY: ESP-Disc, 1965. The poster is illustrated with photos of The Fugs and when entirely unfolded the poster states: "Fugs Want to Thank You," but when folded differently it says "Fuck You." Originally issued in promo copies of the Virgin Fugs LP, but here offered separately. Also included is another...
Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, 1966. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. Fourth printing (of five) from this press. (Originally published by Sanders' Fuck You Press). Prints the lyrics to 26 Fugs' songs along with "Notes on The Fugs" by Ed Sanders. 1.5" corner chip to front cover, small chip to back cover, solid very good.
NY: Fuck You Press, 1965. 4to. "THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE FUGS! an unbelievable group of singers featuring Tuli Kupferberg on farto-phone, Brillo Box, finger symbols, & various percussion instruments; Ed Sanders on organ, sex-organ, & harmonica...dirty folk spews, rock & roll, poetry, Amphetamine operas and other freak beams..." The...
SF: Privately published, 1965. 4to. "This weekend The Fugs! zany, satirical, beatnik, loud, rock 'n' roll group! on the West Coast only a month---see them now!" This was The Fugs first West Coast visit, the last stop on their "Fugs' Cross Country Vietnam Protest Caravan." In the Bay Area they...
