NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. Postcard featuring a color photo of poet Ted Joans reading at the Cafe Bizarre with patrons sitting at tables in the background and colorful abstract art painted on the walls. This photo was published in the October issue of Holiday magazine, and it also served..... More
England: Columbia Graphophone, 1960. LP record. The soundtrack for this exploitation film about the British youth rebellion of the '50s starring pop idol Adam Faith and Gillian Hills. The film was later released in America as "Wild for Kicks." This was John Barry's first soundtrack, and it was the first..... More
No place: Privately published by Elmer Batters, ca. 1961. There are LP record covers around the mattress and on the floor, and part of the model's body can be seen reflected in a large mirror on the wall. Elmer Batters was an early master of fetish photography. Fine (ca. 2.5"..... More
No place: Privately published by Elmer Batters, ca. 1961. The model is lying on a mattress with her head resting on pillows as she looks upward directly at the camera. Elmer Batters was a pioneer in fetish photography. Fine (ca. 2.25" x 2.25"). More
No place: Privately issued, [ca.1960]. Yes, that's right, a vintage beatnik beach towel featuring an illustration of a beatnik couple---the man wearing shades, a beret, and playing bongos, the woman reading a book titled "Off Beat Poems." At their feet is a bearded, shade-wearing octopus balancing a cup of expresso..... More
No place: no publisher, no date [ca. 1960]. A beatnik beard enclosed in a plastic bag with cardboard header with an illustration of a beatnik and the words: "Self Adhering! Dig That Beard! Crazy Man!" Very good. More
No place: no publisher, no date [ca. 1960]. On a card printing "Hello I Am a Beatnik Pin---Wear Me and Be the Life of the Party" is mounted a brushed metal broach of a hirsute, googly-eyed beatnik playing guitar. Very good. Beatnik kitch at its absolute kitschiest. More
No place: Franco-American Novelty Co., 1960. Issued in both a male and female version, this male version features a plastic bag with cardboard header featuring an illustration of two beatniks with the quotes: "I Dig This Outfit!" and "Man This is Cool!" The contents include an "authentic French Beret," a...... More
Toledo, OH: Leister Game Co., 1959. Cardboard box printed with charming drawings of bearded, beret-wearing beatniks spouting beatnik phrases. The box contains 24 pieces of illustrated stationery in different shapes, 6 each in square, circle, trapezoid and rectangular format, plus 12 envelopes with a Beat jazz combo in the corner..... More
Brooklyn, NY: L. I. Mask Co., no date [ca. 1960]. A beatnik beard enclosed in a plastic bag and mounted on a piece of card stock with directions for use. "Fun For All All For Fun." Very good. More
No place: Privately published, 1968. The photo shows three couples partying, the guys are all shirtless, two are wearing shades, the women are wearing bra and panties. They are all cavorting in a shag carpeted living room with cigarettes and booze on the table. This scene was staged for an..... More
No place: no publisher, ca. 1960. A staged photo of a half-naked "beatnik" temptress straddling a conga drum that she's playing as she looks upward. A guitar leans against the wall next to her. Fine (ca. 8" x 10"). More
No place: no publisher, no date [ca. 1960]. The beatnik is shown amidst the outstretched hands of all those who are waiting to get paid by him. Blue ornamental border with a Tiki statue on either side. Fine (4.25" x 6"). More
n.p.: n.p., ca. 1959. Cardboard box printed with charming drawings of beatniks and beatnik phrases. The box contains 24 folding illustrated notecards. They feature 3 different beatnik-themed drawings, with 8 cards of each design. There are also 8 sheets of red stickers printing beatnik phrases to embellish the cards or..... More
No place: American International Records, 1970. LP record. Soundtrack for the American International hippie musical exploitation film directed by Roger Corman starring Robert Corff (of "Hair" fame) and Bud Cort. A group of hippies from various backgrounds "inherit" the nation after a mysterious gas attack exterminates everyone over twenty-five. Interestingly..... More
NY: Falcon Books, [1952]. First edition of this Paperback Original digest. Wonderful, scantily-clad-junkie-woman cover illustration. "Steve's search for Wally's murderer takes him into sordid 'Dream Street,' the world of 'junkies,' murderers, and prostitutes..." One of the half dozen scarcest and most desirable classic drug exploitation paperbacks. Has all the requisite..... More
No place: no publisher, 1965. Beatnik TV character Maynard G. Krebs on the show "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was easily the most conspicuous appropriation and parody of beatniks ever devised by mainstream culture. Here Maynard is shown in goatee and torn sweatshirt playing the bongos. Several rubber-stamped dates..... More
[Chicago]: Newstand Library, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. One of the all-time classic beatnik exploitation novels, with a terrific Robert Bonfils cover illustration featuring a sexy beatnik temptress playing bongos in the foreground as Ted Joans reads poetry in the beatnik coffee house they're in. The inspiration for..... More
Amarillo, TX: Baxter Lane Co., 1969. An anti-hippie flyer listing the requirements for membership in the Belligerent Student and Happy Hippie Society including: being "obligated to demonstrate conformity by: indulgin' in like free and prosmiscuous love; blowin' the 'mind' with drugs, spongin' meals off the squares; stealin'; demonstratin'; screaming 'Pigs!'..... More
n.p.: Pot Head Experimental Films,1967. Printed in day-glo orange, pink, and purple featuring an illustration of a shade-wearing hippie couple and a scantily-clad hippie gal. "UP-TIGHT SQUARES Join the HIPPIES and their HIP CHICKS they've scored for ACID, POT, & GRASS! THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT...IT'S A SEX FREAK OUT."..... More
Hollywood: Nordyke Publishing, 1959. 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Sheet music and lyrics for this beatnik-related song. Cover illustration of a bearded beatnik and a man strumming a guitar. Front cover has an "X" to the corner in magic marker and a tiny price sticker, else about..... More
Santa Fe: Bajada Pass Media, 1971. 4to. Softbound. First edition. An over-the-top, erotic photo-novel in magazine format with dialog balloons for the characters in the photos. Prints three stories about hippies involved in various sexual escapades including much nudity, drug references (especially marijuana), and countercultural themes. Minute tear to cover..... More
[NY: Beelzebub Books, 1959]. Second printing of this softcore men's magazine flagrantly exploiting the then current beatnik phenomena. Published as Beelzebub Books No. 1. "An uncensored, unexpurgated expose of the 'BEAT GENERATION'." Sensational articles on the Beat phenomenon such as "Shook-up Shebas and Be-Bop Babes" and "Beat Broads Curiously Cavort."..... 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]: Beacon, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a naked woman with a sheet seductively draped around her while her beatnik lover stands in the background. "An uncensored novel of love among the beats, where every man does as he pleases---and every chick aims to please"..... More
