No place: no publisher, no date [1960's]. We've never encountered one of these before during the 35 years we've been specializing in this kind of material. Some creasing and small tears to fragile paper, but iron-on lettering fine (10" x 11"). 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: 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
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: 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
[Delray Beach, FL]: University Circle Press, [1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. A study of LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin, and the history of their use. A couple of soft creases to front cover, price scratched out, bookseller's rubber stamp to title page and inside back cover, despite the flaws..... More
[San Diego: Phenix Publishers, 1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Psychedelic sin-trippers---Way Out and Wanton." Features one of the most terrifically ridiculous covers in the genre showing a partially uniformed, helmet-wearing, football player in his underwear launching himself across the room toward a scantily-clad hippie seductress. Owner's name and..... 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
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
n.p.: Nightstand, [1967]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Reckless Desire Ruled Their Shame Cult!" Cover illustration of an artist painting a naked woman as another man lurks in the background. Fine. Rare. No copies on OCLC. 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
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
[Buffalo]: Unique Books, [1966]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Great cover illustration by Bill Ward of beatnik couples on the beach with one of the bearded guys playing guitar for a scantily-clad beatnik gal. Minor edge-wear to one-inch of top edge of cover, else a fine, crisp, unread 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]: 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
[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
[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
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
No place: Tampa Records, no date [ca. 1950's]. LP record. Latin bongo music with a classic cover illustration featuring a seductive beatnik couple leaning against a lamp pole with the female beatnik scantily-clad and holding a long cigarette holder. Near mint record (one cosmetic scratch) in very good minus jacket..... More
