Downstream from Trout Fishing in America: A Memoir of Richard Brautigan.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, [1989]. Softound. First edition. Spine and edges of cover faded, else very good plus. More
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Thick & Thin.
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's fourth book. White covers slightly sunned, else fine. More
The Scientific Study of Marihuana.
Chicago: Nelson-Hall, [1978]. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second printing. A selection of papers on the "results of controlled laboratory experiments into the effects of marihuana on humans and animals." Includes Baudelaire's "Les Paradis Artificiels." Fine in slightly used dust jacket. More
Campaign button for Louis Abolafia's 1968 run for president as the "naked hippie love candidate".
NY: Privately published, 1968. The button shows Abolafia naked holding a hat over his private parts with his campaign slogan "What have I got to hide." Abolafia was an artist, activist, and fixture in the Greenwich Village scene of ths sixties where he organized Love-ins and Happenings and published the..... More
The Pageant of History in Northern California.
SF: American Trust Company, [1954]. Folio. Spiral-bound. First edition. Text by Nancy Newhall. Stunning b&w reproductions, many full-page. Very fine in the original age-toned mailing carton. Scarce this nice. More
Sally from Six by Six (6 x 6) Set Four.
[Portland]: Nazraeli, [2012]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Limited to 100 signed numbered copies with an original 11" x 14" signed numbered print laid in. Originally issued as part of the set Six by Six: Set Four but here offered separately. As new... More
A Portrait in Landscapes.
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2005]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Adams (though not called for). Limited to 500 copies. As new. More
Still Lives at Manzanita.
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2006]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Adams (though not called for). Limited to 500 copies. As new. More
West from the Columbia: Views at the River Mouth.
[NY]: Aperture, [1995]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. More
Degas: The Complete Etchings, Lithographs and Monotypes.
NY: Viking, [1975]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Foreword by John Rewald. Illustrated throughout. Small patch of light offsetting to endpapers, else fine. More
The Berenson Collection.
Milan: Arti Grafiche Ricordi, [1964]. Thick folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Preface by Nicky Mariano. Profusely illustrated in color throughout. Fine in publisher's slipcase. More
One Stick Song.
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, [2000]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. One of 100 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author. As new. More
One Stick Song.
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, [2000]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. As new. More
Ten Little Indians.
NY: Grove Press, [2003]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. As new. More
The Reign of Law: A Tale of the Kentucky Hemp Fields.
NY: Macmillan, 1900. Hardbound, lacking the very rare dust jacket. First edition. A novel set in the Kentucky hemp fields. Of interest because the boards are decorated with a marijuana leaf motif, the first use of this design on a book cover. Boards somewhat soiled and darkened from age, else..... More
Menu from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a sinister, demented person acting as the doorman who personifies the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. A small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots is printed on the..... More
Business card from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. The card prints (in white against a black background) the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on all their promotional material. Also prints the phone numbers and name of Rick Allmen who started the club in 1957. The Cafe Bizarre was one..... More
Original color photo (recent print) of the Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village, 1960's.
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. The photo shows the outside of the Cafe Bizarre at night with its "spooky" decorations around the door and the huge "Rick Allmen's Cafe Bizzare" banner hanging out front as people walk by on an evening in the Village. The Cafe Bizarre was one of the most conspicuous..... More
Promotional Beatnik cigarette holder from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1960. The cigarette holder prints the word "Bizarre" in the same spooky stylized lettering used on the cover of the LP that was recorded there, along with their catch phrase "Where the Beat Meet the Elite." The Cafe Bizarre, founded in 1957, was one of the..... More
A Clear Case Against Narcotics: Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Opium and Cocaine.
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Publishing, 1939. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Reefer madness-era textbook for upper grades, warning of the dangers of drugs. Illustrated with charming drawings showing drug use around the world. Tiny owner's stamp, else fine. More
Joan Almond: The Past in the Present.
[West Hollywood]: St. Ann's Press, 2002. Two volumes. Silk-covered boards with a photographic plate affixed to the front cover. First edition. One of 65 deluxe copies with a portfolio containing two platinum prints, each hand coated, printed, and signed by Almond. As new in publisher's silk-covered slipcase. A sumptuous production..... More
Infinite Perspectives: Two Thousand Years of Three-Dimensional Mapmaking.
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, [1999]. Oblong 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Profusely illustrated. As new. More
Vibrations: The Adventures and Musical Times of David Amram.
NY: Macmillan, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Includes reminiscences about Kerouac (with whom he worked on Pull My Daisy) and many others. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
Handbill announcing: ''The Diggers Have a Hotel.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. The Diggers request help from the hip community to bring their "hotel" up to code asking: "Please help. It will be free to all when it's done." They go on to explain their intentions to "have an all night center, sack out..... More
Handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of the danger of looking for leaders. The Communication Company and the Diggers were very influential in the Haight-Ashbury scene while often being critical of it. Three-hole-punch to left edge as issued, else very..... More