Berenice Abbott & Eugene Atget.
[Santa Fe: Arena, 2002]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Prints "The World of Atget" by Berenice Abbott. Profusley illustrated. As new. More
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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
Thick & Thin.
[Monterey]: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's fourth book. White covers slightly sunned, else fine. 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
Pine Valley.
[Tucson]: Nazraeli, [2005]. Square 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Adams. 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
Our Man from Sadisto.
[San Diego: Greenleaf Classics, 1965]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Issued as part of the notable '60s James Bond sleaze parody series. Terrific Robert Bonfils cover art showing agent 0008, gun-in-hand, barging into a dimly-lit room with scantily-clad, unconscious (presumably drugged) women strewn across the floor. "Meet 0008---Peerless Lover..... 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. 1959. 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
Straight Thinking on Narcotics: Alcohol, Tobacco, Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, and Marijuana.
Mountain View, CA: Pacific Publishing, 1940. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Reefer madness-era textbook for high school and college students, warning of the dangers of illicit drugs. Illustrated with drawings. Ex-library copy with evidence of pocket removal, small sticker remnant to f.f.e., else near 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