Beats
ALLMEN, Rick.
Business card from Cafe Bizarre in Greenwich Village.
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. 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... Item #SKB-15652
Price: $45.00
ALLMEN, Rick.
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... Item #SKB-16302
Price: $50.00
ALLMEN, Rick.
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... Item #SKB-15650
Price: $125.00
AMRAM, David & KEROUAC, Jack.
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. Item #SKB-14278
Price: $15.00
ANDERSON, Chester & KAMSTRA, Jerry.
Forbidden Limericks.
n.p.: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1960]. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by Anderson on "pornography, humor, and the nature of censorship." Limericks by Anderson illustrated with drawings by Jerry Kamstra here appearing under the pseudonyms "Pablo Kamstra," and "Shem the Penman." Anderson went on to head the Communication Company in the Haight-Ashbury... Item #SKB-14660
Price: $25.00
BARAKA, Amiri.
Am / Trak.
NY: Phoenix Bookshop, 1979. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 126). Published as No. 20 in the Phoenix Bookshop Oblong Octavo Series. Fine. Item #SKB-2926
Price: $85.00
BARAKA, Amiri.
Bushwacked: A Counterfeit President for a Fake Democracy.
New Brunswick, NJ: Unity & Struggle Productions, 2001. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. Item #SKB-8686
Price: $25.00
BARAKA, Amiri.
Later Trane.
Candia, NH: John LeBow, 2003. Pamphlet. First edition. Cover illustration of John Coltrane by the author. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Baraka. Published as No. 1 in the Razor Series. Very fine. Item #SKB-10715
Price: $45.00
BARRY, John.
Beat Girl.
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... Item #SKB-16441
Price: $90.00
BATHURST, Bill.
Greystone Poems.
n.p.: Maya Quarto, 1970. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Title page illustration by Michael Myers. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 11 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Fine. Item #SKB-15903
Price: $75.00
BEILES, Sinclair.
Sacred Fix.
Rotterdam: Cold Turkey Press, [1975]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Beiles, a heroin addict, was a key figure of the European Beat scene who along with Burroughs and Gysin is credited for developing the cut-up technique of composition. Features poems and plays in... Item #SKB-15984
Price: $90.00
BENVENISTE, Asa.
Count Three.
n.p.: Maya Quarto, 1969. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 2 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Touch of fading to spine, else fine. Item #SKB-15910
Price: $40.00
BERGE, Carol.
The Vancouver Report.
[NY: Fuck You Press, 1964]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled at the edge. First edition. The author's first book, a report from the 1963 Vancouver Poetry Seminar at the University of British Columbia where Ginsberg, Olson, Whalen, Duncan, and others were participants. Fine. Item #SKB-3641
Price: $250.00
BERMAN, Wallace & DYLAN, Bob.
Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. Retard Para) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a transistor radio with nonsense text at the bottom.
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Among the images is one of Bob Dylan. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Support the Revolution, p. 172.) Fine (21" x 17"). Item #SKB-12529
Price: $250.00
BERMAN, Wallace & HEINECKEN, Robert.
Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken 1961-1976.
Pasadena: Armory Center for the Arts, 2011. Nicely designed catalog and 38 unbound plates (some in color) reproducing works by these artists enclosed in a cardboard box with printed label. First edition. Published on the occasion of an exhibition exploring the work of these two influential Southern California artists. As... Item #SKB-15741
Price: $150.00
BERMAN, Wallace & KUGELBERG, Johan.
Semina 1955-1964: Art is Love is God.
NY: Boo-Hooray, 2013. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition, deluxe issue with additional material in a pocket in the back. Limited to 300 copies. Reproduces the entire contents of each issue of Semina. Includes a booklet printing essays by Shirley and Tosh Berman, Johan Kugelberg and others. Enclosed in... Item #SKB-15890
Price: $200.00
BERMAN, Wallace & LAMANTIA, Philip.
Narcotica.
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Texts advocating the legalization of drugs by Lamantia and Artaud. Cover photographs by Wallace Berman of Lamantia injecting a syringe into his arm. One of Berman's earliest book covers (if not the first). A fine, fresh copy without the usual soiling and discoloration... Item #SKB-16160
Price: $350.00
BERMAN, Wallace & PARKER, Charlie.
Be-Bop Jazz.
n.p.: Dial Records, 1948. Three-record set of 78rpm records by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and others enclosed in a gatefold jacket. The cover features a splendid illustration by Wallace Berman, very likely his first published work (Support the Revolution p. 175). Small abrasion to cover not affecting the design, modest... Item #SKB-10788
Price: $650.00
BERMAN, Wallace & WIENERS, John.
Original photograph (vintage print) of John Wieners by Wallace Berman used on the back cover of Dave Haselwood's 1965 publication of Wiener's The Hotel Wentley Poems.
n.p.:n.p., [1959]. A head-shot of a turtle-necked young Wieners that the Auerhahn bibliography describes as "a linen weave line screen" photograph---titled in the lower left by Berman "John W. 1959." On the verso in an unknown hand (probably Haslewood's): "Photograph 1959 by Wallace Berman." Included is a copy of the... Item #SKB-14632
Price: $2,500.00
BERMAN, Wallace, COLLINS, Jess, & HERMS, George.
Poem Makers.
LA: L.A. Louver, 1992. Exhibition announcement (a single sheet folded in thirds) for a show featuring the works of Wallace Berman, Jess Collins, and George Herms, illustrated in color with one work by each. Sheet laid in for a reading and film screening at Beyond Baroque in conjunction with the... Item #SKB-14823
Price: $35.00
BERMAN, Wallace, DUNCAN, Michael; & McKENNA, Kristine.
Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle.
[NY & Santa Monica]: D.A.P. & Santa Monica Museum of Art, [2005]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. The definitive work on Berman and his influence on the LA art scene of the '50s and '60s. Profusely illustrated with photographs and graphics, including a list of the contents of... Item #SKB-16060
Price: $150.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Announcement card for ''Assemblage and Collage in California in the 1960's.''
SF: 871 Fine Arts, 2005. Postcard printing a color photograph of a work by Wallace Berman, a rock-with-chain mounted on a pedestal with Hebrew text. Stamped and sent through the mail. Couple of minute soiled spots, else fine. Item #SKB-16391
Price: $15.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Announcement card from L.A. Louver Gallery done in the style of a piece of Berman mail art.
Venice: L.A. Louver Gallery, n.d. [ca. 1990's]. The card is a notification that "The Wallace Berman Estate is Represented Exclusively by L.A. Louver Gallery." Printed on both sides illustrated with works by Berman and prints the phrase "Art is Love is God." Two pieces of clear tape to the verso... Item #SKB-16561
Price: $35.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Autograph Letter Signed to Hal Glicksman.
No place, no date [Topanga, 1970]. 1 page on 8vo intentionally torn sheet. Berman, broke, writes Glicksman hoping that he can help sell some work, in full: "Hal---Am tapped here I have many works for sale---all framed---all sizes---anybody you know who might be interested? I dropped Walter a note---thought that... Item #SKB-14942
Price: $650.00
BERMAN, Wallace.
Untitled offset poster (a.k.a. CMN/Thumb Poster) featuring four variant images of a hand holding a transistor radio with nonsense text at the bottom.
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). Item #SKB-10767
Price: $250.00
