NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. 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
NY: Cafe Bizarre, ca. 1959. Single tall sheet folded to make four pages. This version features a cover illustration of a large sinister face that conveys the "bizarre" concept of this cafe. The back cover prints a small illustrated map of Greenwich Village bohemian hot spots. The menu includes such..... More
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
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
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. More
New Brunswick, NJ: Unity & Struggle Productions, 2001. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine. 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
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... 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
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. More
[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. More
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"). More
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..... More
SF: Batman Gallery, 1961. Poster announcing this important early show for Herms. Features a photograph by Berman of Herms in biker regalia standing next to one of his assemblages (Support the Revolution, p. 176). Printed in red and black on thin beige stock. A scarce early item from the West..... More
n.p.: Columbia Records, 1970. A quarto page neatly excised from Billboard magazine. The advertisement utilizes a disturbing still from D.W. Griffith's film "The Birth of a Nation." At the bottom the anonymous artist placed 5 handheld transistor radios identical to Berman's and in each he put a photo of one..... More
Berkeley: Privately published, 1979. Features an illustration of one of his verifaxes. Two words underlined in red ink on verso, imperceptible pin hole to two corners, else fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, 1979. Single 16mo sheet folded to make four pages. Front and back covers reproduce Berman verifaxes of hands holding transistor radios, inside features the poster for his Ferus Gallery show and another work by Berman with a small photo of him. Faint touch of sunning to top..... More
n.p.: Privately produced by the artist, 1962. Small framed etching that Berman found and gifted to Meltzer. Inscribed on the verso by Berman who has done a small drawing of Meltzer: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID From Wallace, Shirley & Tosh 1962." A charming artifact linking these two longtime best friends. The..... More
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above. Fine with a few minute remnants of archival tape to verso from previous framing (4" x 3")... More
Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. The front of the card features a lovely, soulful close-up self-portrait of Berman's face looking directly into the camera. The photo has intentionally been torn with irregular edges and affixed to the card. The back of the card is stamped and hand-addressed by Berman in..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Arguably Berman's most interesting poster design utilizing various photographs culled from newspapers and magazines to create a dynamic collage effect (Support the Revolution, p. 170.). Old creases where folded as issued, paper slightly toned, the toning a bit accentuated at the center fold, but an exceptionally..... More
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus..... More
Larkspur, CA: Privately printed and hand-assembled by Wallace Berman, 1961. Limited to 200 copies. Folder with an altered photographic still of actress Susan Hayward on the cover. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 18 inserts of various sizes printing photographs, texts, and drawings. This issue is devoted entirely..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. Originally issued as the colophon lithograph for a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. It features a bold line of Berman's Hebrew lettering that extends from one side to the other. This colophon lithograph was the only one signed by Berman..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a nebula swirling in outer..... More