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
Hippies
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. Second 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
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Handbill proclaiming: ''Emmett Grogan is Back! so what [signed] the diggers.''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Emmett Grogan was the "leader" of the Diggers and his philosophy of "everything for free," his guidance of the hippies in the Haight, and his avoidance of celebrity culture made him one of the most intriguing and influential counterculture figures during this..... More
''If I Am Doing It at All...''
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints an anonymous poetic statement (in full): "If I am doing it at all, its for love not for oil. I love crusaders! Whoes got the grail! If its full of oil there's a better one made its new and its theory..... More
Term Paper.
[SF: Communication Company, 1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Prints a long anonymous text (probably by Emmett Grogan) about rebellion against America's consumer culture stating: "the diggers are a rebellion against commodities and the hierarchy of commodity values. Through FREE diggers expose the lie of the oppressive rationality of commodities and..... More
Handbill announcing The Invisible Circus printed at the event itself.
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. Broadside. First edition. Scheduled to take place at the Glide Memorial Church the Invisible Circus was billed as "a 72-hour environmental community Happening" presented by the Diggers who wanted it to be the best party the Haight had seen. The Communication Company's gestetner machines were..... More
Legal-size handbill from the Communication Company proclaiming: ''Fuck the Communication Company.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Correct first edition. This same text was also printed on yellow paper measuring 8.5" x 11" but this is a previously undiscovered earlier version done on larger white paper and without the Communication Company imprint. Self-deprecating sentiment intended to warn the hippie community of..... More
Legal-size handbill with text that begins: "She had to eat it to produce me...".
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "She had to eat it to produce me yet, when I told her I had a desire to eat it she said no. So I said, 'get fucked bitch,' and lived to eat..... More
Legal-size handbill with text that begins: "Shit why do you read this...".
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. Tall 4to. Text reproduced in holograph in black on white stock. In full: "Shit why do you read this. Spoon fed dip shit who are we to tell you. Do you need to be Told. Sorry I only give you shit. You tell me stupid. Talk..... More
Poster announcing a 1967 concert by The Loading Zone accompanied by Provo Lights at Dovre Hall in San Francisco during the Summer of Love.
SF: No publisher, 1967. Psychedelic printing in red against a yellow background. Benefit concert for Painters Union Local No. 4. Fine (14" x 8.5"). More
Vintage '60s iron-on T-shirt transfer stating: "Freedom Now Legalize LSD".
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
Woodblock print of an impressionistic, atmospheric drawing of two Hell's Angels on their bikes.
SF: Privately published by the artist, ca 1967. Though we can't decipher the artist's name he's signed at the bottom, titled it "Hell's Angels," and written the limitation 1/65. From the collection of a person who lived in the Haight during the sixties so evidently of that vintage. Single pin..... More
Child of Satan, Child of God.
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International [1977]. First paperback edition. Atkins writes of her transformation from Manson Family murderer to born-again Christian. Pages and inside of covers toned, else near fine. More
Goodbye Baby and Amen: A Saraband for the Sixties.
NY: Coward McCann, [1969]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Bailey's classic portraits of '60s artists, musicians, and celebrities very much capture the spirit of the era. Minute spot of wear to one corner, else fine in near fine dust jacket with a very small chip to base..... More
Richard Brautigan: An Annotated Bibliography.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., [1990]. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Signed by Barber. Fine. More
Small poster printing an illustration by sixties underground cartoonist Joel Beck.
n.p.: Privately published, n.d. Features a unicorn pulling a snail whose shell is a castle. Signed by Beck and dated 1982. Small soiled spot, else near fine (10.5" x 13"). More
Handmade exhibition announcement by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately published by Wallace Berman, ca. 1965. Features a small photo collage by Berman of a runner crossing the finish line with his hands raised in victory (same image that appeared on the cover of Caterpillar magazine). Above is printed: "Exhibition Sunday Feb. 26 2-5 pm 1440 N. Topanga..... More
Handmade mail art card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1965. Affixed to the card is Berman's self-portrait photograph of him and his son, Tosh holding their hands in the air as if playing "cowboys and indians" in a dilapidated corner of Berman's Semina Gallery in Larkspur. The same photo appears on the..... More
Original mail art greeting card by Wallace Berman.
Topanga: Privately produced by the artist, ca. 1970. Features a silver gelatin photograph of a rock painted with Hebrew letters. Underneath is printed in red ink: "Love Berman Topanga." Addressed by Berman and sent through the mail to friends in Beverly Hills. Small, light spot of toning to bottom edge..... More
Semina, No. 8, 1963.
LA: Privately printed and hand-assembled by Wallace Berman, 1963. Limited to only 149 copies. Spectacular association copy inscribed by Berman to Michael McClure, one of his very closest friends, regular Semina contributor, and author of "Peyote Poem" that Berman published as Semina No. 3. (Berman supplied McClure with the peyote..... More
Handbill announcing the "Le grand farewell appearance by popular demand the poets Richard Brautigan and Andrew Hoyem.''
n.p.: Privately published, 1967. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at Cal State's Winnett Lounge as part of Brautigan's stay as Poet in Residence, 1967. Printed in black on orange stock. Very fine. More
Handbill announcing a ''Rockdance-environment Happening Benefit for the Communication Company in Honor of the CIA.''
SF: Communication Company, 1967. 4to. Broadside. First edition. This event, also known as Bedrock One, was a concert/Happening presented by the Diggers during the "Summer of Love." Richard Brautigan & the Caped Crusaders, the Diggers, the S. F. Mime Troupe, the Steve Miller Blues Band, The Orkustra, and others, are..... More
Handbill announcing the ''Digger Free Poetry Reading for the Spring Mobilization for Peace.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This..... More
Handbill announcing the ''Digger Free Poetry Reading for the Spring Mobilization for Peace.''
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This is..... More