White Subway
London: Aloes Books, Not Stated. Second Edition. Paperback. First Aloes Books printing. One of one thousand copies in photographic stapled card wrappers. A clean very good example. Illustrated with drawings and photos.
Beat Generation / Counterculture
Kentucky Ham (Uncorrected Page Proof)
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 196 pp. The scarce Uncorrected Page Proof of this novel by son of Burroughs. A very good copy in plastic comb binding. Publication date of June 11, 1973 and other notes hand-written on front cover.
La Paz / Peace Neighborhood Newspaper July 28, 1968
New York: Peace Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Issue No. 4 of the La Paz / Peace Neighborhood Newspaper edited by Capizzi and Dansky. 10 pp. Stapled once near top left corner. In excellent condition. With articles in Spanish and English on the Masaryk Towers victory, Tenant...
Breakdowns with Breakdowns Bruch (Two Volumes in Slipcase)
Basel und Frankfurt am Main: Stroemfeld / Rotor Stern, 1980 -81. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. First German edition of Breakdowns, an anthology of underground cartoon art by Spiegelman. Text in German. Fine condition in illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. Published in 1980. Along with this title comes Breakdowns Bruch. Softcover...
Heart Beat My Life with Jack & Neal (Signed Limited Edition)
Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 93 pp. #140 of only 150 special SIGNED copies bound in quarter rose cloth over boards. Stamped in magenta. A very good copy with some light soiling to covers and a small, neat prior owner inscription. Lacking the acetate wrapper. A heartfelt memoir.
Neal Cassady A Biography Volume One 1926 - 1940
Vashon, WA: Tom Christopher, 1995. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Volume One of this illustrated biography of beat writer Cassady who was a close friend of Jack Kerouac. A fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. 48 pp.
Take One The Film Magazine Vol. 3 No. 2
Montreal: Unicorn Publishing Corporation, 1972. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 39 pp. Early issue of this Canadian magazine devoted to the film arts. Includes articles on Shirley Clarke, Canadian Women Directors, Back Street and more. Printed on inexpensive newspaper stock. Tape repair to front cover. Some light toning to paper, else...
Take One The Film Magazine Vol. 2 No. 4
Montreal: Unicorn Publishing Corporation, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 31 pp. Early issue of this Canadian magazine devoted to the film arts. Includes articles on Haskell Wexler & The Cool medium, Huac-Adoo, They Still "Trip" Horses and more. Printed on inexpensive newspaper stock. Some light toning to paper, else a....
Filmagazine Volume 1 Number 1
San Francisco: Associated Students of San Francisco State College, 1968. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 47 pp. May 1968 inaugural issue of this surprisingly sophisticated magazine devoted to the cinema arts. Includes an article on Stanley Donen's Two For The Road, an advertisement for Cosmic Ray by Bruce Conner, poems by...
The Essential Lenny Bruce I (Uncorrected Proof)
London: MacMillan, 1972. First UK edition. Paperback. 8vo. 128 pp. Uncorrected Proof copy in bound printed wrappers. Edited and with a foreword by John Cohen. Very good condition.
Life Begins With Love
No Place: No Publisher (Dave Haselwood?), No Date (1965?). First edition. Paperback. Rare volume of collage art by poet Charles Plymell. One of at least two distinct versions of this magazine. This copy measures 11" wide x 17" tall. 12 leaves including illustrated covers. An enigmatic publication with little info...
Ted McKeever's Metropol (Signed with Original Drawing)
London: Blue Eye Dog Ltd (Purr) / Simon Henwood, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Tall hardbound octavo. Unpaginated volume which contains books 1-12 of McKeever's underground comics all here in one volume. Book covers are lightly worn as it was not issued with a dustwrapper and so is prone to some...
Basil Wolverton's Foopgoop Frolics
Sylmar: Glenn Bray, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Alternative underground comic in book form. A very good copy in oversized (15.5 x 11") stiff wrappers.
The Generation Of Love (Inscribed by Barbeau)
New York: Bruce Publishing, 1969. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. A good to very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. Poems by Korte with b/w photos by Villalva. A hippie mainstay of the period. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Clayton Barbeau who edited the volume and provided the...
Earth Egg
No Place: Unmuzzled Ox, 1974. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Slender stapled pamphlet. Poems by beat writer Gregory Corso. Near fine condition with faint crease to front cover.
Revolution For The Hell Of It
New York: The Dial Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 231 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Jacket photo by Richard Avedon. The author, "Free" is described on the rear flap as a Yippie! leader who has been involved in the Movement for the past six years. We now know that the...
Kesey's Garage Sale (Signed by Kesey)
New York: Viking Press with Intrepid Trips, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 238 pp. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Introduction by Arthur Miller. Includes essays, interviews, comics, play-lets and other writings by Kesey with the assistance of many of his Merry Prankster friends. This copy SIGNED by Ken kesey and...
Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut; Misadventures In the Counter-Culture (Inscribed)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. The first softcover edition of this 352 pp collection of essays by the editor of The Realist. A very good copy in bound wrappers. Illustrated with some photographs. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper.
Moving Through Here
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1970. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 235 pp. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Epilogue by Paul Williams. First edition of the author's only book. McNeill was a staff writer for the Village Voice until his accidental death at the age of 23. This book is a selection of...
Clothes Free Guidebook
New York: Country Pudding, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 127 pp. Scarce first issue of this digest in book form featuring information on all things clothing-optional. About very good condition in bound wrappers.
Trips 66; An Everyman's Primer of Trip Art
San Francisco: The Psychedelic Shop, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. Unpaginated. Entirely illustrated in black and white (i.e no text). A primer on psychedelic artwork by the likes of Charlie Tuna, Jim Gulyas, Ronnie Greene, Jane Davis and more. A good to very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers...
Time Between (Signed)
New York: Entwhistle Books, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. First edtion of this facsimile of the original manuscript written by Paul Williams, founder of Crawdaddy Magazine, the first journal to seriously critique the rock and roll scene. 186 pp. A collection of autobiographical essays, poems and other writings by Williams. Published...
Treason - Quarterly of the Free School of New York Volume 1 Number 1
New York: Free School of New York, 1967. First edition. Paperback. 4to. The inaugural Summer 1967 issue of this magazine edited by Gillette, Krebs and others published to celebrate the second anniversary of the Free School's founding. 65 pp. A very good copy in thick staplebound wrappers. Includes Message to...
Loving Counch Press
Winnipeg: Loving Couch Press, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Scarce Canadian counterculture zine from the days of summer and love. This is Volume I Number 6. Printed on very thin paper. Uses primarily purple inks. Edited by Patrick News. 32 pp including illustrated hippy covers. The first issue to have crossed...
Flesh and Blood Comics 45
Paris: Robert Crumb, 2008. First edition. Paperback. Oversize tabloid comic book format. Folded in the middle for mailing else a very good example. 12 pp of black and white comic art by R. Crumb.