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(ANKH). Cropsey, Charles & Ed Lange, Editors. Los Angeles. 1966 + 1967.: Elysium Inc., Publishers. First Editions. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Nudist Periodical. Fine.. 70 + 70 + 66 + 66pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published by Los Angeles' last great nudist haven, The Elysium Institute, "Ankh" is arguably the most awesome of all the under the counter Hippie psychedelic magazines of the late sixties. Full-frontally illustrated throughout with photographs of well adjusted, hirsute sun worshippers in their teens and twenties (including the always photogenic Michelle Angelo) by the likes of Ed Lange, Walter Chappell, William Rotsler, and Russell Gay, the reader can all but smell the suntan lotion and Patchouli oil. Included are pictorials on communes, nudist colonies, and light shows along with articles such as "Sex in The Sun", "Group Therapy in the Nude" "What Hath God / LSD / God Wrought?", "Thoreau: The First Hippie", and the two-part "Barry McGuire (!) on Sex". A bright, spectacularly well-preserved run of the first four issues of this obscure crowd pleaser. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 026483

(BERMAN, WALLACE). Glicksman, Hal, Walter Hopps, Robert Duncan & David Meltzer. Los Angeles: Fellows of Contemporary Art & Otis Art Institute Gallery, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 118pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Jerry McMillan. This is the comprehensive catalogue on the work of the beloved pioneering Los Angeles beat, collage, and assemblage artist Wallace Berman published in conjunction with a posthumous 1978 retrospective exhibition sponsored by the Fellows of Contemporary Art and the Otis Art Institute Gallery that traveled to The Fort Worth Art Museum, University Art Museum at UC Berkeley, and the Seattle Art Museum. A most handsome example of this important document showing some soft creasing to the bottom foredge tips of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. LC 78-70599 Inventory Number: 025866

(BERMAN, WALLACE). Herms, George. Los Angeles: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (4pp), no illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender, oversized four page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of seventy-three works by Wallace Berman. Held at the Timothea Stewart Gallery on La Cienega the year after the legendary Los Angeles beat artist's untimely passing, it features a brief essay by Berman's close friend and colleague George Herms. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025336

(BERMAN, WALLACE). McKenna, Kristine & David Meltzer. London: Camden Arts Centre, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (12pp), 5 color illustrations + b&w covers. This is the slender twelve page brochure published in conjunction with a 2008 British exhibition of works by the legendary Los Angeles beat artist entitled "All is Personal: The Art of Wallace Berman". It features an essay by Kristine McKenna along with a brief text by poet David Meltzer. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item (number thirty-four in the Camden Arts Centre's "file notes" series) that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 023737

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (PRINCE, RICHARD). McKenna, Kristine & Richard Prince. Introduction by Michael Kohn. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Xiaoqing Wang, Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist. "The use of heterosexual pornography or soft erotica in collage and assemblage is often all too uncritical, but for a few of the California artists who came of age in the early 1950s, Wallace Berman for example, its applications were much more nuanced. This approach to "girlie magazine" imagery and its polar opposite - the impulse to decommodify sexuality - can both be found in the photographs, paintings and books of Richard Prince, an artist whose fondness for the era of Berman is well-known. "She" traces these overlaps and sympathies with reproductions of previously unseen works by Berman and new images from Prince's "Girlfriends" and "de Kooning" series. Also included is an interview with Prince and editor Kristine McKenna, whose ongoing work on Wallace Berman and his contemporaries continues to yield exciting discoveries". A brand new, pristine example (catalogue entry 59 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of this beautiful hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880086-20-4 Inventory Number: 021100

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). Berman, Wallace. Larkspur, CA: Self-Published, 1961. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Chipboard Portfolio. Artist's Periodical. Good.. np, 18 individual inserts printed offset on cardstock or paper housed a printed paper pocket, 11 monochrome illustrations + front cover. This seventh installment of "Semina" - Wallace Berman's legendary, and legendarily scarce handmade literary and art periodical - is subtitled "Aleph". Published in Larkspur in 1961, unlike its predecessors that anthologized work from the movers and shakers of the West Coast Beat scene, this number is entirely devoted entirely to contributions by Berman himself. It is comprised of eighteen loose reproductions of photographs, drawings, and text - many of which combine these elements. A complete, internally handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred unnumbered copies. The eleven photographic reproductions on cardstock are bright and fresh, while several of the text pieces printed on matte paper show typical minor soiling, offsetting, and age-toning. The printed white pocket into which these are gathered is still securely affixed to the inside rear cover. Externally, the title pastedown on the front cover shows some mild rubbing and foxing, and the brittle, highly acidic chipboard covers have light overall wear, age-toning, and soiling. More notably, the covers have separated cleanly along the length of the spine, and there are two triangular chips of paper loss along the bottom edge - one on the rear at the heel of the spine, and a tiny one at the foredge front corner. Both detached fragments are present, and we have decided to let the next owner deal with their preferences for any paper restoration. All in all, this is a most presentable copy of a truly remarkable Wallace Berman item that looks far nicer in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026125

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). McKenna, Kristine, Michael Duncan, Stephen Fredman & Raymond Foye. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. New York & Santa Monica, CA. 2005 (2015).: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers) & Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 384pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Stuart Smith, Green Dragon Office. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. "The quintessential visual artist of the Beat era, Wallace Berman (1926-1976) remains one of the best kept secrets of the late 20th century. A crucial figure in California's postwar underground, Berman was a catalyst who traveled through many different worlds, transferring ideas and dreams from one circle to the next. His larger community is the subject of "Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle", the hardbound catalogue to a traveling exhibition organized by the Santa Monica Museum of Art including previously unexhibited works by fifty-two artists. Anchoring this publication is "Semina", a free-form art and poetry journal that Berman published in nine issues between 1955 and 1964. Although privately made and distributed to a mere handful of friends and sympathizers, it was a brilliant compendium of the most interesting artists and poets of its time. Showcasing the individuals who came to define a still potent strand of post-war beat counter-culture, Semina Culture subtly outlines the energies, values, and foibles of this fascinating circle. Also reproduced here are works by various artists and writers who appear in Berman's own photographs - many of which were recently developed from vintage negatives and will be seen here for the first time. Edited by Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, it includes paintings and drawings by Cameron, John Altoon, Jay DeFeo, Bruce Conner and Joan Brown; collages and assemblages by Robert Alexander, Stuart Perkoff, John Reed, George Herms and Jess; poetry by Robert Duncan, David Meltzer, Philip Lamantia and John Wieners; and photographs by Charles Brittin, Walter Hopps and Patricia Jordan". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first edition of this beautifully designed, extraordinary document still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-933045-10-8 Inventory Number: 023223

(BUTTURINI, GIAN). Butturini, Gian, Martin Parr, Luciano Mondini & Allen Ginsberg. Parr, Martin, Editor. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2017. First Edition Thus. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. This is the recently published, revised edition of Italian photographer Gian Butturini's prescient "London" book. Originally published in 1969, it is a gritty, high-contrast black and white look at the city's streets and residents as the Swingin' Sixties drew to a close. A brand new, most handsome example of the now uncommon 2017 Damiani first - and only - printing (whose first edition is cited on pages Photobook) overseen by Martin Parr that was withdrawn from distribution following a somewhat ginned-up controversy regarding the sequencing of the book's images, with all of the publisher's remaining copies subsequently destroyed. Inventory Number: 026857

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. Hancock, NH: Lustrum Limited Editions & Colloquium, Inc., 1974. First Edition. 16mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Publisher's Prospectus. Fine.. np (12pp), 9 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", Larry Clark's groundbreaking first book was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, "Tulsa" forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. The 1971 first edition is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books". A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, tiny (5 ½ x 4 ¼") ephemeral item that was the pre-publication prospectus for the 1974 Lustrum Limited Editions and Colloquium, Inc. portfolio limited to fifty copies containing ten photographic prints from Larry Clark's "Tulsa". Inventory Number: 025838

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. NP (New York). ND 1979.: Self-Published. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", Larry Clark's groundbreaking first book was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, "Tulsa" forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of Larry Clark's own 1979 self-published hardbound reprint of the original 1971 Lustrum press edition (the original is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Larry Clark" in black ink at the lower foredge corner of the title page. Inventory Number: 024362

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. NP (New York). ND 1979.: Self-Published. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", Larry Clark's groundbreaking first book was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, "Tulsa" forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. A most handsome example of the first printing of Larry Clark's own 1979 self-published hardbound reprint of the original 1971 Lustrum press paperbound edition (the original is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose dust jacket shows a tiny nick along the bottom edge of the front cover. Inventory Number: 024039

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. London: LCB (Larry Clark Books in association with Thea Westreich), 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth and Design pur. Text in English. Published in Switzerland 1995, Larry Clark's "The Perfect Childhood" caused quite a stir when the attorneys for its American distributor upon seeing their first copy refused to let it be imported due to the prevailing moral climate. The successor to "Tulsa" and "Teenage Lust", it continues the notorious photographer/director's fascination with the American teen through wall-to-wall photos, collages, video stills and re-photographed press clippings - most of which are previously unpublished. Highly voyeuristic in nature, there is no shortage here of sex, violence, skateboarders and Matt Dillon! A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon true first edition (cited on page 245 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") issued by Larry Clark Books in association with Thea Westreich. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 0-302-00644-3 Inventory Number: 020754

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Milan, ITALY: Nieves & Le Case D'Arte, 2006. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (18pp), 12 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the first of two slender catalogues published as part of the Nieves "Zine" series on the occasion of the 2006 exhibition of work by Larry Clark held at the Le Case D'Arte in Milan. Issued without text, it contains images from Clark's landmark "Tulsa" series. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to one hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (132/150) on the rear cover in pencil, as issued. Inventory Number: 020751

(CLARK, LARRY). Clark Larry. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 2000. First Edition Thus 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Nearly thirty years after the 1971 Lustrum Press publication of this landmark book, Larry Clark's taboo breaking "Tulsa" is once again available. Long before "Kids", "Another Day in Paradise" and "Bully", this was the real thing. A gritty, voyeuristic photo essay of the author's life amongst youthful petty criminals and drug addicts in Oklahoma, this book forever changed the landscape of acceptability for the photographic book in the latter half of the 20th Century. The 1971 Lustrum Press first edition is cited on page 260 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 272-73 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 25 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 208-09 of "The Book of 101 Books". This example is from the Grove Press 2000 limited slipcased edition of two hundred and fifty copies only SIGNED by Larry Clark, with a SIGNED 8 x 10" black and white photographic print (of an image that is not reproduced in the book) laid in. A brand new, pristine example in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-8021-1678-7 Inventory Number: 020125

(DE GEER, KARL JOHAN).Kugelberg, Johan. New York: Ectoplasm Books, 2009. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (60pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Taylor Brigode for Octopuss Limited. "Carl Johan De Geer, born in 1938, grew up in absurd privilege and abject unhappiness as a member of one of Sweden's most powerful aristocrat families. His parents showed no discernable interest in him or his siblings, and so he grew up on a grand country estate with his grandparents, went to art school in the late 1950s, and in an epic choice of rejection lived his life to this day as a perennial Swedish underground artist, working in counterpoint to the privilege of his surname. De Geer, as a masterful Leica M4 snapshot giant à la Van Der Elsken or Daido Moriyama, has the sacred ability to capture the monotone grit of everyday life and demand its reflection. He gives us a glimpse of a Sweden inhabited by people who are the other, whose life experience is impregnated with otherness, providing a visual cue into an unseen world. The visible scratches, fades and imperfections, the wabi-sabi of this collection of vintage prints, is reflected in the images". "The Camera as Consolation" is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the Johan Kugelberg-curated 2009 Boo-Hooray Gallery exhibition of the gritty Vietnam-era social reportage of this unsung Swedish master that parallels the work Ed Van Der Elsken and Anders Peterson. A brand new, pristine example from a handful of ultra-deluxe copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Carl Johan De Geer in black ink on the front pastedown that comes with a 5 ¾ x 4 1/8" SIGNED VINTAGE B&W PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT in a translucent archival envelope affixed to the inside front cover; and is housed in the publisher's handmade black linen over board slipcase with a SIGNED DRAWING in white marker on the front face by Carl Johan De Geer, as issued. Laid in is the gallery's printed exhibition invitation as well as a special NUMBERED (24/80) silkscreened opening invitation designed and SIGNED by the photographer. Inventory Number: 017909

(DIGGERS, THE). McKenna, Kristine, Peter Coyote & Naomi Wolf. Santa Monica, CA & Rensselaerville, NY: Foggy Notion Books & Fulton Ryder, Inc., 2012. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Graphic Design Monograph. Fine. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "The social upheaval of the sixties gave rise to many fascinating coalitions and communes, but the Diggers, a little-known and short-lived group, stand apart from them all. Formed in Haight-Ashbury in 1966 by members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Diggers took their name from the English Diggers - a seventeenth century agrarian collective devoted to creating a Utopian society free of ownership and commerce. The San Francisco Diggers under the leadership of Peter Berg, Emmett Grogan, Peter Coyote, and Billy Murcott were true anarchists, with roots in the Theater of the Absurd, Existentialism, and strategies of direct action. They coined slogans designed to prod people into participating and staged art happenings, public interventions, and street theater infused with wicked humor. The Diggers also provided free food, clothing, medical care and lodging to anyone in need as part of their effort to create a unified and mutually supportive community. A critically important part of their methodology were the hundreds of broadsides printed by Chester Anderson and Claude Hayward's Communication Company (or Com/Co) that they regularly produced and distributed throughout the Haight. A selection of these graphically inventive, lacerating, and sometimes funny broadsides are gathered together for the first time in "Notes From a Revolution", which offers a fascinating and oddly moving record of the counterculture in its early bloom". A brand new, most handsome example of this fascinating history of a little known area of sixties countercultural graphic design that was co-published by the great Foggy Notion Books along with Richard Prince's Fulton Ryder, Inc. still inthe publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9835870-3-5 Inventory Number: 026808

(GINSBERG, ALLEN) (SNYDER, GARY). Ginsberg, Allen, Gary Snyder, Peter Orlovsky & Nanao Sakaki. Nevada County, CA. ND (circa 1975): Nevada City Taxpayers Association. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Poetry Reading Poster. Near Fine.. One 14 x 8½" sheet of goldenrod bond paper printed offset recto only, one illustration. This is the poster for a September 14th - assumed to be 1975 - benefit reading by poets Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Nanao Sakaki held at the American Victorian Museum in Nevada City, California. Entitled "True Gold is of the Heart" in a nod to the locale's Gold Rush heritage, the four appeared in support of the San Juan Ridge Taxpayers Association. "The roots of the Taxpayers Association go back to 1972 when a few dozen local residents founded the San Juan Ridge Study Group to explore issues of community concern. Meetings focused on county planning and building department policies, permits and code requirements for owner/builders; fire preparedness; forestry practices; and involvement with the Ridge's public schools. In 1975 the group founded the SJRTA, whose membership includes residents and non-resident landowners of the San Juan Ridge and other concerned citizens." Both Snyder and Ginsberg maintained residences nearby, and were supporters of the Association and its ideals. A most handsome example of this informally designed, inexpensively produced item that notes the "added attractions!" of Orlovsky and Sakaki to the bill rubber stamped in ink additionally SIGNED "Gary Snyder", "Allen Ginsberg", "Peter Orlovsky", and "Nanao Sakaki" in black and red inks on the evening of the event across the face. Inventory Number: 026261

(GORDON, GINGER, AKA BEEKE, ANNA). Levy, William, Ginger Gordon (aka Anna Beeke) & Anthon Beeke. Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1972. Second Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Designed by Anthon Beeke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Subtitled "An ecstatic journey of a boy (Joop) transformed into a girl (Joopie) for one day only, of her erotic adventures in Amsterdam, magic centrum", "The Virgin Sperm Dancer" is one of the lesser-known yet still classic books of erotic imagery from the sixties and seventies. Originally published by Willem de Ridder's notorious "Suck" magazine, it features a text by American expatriate William Levy - known as the "Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam", design by the innovative Anthon Beeke, and black and white photographs by his wife Anna Beeke - credited as "Ginger Gordon". All told, this is an eye-opening 1972 tour of gender-bending counterculture sex in and adjacent to Amsterdam's public Vondelpark. A most handsome example of the 1972 second edition (cited on page 213 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") with the publisher's shrinkwrap and green "For Adults Only / Nur Fur Erwachsene / Seulment Pour Adults" sticker showing some slight dents to the foredge tips of the textblock. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 90-6019-20316 Inventory Number: 026655

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien & J.G. Ballard. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (100 + 16pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Jason Beard. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elaborately produced, opulent hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2005 New York gallery exhibition entitled "The Elusive Truth". It reproduces as hand-tipped color plates twenty-two recent works on canvas (with commentary by the artist) on the themes of the body, drugs, pharmaceuticals, crime, and death. The cover features a vacuum-formed plastic plaque, debossing and metallic ink, while the interior utilizes heavy paper stocks and die-cutting galore. Bound in is the sixteen page pamphlet "The Intensive Care Unit" featuring a text by J.G Ballard. A brand new, most handsome example of the folio-sized 2005 edition (not to be confused with the smaller condensed paperback publication of the same title from 2006) in the publisher's unprinted cardboard shipping carton, as issued. 1-932598-11-1 Inventory Number: 018574

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Ammann, Jean-Christophe. Salzburg, AUSTRIA & Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac & Galerie Hans Mayer, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 39 duotone illustrations. Text in English and German. With a filmography, exhibition history and bibliography. Issued in conjunction with a 1988 touring European exhibition, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue was the second publication of Dennis Hopper's photographic work. It contains great shots of primarily the art, music, and film scenes in Sixties Los Angeles including eighteen not included in his previous volume - "Out of the Sixties". It includes images of the Civil Rights movement, bikers, and street scenes as well as portraits of Peter Fonda, Paul Newman, John Wayne and Dean Martin, Ike and Tina Turner, Joan Baez, Larry Bell, Bruce Conner, Teri Garr and Toni Basil, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha, Ed Kienholz, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Allan Kaprow, Jean Tinguely, and more. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound first edition in pictorial boards (that shares the same ISBN as the paperback version) showing a mild crimp to the upper foredge tips along with just a bit of rubbing to the covers. It has been priced accordingly. 3-85562--015-6 Inventory Number: 025803

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition #39/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe limited slipcased edition of the 1986 first printing limited to one hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Dennis Hopper" in black ink below his introductory text and NUMBERED (39/100) in ink on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some mild sunning along the extremities of its slipcase. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 026375

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Cloth in Printed Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Very Good. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! An internally most handsome example of the first edition limited to four thousand unnumbered copies showing two short closed tears near the spine of the dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 024194

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Marin. Introduction by Brooke Hayward. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 129 b&w illustrations. Designed by Dmitri Levas. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the New Hollywood. Published in 2001 by the late, great Greybull Press, "1712 North Crescent Heights" is the beautifully designed and printed successor to Hopper's "Out of the Sixties". Compiled by Dennis and Brooke Hayward's daughter Marin, it provides an incredible glimpse into the art, music, film and fashion scenes of Sixties L.A. as documented by a very talented observer. Candid photographs of the Hopper home and family are accompanied by portraits of Peter Fonda, Roger Vadim and Jane Fonda, Teri Garr and Toni Basil, Dianne Baker, Tuesday Weld, Bill Cosby, Sandy Dennis and George Segal, Steve McQueen, Bob Rafelson, The Buffalo Springfield, The Jefferson Airplane, The Byrds, Phil and Ronnie Spector, Ike and Tina Turner, James Brown, Peggy Moffitt, Rudi Gernreich and Leon Bing, Bruce Conner, Irving Blum and Jasper Johns, Virginia Dwan, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Judd Marmor, and even 1967's "Riot on Sunset Strip". A brand new, most handsome example of this perennial must-have tome for any cultured bedside or coffee table. 0-9672366-5-7 Inventory Number: 026820

(LADDER, THE). Lyon, Phyllis, Editor. San Francisco: Daughters of Bilitis, 1958. First Editions. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Gay Periodical. Very Good - or Better.. each 26pp, covers illustrated in monochrome. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. "Formed in San Francisco in 1955, The Daughters of Bilitis was the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States. The DOB was conceived as a social alternative to lesbian bars, which were subject to raids and police harassment. As the organization gained members, their focus shifted to providing support to women who were afraid to come out and educating them about their rights, and about gay history. When the club realized they were not allowed to advertise their meetings in the local newspaper, founding members Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, who both had backgrounds in journalism, began to print a newsletter to distribute to as many women as the group knew. In October 1956 it became "The Ladder", the first nationally distributed lesbian publication in the United States. The Daughters of Bilitis endured for fourteen years, becoming an educational resource for lesbians, gay men, researchers and mental health professionals." A well-preserved, most handsome consecutive run of seven early issues of the Daughters of Bilitis' pioneering lesbian journal with the September 1958 issue showing a bit of soiling and some paper loss to the front cover. Inventory Number: 026853

(LORD BUCKLEY). Buckley, Richard Myrle. San Francisco. 1960 (1980): City Lights Books. Later Printing. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Performing Arts Monograph. Very Good.. 32pp. Cover photograph by Jim Marshall. The hippest of the hip, and the flippest of the flip! "Hiparama of the Classics" contains typographic transcriptions taken from recordings of seven of the late, great Lord Buckley's signature monologues. These include "The All-Hip Mahatma", "Gettysburg Address", "Hipsters, Flipsters, and Finger Poppin' Daddies (by "Willie the Shake")", "Nero", "The Religious History of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca", "The Bad Rapping of the Marquis De Sade", and of course the Lord's standout... "The Naz"! An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1980 City Lights Books edition of this delight showing some mild wear to the wrappers along with a previous owner's ink drawing of a spiral at the top corner of the inside front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026398

(MAN RAY) (PAOLINI, GIULIO) (BOLAFFIARTE). Man Ray & Giulio Paolini. Torino, ITALY: Bolaffi & Mondadori Editori, 1973. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Very Good -.. 136pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, with two 11 ¾ x 9 ¼" original graphics laid in. Text in Italian. This is the thirty-first installment of the Italian Arts magazine "BolaffiArte". Amongst the more interesting articles here are features on American Land Art (Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson) and Hippie Communes in the Southwest - both with photographs by Gianfranco Gorgoni, collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, Conceptual Art and Arte Povera 1966 - 1969, and a section devoted to Man Ray. For the issue, Man Ray was commissioned to create an original work of art utilizing the letter "R" (as part its "L'Alfabebeto di BolaffiArte" series), which was then reproduced utilizing the photolithographic process and included as a loose insert. It consists of an embossed sheet of cardstock which has been overprinted with a stylized "Man Ray" in dark green, save for the "R" printed in red. In addition, noted Italian Arte Povera/Conceptual artist Giulio Paolini has contributed an original insert entitled "Vedo, 1969 (la decifrazione del mio campo visivo)". A most presentable example with like inserts showing a bit of overall light wear along with a slight dent at the heel of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 009218

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard. Berkeley, CA: Cornucopia Press, 1974. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (90pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Roger Minick and Richard Misrach. Published in 1974, "Telegraph 3 A.M." is Richard Misrach's very first book. Predating his topographic surveys of the western landscape, it is very much the Berkeley equivalent of "Tulsa" featuring gritty black and white portraits at home and on the street of the marginalized post "Summer of Love" youths that populated Telegraph Avenue. A bright, most handsome example of this powerful essay additionally SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the front pastedown showing virtually none of the typical age-toning to the dust jacket associated with this title. LC 74-16786 Inventory Number: 020278

(MNASIDIKA). Caserta, Peggy & L. Rehbock. San Francisco: Mnasidika, 1967. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Promotional Poster. Very Good -.. One 20 x 14" heavy paper sheet printed color lithograph recto only, 1 illustration. Firmly in the vein of San Francisco's psychedelic poster renaissance, this is artist Loren Rehbock's 1967 promotional piece for the hippest Summer of Love boutique, Mnasidika. Run by the infamous Peggy Caserta at the corner of Haight and Ashbury, Mnasidika was the hippie fashion purveyor of choice to Caserta's lover Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, and the city's more affluent visitors with flowers in their hair. A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing some wear, soiling, handling creases, and multiple pin and staple holes at the extremities. Inventory Number: 026954

(ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZINE). Reid, Ann Carll & Don Slater, Editors. Los Angeles: ONE, Incorporated, 1954. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Gay Periodical. Fine.. 32pp, illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ONE Magazine was published from 1953 through 1967 by ONE, Incorporated, a Los Angeles-based organization formed in 1952. ONE, Inc., was a homophile organization created following rifts within an earlier organization, the Mattachine Society. Shortly after the organization's founding, in January of 1953, the first issue of ONE Magazine was produced. ONE, Inc., was the "first national, legally sanctioned organization dedicated to the promulgation of information on homosexuality," and ONE Magazine was core to that. The content of the magazine represented a broad range of interests and concerns occupying the gay community of the day. It included news, book reviews, opinion pieces, fiction, letters to the editors, and more. The illustrations on the magazine's covers were striking, as the art moved from the muted abstract shapes and colors of the early issues to bold illustrations and photographs. The reach of ONE Magazine was vast, particularly in its early years in the mid 1950s. It was distributed nationwide in spite of the significant threat of seizure and arrest associated with possessing and distributing materials on homosexuality. ONE Magazine represented a unique and comprehensive resource for a disconnected group of people, providing information and support to gay and lesbian people across the United States." A well-preserved, most handsome example of this uncommon early issue of ONE's pioneering magazine with a discreet price sticker affixed to the front cover. Inventory Number: 026849

(ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZINE). Slater, Don, Editor. Los Angeles: ONE, Incorporated, 1958. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Gay Periodical. Very Good.. 32pp, illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ONE Magazine was published from 1953 through 1967 by ONE, Incorporated, a Los Angeles-based organization formed in 1952. ONE, Inc., was a homophile organization created following rifts within an earlier organization, the Mattachine Society. Shortly after the organization's founding, in January of 1953, the first issue of ONE Magazine was produced. ONE, Inc., was the "first national, legally sanctioned organization dedicated to the promulgation of information on homosexuality," and ONE Magazine was core to that. The content of the magazine represented a broad range of interests and concerns occupying the gay community of the day. It included news, book reviews, opinion pieces, fiction, letters to the editors, and more. The illustrations on the magazine's covers were striking, as the art moved from the muted abstract shapes and colors of the early issues to bold illustrations and photographs. The reach of ONE Magazine was vast, particularly in its early years in the mid 1950s. It was distributed nationwide in spite of the significant threat of seizure and arrest associated with possessing and distributing materials on homosexuality. ONE Magazine represented a unique and comprehensive resource for a disconnected group of people, providing information and support to gay and lesbian people across the United States." A well-preserved, handsome example of this uncommon early issue of ONE's pioneering magazine showing a bit of light wear and a few small chips to the wrappers with an adhesive ghost from a removed price sticker on the front cover. Inventory Number: 026852

(ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZINE). Slater, Don, Editor. Los Angeles: ONE, Incorporated, 1956. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Gay Periodical. Near Fine.. 40pp, illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ONE Magazine was published from 1953 through 1967 by ONE, Incorporated, a Los Angeles-based organization formed in 1952. ONE, Inc., was a homophile organization created following rifts within an earlier organization, the Mattachine Society. Shortly after the organization's founding, in January of 1953, the first issue of ONE Magazine was produced. ONE, Inc., was the "first national, legally sanctioned organization dedicated to the promulgation of information on homosexuality," and ONE Magazine was core to that. The content of the magazine represented a broad range of interests and concerns occupying the gay community of the day. It included news, book reviews, opinion pieces, fiction, letters to the editors, and more. The illustrations on the magazine's covers were striking, as the art moved from the muted abstract shapes and colors of the early issues to bold illustrations and photographs. The reach of ONE Magazine was vast, particularly in its early years in the mid 1950s. It was distributed nationwide in spite of the significant threat of seizure and arrest associated with possessing and distributing materials on homosexuality. ONE Magazine represented a unique and comprehensive resource for a disconnected group of people, providing information and support to gay and lesbian people across the United States." A well-preserved, most handsome example of this uncommon early issue of ONE's pioneering magazine showing a bit of light wear and a few tiny chips to the wrappers with a discreet price sticker affixed to the front cover. Inventory Number: 026851

(ONE: THE HOMOSEXUAL MAGAZINE). Slater, Don, Editor. Los Angeles: ONE, Incorporated, 1956. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Gay Periodical. Near Fine.. 40pp, illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ONE Magazine was published from 1953 through 1967 by ONE, Incorporated, a Los Angeles-based organization formed in 1952. ONE, Inc., was a homophile organization created following rifts within an earlier organization, the Mattachine Society. Shortly after the organization's founding, in January of 1953, the first issue of ONE Magazine was produced. ONE, Inc., was the "first national, legally sanctioned organization dedicated to the promulgation of information on homosexuality," and ONE Magazine was core to that. The content of the magazine represented a broad range of interests and concerns occupying the gay community of the day. It included news, book reviews, opinion pieces, fiction, letters to the editors, and more. The illustrations on the magazine's covers were striking, as the art moved from the muted abstract shapes and colors of the early issues to bold illustrations and photographs. The reach of ONE Magazine was vast, particularly in its early years in the mid 1950s. It was distributed nationwide in spite of the significant threat of seizure and arrest associated with possessing and distributing materials on homosexuality. ONE Magazine represented a unique and comprehensive resource for a disconnected group of people, providing information and support to gay and lesbian people across the United States." A well-preserved, most handsome example of this uncommon early issue of ONE's pioneering magazine showing a bit of light wear and a few tiny chips to the wrappers with a discreet price sticker affixed to the front cover. Inventory Number: 026850

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1973, Bill Owens' "Suburbia" is an amazing dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies that has become recognized as one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A handsome example of the uncommon first Straight Arrow paperback printing (cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") whose textured black wrappers show some minor wear along with some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. 0-87932-042-7 Inventory Number: 016437

(OWENS, BILL). Owens, Bill. Introduction By David Halberstam. Robert Harshorn Shimshak, Editor. New York: Fotofolio, 1999. First Edition Thus. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 120pp, 117 tritone and 19 color illustrations. For years, Bill Owens' 1973 "Suburbia" was out of print and a much sought-after cult classic. In 1999, it was re-issued in a revised hardbound edition containing a new essay by David Halberstam along with numerous vintage color images published here for the first time. This amazing sociological dissection of the Northern California suburban sprawl of the late sixties and early seventies is truly one of the great American photography books of the last quarter of the 20th Century. A most handsome example of the now unavailable expanded 1999 Fotofolio edition (whose 1973 predecessor is cited on page 24 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 296-297 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 224-225 of "The Book of 101 Books") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Bill Owens" in black ink on the title page. 1-881270-40-8 Inventory Number: 026292

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Kerouac, Jack & Edward Ruscha. Bob Monk, Coordinating Editor. New York & Gottingen, GERMANY: Gagosian - Steidl, 2009. First Edition 1/350 Deluxe. Oblong Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 228pp, 55 b&w photographic illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Ed Ruscha. Ed Ruscha's personal affinity with Jack Kerouac's seminal novel "On the Road" has been wonderfully resolved in this sumptuous limited edition volume. Ruscha has designed the book - illustrating Kerouac's classic of Beat literature with his own photographs. The text is printed by letterpress on 220 gram Hahnemühle paper with each of the fifty-five photographic plates die-cut, blind-embossed, and tipped in by hand to create an exquisite and original edition of "On the Road". The book is bound in sensual full grey leather with the title silkscreened using Kerouac's handwriting on the front cover and spine. It is housed in a matching grey leather slipcase accompanied by the publisher's pair of protective white gloves, as issued. A brand new, most handsome example of the first and only printing of this lavish reworking of Kerouac's magnum opus limited to three hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (260/350), SIGNED AND DATED "Ed Ruscha 2009" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued in its somewhat worn and reinforced printed outer shipping carton. It is additionally accompanied by a copy of the publisher's thirty-two page hors commerce prospectus that photographically documents the collaboration between Ed Ruscha and Gerhard Steidl to bring this magnum opus to fruition. 3-86521-947-0 Inventory Number: 022706

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fourth installment from 1977 includes contributions on or by Death, Iggy Pop, Hunt and Tony Sales, Jordan, De Sade, Patti Smith, Lance Loud and The Mumps, Dead Boys, Metal Urbain, Helen Wheels, The Spitfire Boys, Liars, Sham 69, Charles Gatewood, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 024577

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1978. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fifth installment from 1978 includes contributions on or by The Sex Pistols, The Screamers, Nico, Helen Wheels, Suicide, The Masque and Mabuhay Gardens, Crime, Crisis, The Nuns, The Dils, Talking Heads, The Dickies, Devo, Bruce Conner, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 023771

(SOULBOOK). Freeman, Donald, Isaac Moore, Ernie Allen, Alvin Morrell, Kenn M. Freeman, Carroll Holmes & Bobb Hamilton. Berkeley, CA: Soulbook Inc., 1966. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 82pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Devoted to Jazz, Economics, Poetry, and Anti-Imperialism, "Soulbook" was the short-lived mid-sixties quarterly journal of revolutionary Afroamerica. Published in Berkeley (in racist u.s.a.), this fourth installment features cover photographs of Marion Brown and Frantz Fanon, contributions by or about Alvin Morrell on "Black Music in the United States", Jumma Troupe, Doug Allen, Harry Haywood on Black Nationalism, Alfredo Pena on The Puerto Rican Revolution, Roland Young, Germain mba, Carol Freeman, Bobb Hamilton, Frantz Fanon, and a selection of poetry by Gaston Neal, Ernie Allen, John Fisher, Ronald Stone, Wm Patterson, Harold Foster, Carol Turner, Theodore Horne, Patricia Bullins, and K. William Kgositsile. A most handsome example of this uncommon - while there is a "Soulbook" entry in OCLC WorldCat, no copies are actually located - Black Nationalist periodical whose slogan was "still uptight and clean out of sight." Inventory Number: 027014

Apanel, Peter, Editor. Pasadena, CA: The Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade, 1982. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Civic History. Near Fine.. np (28pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Lovingly produced on a shoestring budget, this is the officially published 1982 celebration of the first five years of The Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade. Known as "the twisted sister of the Tournament of Roses Parade", the "Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade" began as a grassroots event in 1978 that immediately gained national attention for its eccentric and irreverent satire. Initially populated by local iconoclasts and Cal Tech students - a highly overlapping Venn diagram right there - it has now poked Monty Python-esque fun at it's elder and much more staid annual civic celebration for over forty years. Featuring a cover artwork by Rev. Dr. R.C. "Spike" Love, it has "lots of photos" of the earliest festivities by Maury Cohen, Michael Kundak, Walt Mancini, Joe Messinger, Mitch Mitchener, Robin Muller, and Margaret Schermerhorn. Amusingly enough, virtually all of its few paid advertisements are from breweries and beer distributors. A handsome example of this charming, exceedingly uncommon document - only a single copy fittingly enough located at The Pasadena Public Library is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing just a bit of light soiling to its white covers. Inventory Number: 026455

Foster, Marilyn Ruthe, aka "Mother Ruthe". Bo Bushnell & Nicholas Luciani, Editors. NP: The Western Empire, 2017. Second Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photographic Album. Fine.. np (144pp), 70 color illustrations + b&w cover. Compiled by motorcycle enthusiasts Bo Bushnell and Nicholas Luciani from the photographic archives of "Mother Ruthe", "Halfway to Berdoo" totals contains seventy 5 x 7 portraits of SoCal bikers taken by Mother Ruthe between 1961 and 1965 at her Baldwin Park, California home - a halfway stop for club rides that went between Venice Beach and San Bernardino. This full color book was designed by former Hells Angel and Merry Prankster, "Gut," and the foreword was written by former Hells Angel, "Dougie Poo". Each photo is accompanied by a text about the subject by either Dougie Poo, "Beautiful Buzzard", "Bill the Fish" (former Goose), "Cannibal Willie" aka "Smitty" (former Goose), Harold (former Berdoo Angel / Mother Ruthe's ex husband), Raymond (former Straight Satan and SoCal Angel), Howard (former Venice Angel), "Raunchy Pat" (Mother Ruthe's ex boyfriend), "Red Head Bev" (Mother Ruthe's former best friend), and many more people who were around back then.". A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - paperbound 2017 second printing of this amazing document. 0-692-99521-8 Inventory Number: 026911