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  • Aspen Magazine No. 9: Dream Weapon

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    ASPEN MAGAZINE NO. 9: DREAM WEAPON

    (ASPEN MAGAZINE). MacLise, Angus & Hetty, Editors. New York: Roaring Fork Press, Inc., 1970. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Portfolio. Periodical. Very Good.. np (twelve printed components laid into a printed paper portfolio. Edited by original Velvet Underground drummer and LaMonte Young cohort Angus MacLise and his wife Hetty, this ninth installment of "Aspen" magazine is titled "Dream Warrior". It includes contributions by or about Don Snyder, Ira Cohen and Bill Devore, Aymon De Sales, Dale Wilbourn, Benno Friedman, Diane Rochlin and Vali, Nikki Grand, Paolo Lionni, Harvey Cohen, John Cale, Gerard Malanga, P. Zimmer, Marian Zazeela, LaMonte Young, Terry Riley, Spontaneous Sound, The Joyous Lake, and Lionel Ziprin. An internally bright, complete example containing all thirteen sections (including the covers) of this uncommon item (cited on page 262 of Giorgio Maffei's "Records by Artists 1958-1990") whose decorative cardstock portfolio shows minor dents along with some attendant wear, creasing, and slight separation at the top and bottom of the spine. There is however none of the typical sunning to the vivid orange ink of the covers one typically sees associated with this title. Inventory Number: 027406

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    Filed Under: Art, Cinema, Counterculture and Drugs, Graphic Design, Literature and Fiction, Music + Sound Art, Periodicals
  • Wallace Berman Exhibition July - August 1977

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    WALLACE BERMAN EXHIBITION JULY - AUGUST 1977

    (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

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    Filed Under: Artist Monographs, California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Ephemera and Announcements, Exhibition Catalogues, Literature and Fiction
  • Family: The Source Family Scrapbook - Signed By Isis Aquarian, Jodi Wille + Charlie Kitchings (Shipping March 28th)

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    FAMILY: THE SOURCE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK - SIGNED BY ISIS AQUARIAN, JODI WILLE + CHARLIE KITCHINGS (SHIPPING MARCH 28th)

    (BROTHERHOOD OF THE SOURCE, THE). Aquarian, Isis, Charlie Kitchings and Jodi Wille. Los Angeles, CA + Brooklyn, NY: )therworld + Sacred Bones Books, I00230314. 2022. First Edition. 11 x 12". Pictorial Boards. Photographic History. New./No Jacket - As Issued. 220pp, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 978-0999609989


    Please join us this Sunday March 26th for a very special Sunday afternoon presentation with authors Isis Aquarian, Jodi Wille, and Charlie Kitchings to celebrate the publication of Family: The Source Family Scrapbook -  discussion moderated by associate editor Steffie Nelson. For the event they will host an exhibition of rare photographs and printed materials from the Source Family Archive housed at the UC Santa Barbara Library's Special Research Collections, engage in a discussion about the Family and the book, and sign copies afterwards.
     
    "Family: The Source Family Scrapbook" provides an immersive view into the public and private world of the Southern California occult commune The Brotherhood of the Source. Edited by Isis Aquarian, Charlie Kitchings, and Jodi Wille, this lavishly illustrated book reproduces two hundred original scrapbook pages assembled by family historian Isis Aquarian from 1972-1977, documenting the group’s dramatic rise and fall, from their time living together in the Hollywood Hills operating their wildly popular Source vegetarian restaurant on the Sunset Strip to their exodus to Hawaii and San Francisco as the group began to unravel. Copious unpublished photographs, newspaper clippings, letters, manifestos, album art and flyers, augmented by descriptive captions reveal the Source Family’s astonishing trajectory, from controversial leader Father Yod’s spiritual awakening to the group’s wild musical and social experimentations, to the provocations that led to the group’s paradise lost. These pages provide a revelatory, firsthand view into the widely misunderstood phenomenon of new religious movements and cults of the 1960s and 70s." A brand new, pristine copy of this enthralling document additionally SIGNED by compiler and editors Isis Aquarian, Jodi Wille, and Charlie KItchings.
     
    PLEASE NOTE: The authors will be signing copies of "Family" at Arcana Sunday, March 26th, 2023. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday, March 28th.

    Inventory Number: E000IAFTSFS

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    Filed Under: California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Food and Drink, Music + Sound Art, Photography, Signed Books
  • Sacred Bones Presents The Music Of Ya Ho Wha - 2022 12" Gold Vinyl 33 1/3 Rpm Lp Limited To Two Hundred Copies

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    SACRED BONES PRESENTS THE MUSIC OF YA HO WHA - 2022 12" GOLD VINYL 33 1/3 RPM LP LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED COPIES

    (BROTHERHOOD OF THE SOURCE, THE). Ya Ho Wa. Brooklyn, NY: Sacred Bones Records, 2022. First Printing 1/200 Copies. 12 x 12". LP in Illustrated Album Cover. 12" Vinyl LP. Fine LP in Fine Sleeve (in Shrinkwrap). One gold 12" vinyl 33 1/3 RPM long-playing phonograph record inside a 12 x 12" album cover printed in color offset recto and verso. "For those not familiar ,Ya Ho Wa 13, formed in 1973, are regarded as one of the most extreme, groundbreaking and influential psychedelic rock bands in history. The band released nine super rare LPs (and are rumored to have recorded sixty-five LPs worth) full of deep spiritual wisdom, tribal drums and distorted guitars, some of which were completely unrehearsed jam sessions, others which contained more conventional rock songs. Most were recorded after hours of meditation at 3:00-6:00 AM in a soundproofed garage that served as the musicians’ studio at the family’s communal residence. All of the records with Father Yod’s participation were completely improvised, with no rehearsals or overdubs and feature him on lead vocals and percussion, via a kettle drum. Most of their original music was pressed in small runs and are highly sought after collector’s items. The good folks at Sacred Bones Records have listened through hours and hours of this transformative music to bring you what is an absolutely essential compilation of some of their best songs." A brand new, most handsome example of this 2022 Source Family anthology limited to two hundred copies. Inventory Number: E000YHWSB

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    Filed Under: California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Music + Sound Art, Vinyl, DVD + CD
  • Ya Ho Wa: It's A Knack / Angel Boy - 1974 7" Vinyl 45 Rpm Single - Promotional Use Only First Pressing

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    YA HO WA: IT'S A KNACK / ANGEL BOY - 1974 7" VINYL 45 RPM SINGLE - PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY FIRST PRESSING

    (BROTHERHOOD OF THE SOURCE, THE). Ya Ho Wa. Los Angeles, CA: HigherKey Records, 1974. First Printing. 7 x 7". Single in plain paper sleeve. 7" Vinyl Single. Near Fine Single in Near Fine Sleeve. One 7" black vinyl 45 RPM phonograph record in a plain paper outer sleeve. This is the 1974 two-sided single by Los Angeles' Brotherhood of The Source's musical group, Ya Ho Wa. The A-side is "It's A Knack" 2:45 backed with "Angel Baby" 1:30 as the B-side. Issued in a small press run as for promotional use only, it was never made commercially for sale. A handsome example of the 1974 first HigherKey Records pressing of this psych rarity acquired directly from a member of the Source Family showing some light surface abrasions to the vinyl along with some age-toning to its unprinted paper outer sleeve. Inventory Number: E000YHWIAK

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    Filed Under: California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Music + Sound Art, Vinyl, DVD + CD
  • Ya Ho Wa 13 - 1974 12" Vinyl 33 1/3 Rpm Lp - First Pressing In The Original Shrinkwrap

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    YA HO WA 13 - 1974 12" VINYL 33 1/3 RPM LP - FIRST PRESSING IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP

    (BROTHERHOOD OF THE SOURCE, THE). Ya Ho Wa. Los Angeles, CA: HigherKey Records, 1974. First Printing. 12 x 12". LP in Illustrated Album Cover. 12" Vinyl LP. Fine LP in Near Fine Sleeve (in Shrinkwrap). One black 12" vinyl 33 1/3 RPM long-playing phonograph record in a plain paper inner-sleeve, inside a 12 x 12" album cover printed in color offset recto and verso. This is the 1974 LP by Los Angeles' Brotherhood of The Source's musical group, Ya Ho Wa. The front cover features a portrait of The Source's spiritual leader Father Yod, while the striking rear cover presents the bare chested - at least - Father Yod plus three musicians pointing to the band's central pyramidal logo. A brand new, most handsome example of this psych rarity acquired directly from a member of the Source Family still unopened in the original shrinkwrap showing just a bit of creasing at one of the corners. Inventory Number: E000YHW13

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    Filed Under: California Artists and Arts, Counterculture and Drugs, Music + Sound Art, Vinyl, DVD + CD
  • London By Gian Butturini: Edited By Martin Parr

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    LONDON BY GIAN BUTTURINI: EDITED BY MARTIN PARR

    (BUTTURINI, GIAN). Butturini, Gian, Martin Parr, Luciano Mondini & Allen Ginsberg. Martin Parr, 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 first - and only - Damiani printing (whose first edition is cited on pages 154-155 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") 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. 88-6208-558-3 Inventory Number: 026857

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    Filed Under: Counterculture and Drugs, Literature and Fiction, Martin Parr, The Photobook / Open Book / 101 Books / et al., Photography Monographs
  • Tulsa - The Publisher's Prospectus For The Limited Edition Portfolio

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    TULSA - THE PUBLISHER'S PROSPECTUS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION PORTFOLIO

    (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

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  • Tulsa - Signed By Larry Clark

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    TULSA - SIGNED BY LARRY CLARK

    (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

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  • Tulsa

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    TULSA

    (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

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  • Larry Clark / The Perfect Childhood

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    LARRY CLARK / THE PERFECT CHILDHOOD

    (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

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  • Larry Clark 1

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    LARRY CLARK 1

    (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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 020751

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    Filed Under: Cinema, Larry Clark, Counterculture and Drugs, Erotica, Exhibition Catalogues, Limited Editions, Photography Monographs
  • Tulsa - Deluxe Signed Slipcased Edition With A Signed Photographic Print

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    TULSA - DELUXE SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT

    (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

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    Filed Under: Artists' Books, Cinema, Larry Clark, Counterculture and Drugs, Erotica, Limited Editions, The Photobook / Open Book / 101 Books / et al., Photography Monographs, Signed Books, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art
  • Karl Johan De Geer: The Camera As Consolation 1959-1980 - Deluxe Limited Signed Edition With A Vintage Print Housed In A Hand Drawn Slipcase By The Photographer

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    KARL JOHAN DE GEER: THE CAMERA AS CONSOLATION 1959-1980 - DELUXE LIMITED SIGNED EDITION WITH A VINTAGE PRINT HOUSED IN A HAND DRAWN SLIPCASE BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER

    (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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 017909

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  • Poster For "True Gold Is Of The Heart" Benefit Poetry Reading - Signed By Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, And Nanao Sakaki

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    POSTER FOR "TRUE GOLD IS OF THE HEART" BENEFIT POETRY READING - SIGNED BY GARY SNYDER, ALLEN GINSBERG, PETER ORLOVSKY, AND NANAO SAKAKI

    (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 8 ½" 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: 027320

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  • The Virgin Sperm Dancer (Suck Special Issue)

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    THE VIRGIN SPERM DANCER (SUCK SPECIAL ISSUE)

    (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

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    Filed Under: Counterculture and Drugs, Erotica, Literature and Fiction, The Photobook / Open Book / 101 Books / et al., Photography Monographs, PMVABF
  • Damien Hirst: The Elusive Truth (Hard Cover)

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    DAMIEN HIRST: THE ELUSIVE TRUTH (HARD COVER)

    (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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-932598-11-1 Inventory Number: 018574

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  • Dennis Hopper: Fotografien Von 1961 Bis 1967 / Photographs From 1961 To 1967

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    DENNIS HOPPER: FOTOGRAFIEN VON 1961 BIS 1967 / PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 1961 TO 1967

    (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

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  • Dennis Hopper: Out Of The Sixties

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    DENNIS HOPPER: OUT OF THE SIXTIES

    (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/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 brand new, most handsome example of the 1986 first edition limited to four thousand unnumbered copies. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 027503

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  • Dennis Hopper: Out Of The Sixties - Deluxe Limited Slipcased Edition Signed And Numbered By The Photographer

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    DENNIS HOPPER: OUT OF THE SIXTIES - DELUXE LIMITED SLIPCASED EDITION SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER

    (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

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  • Noble Richardson: A Unique, Hand Painted 1967 Fan Art Poster For "Humble Harve Presents Love, Iron Butterfly, And Chamber (Sic) Bros At The Cheetah"

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    NOBLE RICHARDSON: A UNIQUE, HAND PAINTED 1967 FAN ART POSTER FOR "HUMBLE HARVE PRESENTS LOVE, IRON BUTTERFLY, AND CHAMBER (SIC) BROS AT THE CHEETAH"

    (LOVE). Richardson, Noble. NP (Los Angeles, CA). ND (1967): Noble Richardson. First Edition. Double Elephant Folio. Painted Construction Paper. Original Fan Art. Very Good.. One 28 x 22" heavy construction paper sheet hand painted with tempera and colored marker recto only. This is an amazing unique vintage fan art poster produced by the beloved late Twentynine Palms-based artist Noble Richardson to celebrate the 1967 appearance of Arthur Lee's Love at Santa Monica teen hotspot, The Cheetah. Then a nineteen year old student at Los Angeles' Mt. San Antonio College, Richardson created this vibrant piece utilizing tempera and colored markers employing lettering inspired by the burgeoning San Francisco psychedelic poster scene. The actual concert was promoted by popular LA top 40 "Boss Radio" station 93 KHJ disc jockey "Humble Harve" Miller, and presented headliners Love preceded by Iron Butterfly, and The Chambers Brothers (misspelled here as "Chamber Bros."). The Cheetah was located next to Santa Monica's POP (Pacific Ocean Park) Amusement Park and had a distinctive logo featuring a bright pink Cheetah with the face and breasts of a young woman, a copy of which has been collaged to the lower left corner. A most presentable example of this one-of-a-kind original artwork showing some minor creases, a dozen pinholes, and some minor water spotting across its face. This was acquired directly from Noble Richardson prior to his passing in 2021. Inventory Number: 027308

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  • Bolaffiarte N. 31, Anno Iv: Giugino-Luglio 1973 - With Original Graphics By Man Ray And Giulio Paolini

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    BOLAFFIARTE N. 31, ANNO IV: GIUGINO-LUGLIO 1973 - WITH ORIGINAL GRAPHICS BY MAN RAY AND GIULIO PAOLINI

    (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

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    Filed Under: Art, Artist Monographs, Conceptual and Minimal Art, Counterculture and Drugs, Dada and Surrealism, Exhibition Catalogues, Periodicals, Graphics + Multiples, Original Art
  • Suburbia By Bill Owens

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    SUBURBIA BY BILL OWENS

    (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

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  • Peace And Freedom Party: 1968 Eldridge Cleaver For President / Peggy Terry For Vice-President Ticket "Register Now" Poster

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    PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY: 1968 ELDRIDGE CLEAVER FOR PRESIDENT / PEGGY TERRY FOR VICE-PRESIDENT TICKET "REGISTER NOW" POSTER

    (PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY). Peace and Freedom Party. Berkeley. ND (1968): Peace and Freedom Party. Edition Not Stated. Folio. Printed Sheet. Political Campaign Poster. Very Good -.. One 22 ½ x 17" sheet printed offset recto only, no illustrations. "In 1968, FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover vilified the Black Panthers as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States". So, imagine the generational divide for the country when Eldridge Cleaver, author of "Soul on Ice", Senior Editor of "Ramparts" Magazine, and Minister of Information of the Black Panther Party qualified for the ballot in some twenty states that same year as the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party. Wrote "The New York Times" that November, "Running on a platform of immediate withdrawal from Vietnam and support of the Black liberation movement. Eldridge Cleaver can present the only electoral challenge to the discreditable politics of Nixon, Humphrey, and Wallace." Printed by union press workers at noted leftist press Berkeley Graphic Arts, this attention getting poster was used during 1968 to register California voters in support of the Peace and Freedom Party's Eldridge Cleaver For President / Peggy Terry for Vice-President ticket. A still bright, well-preserved flat vintage example of this bit of countercultural political history showing some light handling creases and a few minor brown stains along the top and bottom edges. Inventory Number: 027306

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  • Search & Destroy (New Wave Cultural Research) No. 4 - 1977

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    SEARCH & DESTROY (NEW WAVE CULTURAL RESEARCH) NO. 4 - 1977

    (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

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  • Search & Destroy (New Wave Cultural Research) No. 5 - 1978

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    SEARCH & DESTROY (NEW WAVE CULTURAL RESEARCH) NO. 5 - 1978

    (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

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  • A Pictorial History Of The Pasadena Doo-Dah Parade

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    A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE PASADENA DOO-DAH PARADE

    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

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  • Asphalt Gods: A Photographic History Of The Heathens Mf South Bay, Venice Chapters

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    ASPHALT GODS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE HEATHENS MF SOUTH BAY, VENICE CHAPTERS

    Griffin, Gabriel, Heathen Rick & Jerry Thorpe. NP (Venice, CA).: Oakland67 Media, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.. vii + 77pp, 75 color illustrations + color covers. Compiled by filmmaker Gabriel Griffin in 2010 from the archives of the Venice and South Bay chapters of the notorious "Heathens MF" motorcycle gang, "Asphalt Gods" documents "the end of the golden age of outlaw motorcycling" in Southern California. These vintage color images taken by members, girlfriends, wives, and friends show The Heathens at work and "play" in the sixties and seventies in an informality previously seen by only a privileged few. It was issued as a fundraiser to complete Griffin's documentary film in progress and features detailed captions as well as reminiscences by former chapter presidents "Heathen Rick" and Jerry Thorpe. A brand new, most handsome example of this amazing and exceedingly uncommon (not a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat!) document limited to one thousand copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Gabriel Griffin in black ink on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 027484

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