Collection: All Books

"Wasn't it remarkable when good, honest, white Americans discovered that oftimes the police are brutal?"San Francisco: The Haight Publishing Company, [1968]. Unbound newsprint, tabloid, 15 x 11-1/2 in. 15, [1]pp., illus., with covers and centerfold in color. Horizontal fold crease; light foxing and rubbing to... More

San Francisco: The Haight Ashbury Tribune, [1968]. Unbound newsprint tabloid, 15 x 11-1/2 in. [15], 1pp., illus., with covers and centerfold in three-color gradient. Horizontal fold crease; a few short fore-edge tears; toning to leaves. Very good or better.Hippie rag whose first editor (unmentioned here)... More

NY: Movement Speakers Bureau, [circa 1969]. Unbound tabloid offset on better-than-newsprint quality paper stock. 23, [1]pp., illus., mostly b&w. Horizontal fold crease; some small open tears along fore-edge. Very good or better.Publication advertising speaking engagements by members of the Movement Speakers Bureau, a broad coalition... More

First Japanese edition of this set of three children’s coloring books, each volume signed and inscribed by Laurel on the title page in the year of publication. In “Sylvie Sunflower,” a young girl gives a tour of her life on a rural commune, replete with... More

Los Angeles: MPS Corporation, 1968. Saddle-stapled in printed brown paper wraps, 10-3/4 x 8-1/4 in. 63; 32pp. Both volumes near fine, with light toning throughout and some oxidation to staples. Volume 2 with light bumping/creasing to bottom corner. Complete two-issue run of this colorfully designed... More

 NY: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1969. First edition. Square 8vo; glossy photo-illustrated boards, lacking a jacket as issued. 128pp. Black-and-white offset photo reproductions throughout. Light bumping to bottom corners; some rubbing/soiling to upper joints. Internally fine; altogether very good or better.Uncommon hardcover issue of this coast-to-coast... More

[San Francisco]: Dave Hodges, 1967. Single sheet, 11 x 8-1/2 in., printed in yellow, red, and blue. With the commonly encountered red offsetting/smudging along left edge, else a fine copy.Handbill produced to announce The Invisible Circus, a legendary San Francisco Summer of Love party sponsored... More

Kansas City, MO: Mother Love Tribe, 1969. Edited by Dennis Giangreco, Michael Lindsay, and David Doyle. Unbound tabloid format, 17-1/2 x 11-3/8 in. 22pp. Printed in various colors on better-than-newsprint paper stock, with multiple colors and/or color-gradients on many pages. Corner wear; light soiling and... More

San Francisco: Earth Peoples Park, Inc., 1970. Three 11 x 8-1/2 in. sheets, mimeographed on rectos only, and bound with staple in top left corner. Irregular toning; short closed edge-tear to last leaf; faint creases from originally having been folded in three for mailing. Good.... More

Los Angeles: Open City, 1968. Unbound newsprint broadsheet, 22-3/4 x 16 in. 10, [2]pp.; illus. Horizontal and vertical folds; a few short edge tears; moderate toning and wear, esp. along folds. Very good.Single issue of this Los Angeles underground newspaper, notable for the inclusion of... More

 NY: Bang Publications, 1969. [20]pp. Unbound tabloid, 16-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. Pictorial newsprint wrappers; illustrations throughout. Light toning; diagonal crease to bottom corner of second leaf. Near fine, and unfolded. Seventh issue of sex activist Louis Abolafia's pornographic tabloid, consisting of nude photos, stories and... More

NY: Bang Publications, 1969. [20]pp. Unbound tabloid, 16-1/2 x 11-3/4 in. Pictorial newsprint wrappers; illustrations throughout. Mild soiling to covers; a few minor snags fore-edge; light toning to newsprint. Very good or better, and unfolded. Sixth issue of this publication from the heyday of New... More