Counter Culture from Downtown Brown Books, ABAA

New York: University Books, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. New. One of the more recognizable books on psychedelic drugs from the 1960s, a guide to navigating death of the ego by three of the most well-known early proponents of the use of LSD. The first printing was 10,000 copies and 60,000 hardcovers were eventually sold (Timothy Leary: A Biography… Read more about this item

New York: Rolling Stone Press / Summit Books, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. An extensive collection of HST's gonzo journalism, collected from Rolling Stone magazine, the National Observer, the New York Times Magazine, and other publications. 602 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A very good copy in a… Read more about this item

San Francisco: X-Ray Book Company, 1998. First edition. Paperback. The seventh installment of this literary journal combining found objects, broadsides, and tipped-in materials. Some contributors made 226 copies of their work (the entire print run); others sent things in to the editor who printed them (letterpress for broadsides). The contents were velobound with acetate wrappers. The covers are three-piece… Read more about this item

San Francisco: X-Ray Book Company, 1998. First edition. Paperback. The seventh installment of this literary journal combining found objects, broadsides, and tipped-in materials. Some contributors made 226 copies of their work (the entire print run); others sent things in to the editor who printed them (letterpress for broadsides). The contents were velobound with acetate wrappers. The covers are three-piece… Read more about this item

[Avalanche Records], 1971. A rare example of original album cover art by one of the legends of the medium. John Van Hamersveld (b. Baltimore, 1941) designed the iconic poster for the surf film Endless Summer while still in art school. As a professional graphic designer he did the album covers for The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, the Rolling Stones'… Read more about this item

[Los Angeles]: [Wallace Berman], 1957. First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine. The uncommon second issue of Wallace Berman's influential underground periodical. "Berman's hand-printed, personally distributed literary journal, Semina, stands as an iconic document of its time... An eccentric and lyrical primer of the early counterculture, assembled against the grain of conformist Eisenhower-era America, it circumscribes a world of… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The substantial catalog of Williams' show at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art + Design. This is one of 300 copies, signed and numbered by Williams on a label affixed to the verso (back) of the front free endpaper. 240 pages. 10-1/4 by… Read more about this item

Aurora, MO: POSTER Project, 1992. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. The first three issues of Wilson's "journal about events posters & the arts of happenings." The newspapers are printed on white heavy newsprint and folded like tabloid magazines. The issues have drawings by Robert Crumb. The second issue is dedicated to Rick Griffin, the poster artist who had recently… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. A collection of drawings made by Steadman, a British artist, during his peak period, where he commented on American scenes and cultures. These are both published and previously unpublished works from his Rolling Stone assignments with Hunter S. Thompson, as well as works commissioned on Disneyland,… Read more about this item

(N.-pl.): Harlan Quist, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Nicole Claveloux. A wonderful example of psychedelic art by Nicole Claveloux to accompany a story by Monreal about Alala, a young woman who can travel into her television set and change the programs. Illustrated in full color. Roughly 10-3/4 inches square. Claveloux is an artist and… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Mime Troupe, 2009. First Edition. Ephemera. Fine. A poster designed by Spain Rodriguez for a play by Gene Sullivan, a political satire set in the fictitious town of Bluebird, Kansas. Manuel "Spain" Rodriguez was one of the defining underground cartoonists, beginning in the 1960s. He worked on Zap, Weirdo, Young Lust, American Splendor,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Last Gasp, 1991. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near fine. A classic guide for growing marijuana in your house that was very popular in the 1990s. Rosenthal has written many grow-your-own marijuana guides over three decades. 120 pages. First edition (first printing, with a numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy with some scuffing to… Read more about this item

Stanford: C. P. Times Press, 1984. First Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. A two-poem chapbook by one of the founders of the Black Panthers. Both poems are critical of the Soviet Union. [7] pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in wrappers (pamphlet). Staples beginning to rust. A bit of wear to… Read more about this item

Stanford, CA: C. P. Times Press, 1984. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near fine. A three-poem chapbook by one of the founders of the Black Panthers. The title poem is about China. [12] pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. A near fine copy in wrappers (pamphlet). Staples a bit rusted.

(Stanford): (C. P. Times Press), 1984. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near fine. A single-poem chapbook by one of the founders of the Black Panthers. Here he is critical of Idi Amin. [12] pages. 4-1/2 by 6 inches. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (pamphlet). Staples a touch rusted, very minor spotting to covers. … Read more about this item

San Francisco: Zephyrus Image / Hermes Free Press, 1972. First Edition. Ephemera. Near Fine. 9 by 14 inches. 8 pages of weirdness. Printed in reverse order, right to left and back to front. According to Dorn's bibliographer, "Ed Dorn and Jeremy H. Prynne contributed approximately seventy-five percent of the content." Other contributors, credited only in a list of… Read more about this item