Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. There was a moment in time, roughly from 1967 to 1972, where the revolutionary “free love” sexual emancipation movement enmeshed itself into the mind-melting, paisley and tie-dye encrusted recreational drug era, thus giving birth to the age of “psychedelic sex”. While the children of the “greatest generation” were melting their minds and dancing naked in the streets, porno mag publishers were..... More

Torino, Italy: Ameringer & Yohe Fine Art, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. “An autodidact, independent thinker, and early proponent of interdisciplinary practice, Leslie possesses an aggressive streak of self-reliance that has compelled him throughout his career to challenge himself in startling ways. Offering a unique link between the New York School and postmodernism, his accomplishments provide us with an unorthodox post-war art history lesson, forcing us to reconsider some of our..... More

London, England: Golconda Fine Art Books, 2018. Limited First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Alexander Adams. “After/Après Francis Bacon” is a 2018 publication from our friend-&-associate at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu), Alexander Adams. Adams, an award-winning artist-poet-writer (and noted recipient of the 2018 Artist Scholarship from the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco) here nests a “suite of 21 poems based on the life and art of Anglo-Irish..... More

Boston, MA: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Signed by Ansel Adams. "My devotion to photography of the natural scene has drawn me to nearly every section of the United States and to Hawaii and Alaska. The desire to apply my photography to wilderness regions beyond the Sierra Nevada was realized for the first time when I was appointed photomuralist for the..... More

Long Island City, NY: Osprey Publishing, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. "The image of the Roman legionary is as familiar today as it was to the citizens- and enemies- of the vast Roman Empire two thousand years ago. This book goes beyond the stereotypes found in popular culture to examine the Roman Army from the first armed citizens of the early Republic through the glorious heights of the Imperial legions to..... More

New York, NY: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco/ Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. "This unprecedented volume considers the profound and enduring impact of Spain's history, art, and culture on one of the greatest designers of the twentieth century, the legendary Cristobal Balenciaga. Hailed as "fashion's Picasso" by Cecil Beaton, Balenciaga created a revolutionary oeuvre that transformed the way women dressed. From the opening of his Paris..... More

Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Peter Engstler Verlag, 2008. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 16&1/4" x 23&3/8") promoting the publication of a 2008 German edition of Mary Beach's Electric Banana. One of many iterations of this now-classic work influenced & with an introduction by William S. Burroughs, who collaborated with Beach (1919-2006) & her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002). WSB is briefly quoted here in German translation. Beach's daughter Pamela Beach Plymell..... More

New York, NY: D.A.P./ Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.; Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2015. Second Edition. Hardcover. "A key under-recognized artist of his generation, Wallace Berman was an enigmatic, underground figure whose collages and assemblages articulate an important strand of dark spirituality in postwar American culture. Berman's hand-printed, personally distributed literary journal, Semina, stands as an iconic document of its time, presaging a variety of cultural and esthetic developments and..... More

Madison, WI: Broom Street Theater Press, 1971. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Includes handwritten, signed note from contributor Chris Billias to Erin Matson; autograph poem. This vintage second number of the literary & art journal chiefly edited by Don Hilgenberg includes contributions of poetry by Chris Billias, Douglas Blazek & many others; prose including the complete play "The Attic Angel" by Rod Clark & book reviews by Jon Reilly including of..... More

Seattle, WA: Double Elephant Folio & Quarto Co., Inc., 1969. First Edition Thus. Softcover. A very large (appx. 11&1/3" x 13&2/3") folio with very high-quality facsimile reproductions of engraved illustrations by the iconic British artist, poet & printer William Blake. As explained in colophon, "This book has been printed by photo-offset lithography from the original edition of 1804. It is number three in the Double Elephant- San Vito Press series..... More

New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. "My hero is Man the Discoverer. The world we now view from the literate West- the vistas of time, the land and the seas, the heavenly bodies and our own bodies, the plants and animals, history and human societies past and present- had to be opened for us by countless Columbuses. In the deep recesses of the past..... More

Atlanta, GA: The Coca-Cola Company, 1940; 1941; 1942. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. "Remember, flowers are gay and beautiful. Arranging them should be pleasant. Don't take it so seriously that you cannot enjoy doing it. Study and read about it by all means, but not for fixed rules. Read to learn fundamentals of design, to get suggestions about plants, and, above all, for inspiration. Then with your flowers as material, your..... More

London, England: Michael Horovitz, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. This double-double number of the UK literary journal edited & published by Michael Horovitz brims with mostly original contributions by a wide mixture of the most well- & unknown cutting-edge literary figures (& some artists & musicians for good measure) from the time of (or recently deceased at) its publication during 1975 to now & beyond, compiled over many years since the..... More