Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 78 enters with an interview of Albert Saijo, friend of Lew Welch, Allen Ginsberg, Joanne Kyger, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, & Jack Kerouac. The issue continues with a valuable interview of Beat poet and social pioneer Ed Sanders, and a speculative take on Kerouac as "Father of the American Haiku." Also jarred within the issue is a...... More
[Item #2570]
Chicago, IL: The Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc./The Print Mint, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The fourth number of this golden-age exemplar of underground comix features several works by Robert Crumb, including a Mr. Natural episode & "Projunior and Honeybunch" (outrageously scatological even for him); Daniel Clyne, Kim Deitch & Skip Williamson. This is the first printing, indicated by "Hey Kids! Adults Only!" in red lettering above title on front cover;..... More
[Item #2216]
Chicago, IL: The Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc./The Print Mint, 1970. Second printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second number of this golden-age exemplar of underground comix features two pages of classic work by Robert Crumb (with Itzy & Bitzy, Mr. Natural, Flakey Foont, Eggs Ackles et al.), Kim Deitch, Rory Hayes, Jay Kinney, Jay Lynch, Jim Osborne, Gilbert Shelton (an early appearance of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers prior to their separate..... More
[Item #2215]
Demarest, NJ: Analecta Press, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. “Your poems show more natural warmth-care than any writer I know. You are warm toast in the morning, a bottle of beer at night with a good cigar and the feet up on the coffee table. Knowing death is a minute away, but loving each life-second they give your crazy Polack body & soul & cock & surroundings. You’ve got all this..... More
[Item #4232]
n/p (London, England & San Francisco, CA); New York, NY: William S. Burroughs; Malcolm McNeill; Abrams, 1973; 2011. Original Manuscript; Original Artwork; First Edition. Three Single Sheets in One Frame; Hardcover. Original text & artwork by William S. Burroughs & Malcolm McNeill. During the early 1970s, French-Canadian humorist & impresario Michel Choquette planned a compilation of comic strips that would all relate to the just-past decade of the 1960s. He..... More
[Item #2860]
Lawrence, KS: First Intensity Press, 1997. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the literary journal edited by Lee Chapman features a portfolio of six artworks by William S. Burroughs, created during 1987-1991. WSB became an artist in earnest after the death of his close friend & collaborator Brion Gysin in 1986, in parallel with carrying on as our foremost Beat-&-Beyond literary & cultural figure. With an introduction by Jim McCrary..... More
[Item #3004]
Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2012. First Printing. Hardcover. "The saga of how (William S. Burroughs and Malcolm Mc Neill) began working together, how they embarked upon a quixotic quest to create a "word/image novel" the likes of which the world had never seen...their struggle to bring it to the public ultimately collapsed in dashed hopes and broken dreams is the stuff of legend...(a) complimentary volume to The Lost Art..... More
[Item #1842]
Ostheim/Rohn, Germany; San Francisco, CA: Verlag Peter Ensler; Self-Published, 2009. First Edition Thus; Original Photograph-Greeting Cards. Stapled Wrappers; Single Sheet; Photograph-Cards in Envelope. Mindeater: Altes Land signed by Charles Plymell; One of two Holiday greeting cards inscribed & signed from S. Clay Wilson & Lorraine Chamberlain to Charles & Pamela Plymell. Two collectibles, one quite rare & the other one-of-a-kind, relating to Charles Plymell. As poet, prose writer, editor &..... More
[Item #3309]
R. Crumb. Amsterdam, Holland: Oog and Blik, 1996. First edition. Print. The Duke of Ook is a limited edition silkscreen print published in an edition of 150 numbered copies signed by R. Crumb. This is copy# 148/150. This image of piano man Alan Seidler appears in the Crumb Record Cover book. Approx. 24" x 28" and printed in Holland. In very fine condition, with only some creasing along the white..... More
[Item #1402]
R. Crumb. Amsterdam, Holland: 2007. First Edition. Silkscreen Print. A beautiful limited edition silkscreen print numbered and signed by R. Crumb - "Please Warm My Weiner" - Crumb's "politically incorrect" cover art for the 1973 Yazoo LP of Old Time Hokum Blues. Measuring approx 24" x 24" and limited to an edition of 200 numbered and signed copies. This is copy# 106/200. As New. More
[Item #1407]
Frankfurt, Germany: Zweitausendeins, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase. One of the elusive "German Facsimile Sketchbooks" from the great, subversive Underground Comix genius R. Crumb--found here in virtually unread condition. Hardcover bound in black cloth with gilt stamping on spine with ribbon marker bound in. Complete with German translation Booklet, and housed in original cardboard slipcase with printed label affixed to the spine. From the outset this work proves itself..... More
[Item #4227]
Frankfurt, Germany: Zweitausendeins, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase with Original Wrapping Paper. As Gary Groth has written in a preface to his November 19, 2014 interview with R. Crumb titled "Zap: An Interview with Robert Crumb," "When little Bobby Crumb used to draw dirty pictures in his notebook, he would destroy them immediately, for fear of being discovered. But then the ’60s happened, and under the wicked influences of..... More
[Item #4247]
Durham, NC: Mineshaft in Conjunction with Grass Roots Press, 2008. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Issue No. 23 Signed by Illustrator, Jay Lynch. Here we offer a truly special bundle of Everett Rand’s underground contemporary classic, Mineshaft Magazine. Mineshaft—as described on the front cover of Issue No. 23 above Jay Lynch’s memorable front cover illustration—is “A SHISH-KA-BOB OF LITERARY HIPNESS,” festooned by R. Crumbian derangements and delights in equal measure..... More
[Item #4337]
San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties, 1968. First Printing (Charles Plymell Edition). Stapled Wrappers. This is the legendary, coveted, very first printing of Zap Comix No.1, which inaugurated the "underground comix" phenomenon, a highlight of the 1960s counterculture. Robert Crumb illustrated & wrote the entire issue, his subversive genius broke all barriers. Mr. Natural, the "Keep on Truckin'..." figures & other images that made their debut here have resonated in the..... More
[Item #2164]
San Francisco, CA: Rip Off Press, June 1969. First Printing (?). Stapled Wrappers. A now-classic production by Robert Crumb from the height of the underground comix era. Crumb's feverish & twisted libido is given free rein in such episodes as "Eggs Ackley among the Vulture Demonesses", "Dale Steinberger: The Jewish Cowgirl" & "All Meat Comics." The hair-splitting scholarship among comix Talmudists is particularly complicated, contradictory & still-ongoing for this item..... More
[Item #2213]
San Francisco, CA: The Print Mint, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. From the fevered mind & pen of Robert Crumb comes this iconic underground comix classic. Beckoning the reader to "Plunge into the Depths of Despair," it is the essence of ennui, liberally sprinkled with outrageous sexuality, as only Crumb can depict. A landmark work of the golden age of the counterculture, when all barriers were broken for a turned-on..... More
[Item #2217]
San Francisco, CA: The Rip Off Press, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In this first number of the golden age underground comic, Robert Crumb conjures Lenore Goldberg, a bona fide feminist heroine along with her "Girl Commandos" who nevertheless stays true to his, ah, famously fetishistic fantasies that got him into so much controversy with that very group during its strident early phase. With other adventures, including a wonderful "Hi-Lites..... More
[Item #2227]
San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties/The Print Mint, 1969. Second printing. Stapled Wrappers. Originally drawn & written by Robert Crumb in October 1967 before all the other numbers in the iconic Zap series, Zap Comix No. 0 was lost, (photocopies) recovered, re-touched & first published in late 1968 between Zap Comix numbers 2 & 3. With revolutionary content including "Mr. Natural in Death Valley" & "City of the Future" that have..... More
[Item #2203]
San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties/The Print Mint, 1969. Third Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Zap Comix No. 1 inaugurated the "underground comix" phenomenon, a highlight of the 1960s counterculture. Robert Crumb illustrated & wrote the entire issue, his subversive genius broke all barriers. Mr. Natural, the "Keep on Truckin'..." figures & other images that made their debut here have resonated in the collective consciousness, & they continue to influence art & culture..... More
[Item #2205]
San Francisco, CA: The Rip Off Press, 1970. Third Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second & last number of the golden age underground comic entirely written & illustrated by Robert Crumb. In this work of twisted genius, Crumb's struggle between presenting a truly feminist character in the form of Lenore Goldberg & her Girl Commandos, & the un-self-censored expression of his fetishistic-misogynist fantasies is especially pronounced, as the naked amazon Goldberg..... More
[Item #2228]
San Francisco, CA: The Print Mint, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A single-issue title entirely written & illustrated by Robert Crumb from the golden age of underground comix. Featuring "Mr. Natural Goes to a Meeting of the Minds"; "Honeybunch Kaminsky "the Drug-Crazed Runaway" in She's Leaving Home" & more. A prime example of Crumb's subversive, twisted genius- the dark humor, satire & misanthropy with a heavy dose of sexual obsession..... More
[Item #2232]
San Francisco, CA: Rip Off Press, August 1971. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second & last number of Robert Crumb's notorious unleashing of his feverish fantasies in which "Little Guys Fight it Out with Big Women!" as declared above title on front cover. With "Eggs Ackley in Eggs Escapes" (from entanglements with the bird-headed stout-bodied Demonesses, that is); "A Gurl" & other unforgettably uninhibited episodes. There is even "A Word..... More
[Item #2214]
Milwaukee, WI: Kitchen Sink Enterprises, 1971. Third Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A now-classic underground comix production entirely written & illustrated by Robert Crumb. Off-the-meter provocative, demented satire from the golden age of the counterculture. Featuring "Maryjane"; "Angelfood McDevilsfood"; the lengthy "Whiteman meets Big Foot" which takes up most of the issue & "The Desperate Character Writes Again!" on back cover. Simultaneously send-ups & confessionals of Crumb's innermost id, exemplars of his..... More
[Item #2223]
San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties/San Francisco Comic Book Company, 1971. Third Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The first issue of the classic underground comic entirely devoted to one of Robert Crumb's most memorable creations- Mr. Natural. With many misadventures of the most outrageous & politically incorrect variety; & a fascinating three-page story, illustrated but largely in text, of "The Origins of Mr. Natural." Originally published in August 1970, this is the third..... More
[Item #2225]
San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Comic Book Company, 1971. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second number in the series entirely devoted to one of Robert Crumb's most acclaimed underground comic creations- Mr. Natural. With several episodes featuring Flakey Foont, Mr. Natural's protege-sidekick, & much more. An inimitable, ingenious work of the imagination, the epitome of the 1960s counterculture just starting to curdle into disillusionment & self-parody at the beginning of..... More
[Item #2226]