Sausalito, CA: POINT/ The Whole Earth Catalog, 1977. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This number (dated December 21, 1977) of the quarterly journal published by the countercultural-ecological Whole Earth Catalog consortium features an excerpt from The Third Mind by William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin (pgs. 78-79), shortly before its first American publication by the Viking Press (1978). As noted at margin of pg. 79, this excerpt is exclusively written by..... More

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

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

Sausalito, CA: Point, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. This issue of the Whole Earth Review contains R. Crumb's famous comic story, "People... Ya Gotta Love 'Em." Along with this, though, are many other things that make this oddity quite interesting. It is quite vividly and vociferously period-specific. Aside from the hilariously late-80s early-90s clothing and the issue title of "THE GLOBAL TEENAGER," it contains an article on p. 112 titled "A..... More

Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones La Cupula, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. “When people say ‘What are underground comics?’ I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved…we didn’t have anyone standing over us…” said Underground Comix extraordinaire Robert Crumb, the seminal guerilla-visionary whose work opened the door to an entirely new style of visual expression during the late 1960s. Offered here is a unique Spanish-language edition..... More

London, England: Sick Fly Publications/ Tangerine Press, 2019. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Signed by Joost Halbertsma. A collection of illustrations & short graphic stories by Joost Halbertsma, a young & prolific Dutch artist described as follows in this biography on verso of final page leaf, quoted in its entirety: "Joost Halbertsma was born 1984 in the Netherlands. He earned his art degree in fine arts when he was 21..... More

Dallas, TX: Oddfish Productions/ David Tosh, 2007. Second Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by David Tosh. "Mumbo is back! This is the second of the renewed Mumbos to see print, and in it, you'll find more rambling comments from yers truly about comics, movies, music, and whatever else I can shoehorn in. Welcome aboard." (from "Mumbo Mumblings from Tosh," pg. 3) The fifth issue of the "little zine" edited, published &..... More

Robert Williams. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed to Charles Plymell by Robert Williams A large, lavish production surveying the art of Robert Williams, cult conjurer of images that are truly sui generis, incorporating a panoply of high & low cultural references into a jarring maniacal stew. Williams is also the founder of the renowned monthly art periodical, Juxtapoz. This first edition has a very special..... More

Marlborough, MA: Water Row Books, 2021. Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Charles Plymell. “William Burroughs said it best, of course, “A sure sign that an artist has mastered the craft is when you immediately recognize the work from a single glance or the reading of one sentence,” writes Charles Plymell (b. 1935) in his introduction to “Dear Charlie,” an instant classic-in-correspondence by two Great Americans: legendary literary outlaw, Charles Plymell..... More