San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/8" x 20") announcing a "Dance Concert" with performances headlined by the 13th Floor Elevators, along with Moby Grape, during November 11-12, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The American artist Steve Renick (of whom we can find no information & who appears to be known only for this poster) created the..... More

New York, NY: Anchor Books, 2003. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. Former Rolling Stones editor and columnist Greil Marcus collected the writings of Lester Bangs (1948 – 1982) into, what he calls, “the story, ultimately, of one man’s attempt to confront his loathing of the world, his love for it, and to make sense of what he found in the world and within himself” (xviii). As a music critic, Lester..... More

San Francisco, CA: Book, 1967. First Edition. Single Sheet. An oblong poster (appx. 20" x 13&15/16") announcing the "Second (Annual) Tribal Stomp" concert with performances headlined by Big Brother & the Holding Company, along with the Quicksilver Messenger Service & Oxford Circle, during February 17-18, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Second Printing. Single Sheet. An oblong poster (appx. 23&3/4" x 10&1/8") announcing a series of concerts with performances headlined by Big Brother & the Holding Company, along with Oxford Circle, Bo Diddley & Sons of Adam, during August 5-6, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&7/8" x 19&7/8") announcing the "Zig Zag" concert with performances headlined by Big Brother & the Holding Company, along with the Quicksilver Messenger Service, during June 24-25, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, in..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/4" x 20&1/2") announcing "The Laugh Cure Dance and Concert" with performances headlined by the Blues Project, along with the Quicksilver Messenger Service & the Sons of Adam, during May 13-14, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson (1937-2020) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, &..... More

Santa Monica, CA: Geffen Records, 2000. First Edition. Both Signed by Sonic Youth Guitarist Thurston Moore. NYC Ghosts & Flowers, a 2000 album by Sonic Youth, is mainly a creative reaction to the theft of their instruments in July 1999, in which Irreplaceable guitars and effects pedals with numerous modifications were stolen. It is also the first Sonic Youth album to extensively use prepared guitar since 1985's Bad Moon Rising..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1967. First Edition. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&3/8" x 22&7/8") announcing a concert by the legendary impresario Bill Graham (1931-1991), headlined by the (Paul) Butterfield Blues Band, along with the Charles Lloyd Quartet, during January 27-28, 1967 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. There is also, below the band names & above the image of Lloyd, the statement: "Also on Jan(uary) 29 our..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Second Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/4" x 20&1/2") announcing a concert with performances headlined by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band, along with the Oxford Circle, during June 17-18, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, & "Mouse! (logo)" in..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931; 1938. First Edition, Second Printing; First Edition. Hardcovers. One of two volumes signed by author Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain. "Twenty long years have passed since my father was laid in the ground, yet had these years been only days the memory of that tragic event could not be more vivid. In the lovely month of April- month of soft green..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14" x 20") announcing "The Dance of the Full Moon Concert" with performances headlined by Country Joe (McDonald) & the Fish, along with the Sparrow & the Kaleidoscope, during February 3-4, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The great Spanish-American artist Victor Moscoso (b. 1936) created the artworks & graphics reproduced here, & "Moscoso"..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Third Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&7/8" x 19&7/8") announcing a concert with performances headlined by the Daily Flash, along with Quicksilver Messenger Service & Country Joe & the Fish, during November 18-19, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, in..... More

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition. Softcover. "The intent of the present exhibition is to draw together a multitude of artistic manifestations of a given moment in order to demonstrate the transformational primal ground which they hold in common, and within this moment to distinguish one particularly important current." (from introductory essay, "Poets of the Cities: Levelling of Meaning" by Neil A. Chassman) Published in..... More