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London: Morel. Decorative Boards. Fine. An immaculate copy of this posthumous publication, out of London, of Rene Ricard's "Notebook 2010-2012". Clean and Fine in its decorative silk boards, limited to 300 copies. From the Introduction: "Here we have a rare insight into Rene's working process with drawings, drafts of poems, finished poems, witty remarks and memories. Rene wrote… Read more about this item

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1926. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of the September 1926 1st edition of this immortal, pre-Depression look into the underground lives of hobos, thieves, grifters, etc., mostly set in the Bay Area. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in clean bright-red boards, with pristine gilt-titling along the spine. Even offsetting… Read more about this item

New York: Galhattan Press, 1997. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY JENNIFER BLOWDRYER ("THANKS FOR ALL THE SMUT FEST TREATS!") on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1997 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Foreward by Annie Sprinkle and Quentin Crisp.

New York: Trident Press, 1972. One of the classic early '70s underground novels. The 1972 1st edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARCO VASSI on the title page. A solid copy to boot: Tight and Near Fine (several tiny spots at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very mild soiling and darkening to the panels.

Woodstock, NY and Voorheesville, NY: R. Mutt Press and Spaulding and Rogers, 1982. Boards. Fine/Fine. A nice Presentation copy: INSCRIBED BY SPIDER WEBB TO HELEN WOOLF, THE FORMER OWNER OF "COME AGAIN", ONE OF NEW YORK'S EARLIEST SEX SHOPS (in Midtown Manhattan on 51st St. at 3rd Ave.). "TO HELEN--SEE YOU IN HELL! LOVE, SPIDER WEBB". An all-but-immaculate… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1988. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1988 1st edition, STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.

Boulder, CO: Paladin Press. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy, STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.

Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1984. Original wraps. Near Fine. Bill Border. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1984 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its blue pictorial wrappers, with one tiny crease along the front panel's upper tip. Otherwise immaculate. Illustrations throughout by Bill Border.

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Original wraps. Very Good +. A crisp copy of the 1971 stated 1st U.S. edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its wild pictorial wrappers. Quarto, politically-charged, erotic illustrations (in both black-and-white and color) throughout.

New York: Geronimo Books Co, 1977. Original wraps. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the first blank endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1977 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its light-blue wrappers, with very mild offsetting along the edges and just a touch of staining at the rear… Read more about this item

New York: New Wave Publications, 1966. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO THE EDITOR OF NEW WAVE PUBLICATIONS, JOHN AHERN, on the title page. A solid copy to boot of the uncommon February 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth. And in a crisp, VG+… Read more about this item

New York: New Wave Publications, 1965. Original wraps. Very Good -. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO JOHN AHERN, THE EDITOR OF NEW WAVE PUBLICATIONS. The 1966 1st edition. Bright and VG- in its spiral-bound wrappers, with the front panel detached from its binding. Light soiling as well to the panels but, still, solid and… Read more about this item

New York: Geronimo Books Company, 1972. Original wraps. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ERJE AYDEN TO NOVELIST JOHN AHERN on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing along the front panel's bottom-edge. Octavo, 110 pgs.

Havana: Editorial Gente Nueva, 1977. Stapled wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1977 tribute to Che Guevara, through his writings and an impressive collection of dozens of black-and-white photographs. Issued out of Havana in simple, stapled wrappers. A well-preserved copy to boot. Solid and VG+, with very light creasing throughout and a touch of light spotting at the rear… Read more about this item

New York: Birth Press, 1961. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1961 original edition, in its stapled, light-blue wrappers. Tuli's great underground triumph, mocking the brain-deadening path so many choose with this inspired example of subversive list-making. Clean and VG+. Just a touch of very light chipping to the rear panel's top-edge, otherwise very clean. Quarto, an "American… Read more about this item

Newspaper. Very Good. The uncommon April 2009 maiden issue of "Electric Annihilation", an interesting underground newspaper/'zine published out of San Francisco. This first issue features interviews with Henry Rollins of Black Flag and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. Light wear and creasing along the edges, several small closed tears to the fragile magazine. Still though, solid and well-preserved.… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: Indochina Resource Center, 1972. Original wraps. Very Good +. The scarce August 1st, 1972 printing of Indochina Chronicle (No. 18). Most notable in this issue (and its centerpiece) is the June 1972 testimony before Congress of Alfred McCoy, a young doctoral student in Southeast Asian History at Yale, who was called in to discuss the growing… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: The Indochina Resource Center, 1973. Original wraps. Very Good. Uncommon 1973 collection of American press clippings citing the ongoing American covert war in Indochina. Solid and VG to VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with light foxing along the spine edges. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. Quarto, 59 pgs., including… Read more about this item

Staten Island, NY: Attica Brigade, 1973. Original wraps. Near Fine. The September-October 1973 maiden issue of "Fight Back! Monthly Newspaper of the Attica Brigade, an Anti-Imperialist Student Organization". The front cover of this issue is devoted to an ongoing, massive strike at University of Wisconsin, Madison and the mission statement on pg. 2 declares that the purpose of… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Revolutionary Student Briagde, 1974. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1974 supplement to "Fight Back! The Monthly Newspaper of the Attica Brigade". The mantle here has been taken over by the Revolutionary Student Brigade, the call for radical "justice" no less impassioned. The commitment to maintain a national student paper of protest and to attack what the… Read more about this item