New York: The Floating Bear, 1966. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); stapled mimeographed pictorial self-wrappers illustrated by Robert Branaman; [16]pp. Previous mail folds, wrappers a bit toned and lightly worn from handling, else Very Good overall. Postally addressed to James Laughlin with return address of the Poets Press in New York..... More

New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; [12]pp. Lightly dust-soiled, else a Near Fine and unfolded (possibly unissued) copy, as the magazine sold only through its mailing list. Contributors include David Ossman, Charles Olson, and G. Sorrentino. More

New York: The Floating Bear, 1965. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); stapled mimeographed pictorial self-wrappers illustrated by Jess Collins; [16]pp. Previous mail folds, wrappers a bit toned, else Very Good overall. Postally addressed in manuscript to James Laughlin with return address of the Poets Press in New York. Contributors include John..... More

San Francisco: Foot Magazine, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 80pp. Slight external wear; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good. Holograph correction to imprint on copyright page, presumably in an editor's hand. Somewhat uncommon San Francisco little mag; contributions by Philip Whalen (who also contributed a number of illustrations)..... More

Menlo Park, CA: Portola Institute, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Early issue of this counterculture magazine/catalog, focused on self-sufficiency, ecology, and the DIY ethos. The long-running publication was the brainchild of Stewart Brand, which ran from September, 1968 off and on until 1998. "The Whole Earth Catalog functions as an evaluation..... More

New York: Belmont Books, 1969. First Edition. Racially-charged, autobiographical novel by the Afro-Canadian author. Octavo; photo-illustrated wrappers; green edge-staining; 172,[4]pp. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, else Fine and unread, with the edge-staining bright and unfaded. More

Ann Arbor: Radical Education Project, [1966]. First Thus. Octavo (21.5cm.); original yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; pp.9-17; illus. Fine. Article first published in the August, 1966, issue of This Magazine Is About Schools. Describes the case of a freshman high school student who was barred from enrolling in the school to..... More

Honfleur: Pierre Jean Oswald, [1968]. First Edition. Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's yellow printed card wrappers, French flaps; 46pp. Spine a hint sunned, else Fine condition. Poetry collection by the French translator, dedicated to Jean-Luc Godard. More

[Pleasantville, NY]: Reader's Digest Association, [1968]. Offprint. 12mo (19cm.) bifolium printed in blue, text in double columns. Light wrinkling, else Very Good or better. Short address by the former Secretary of Health and 1964 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom John W. Gardner, criticizing racial hatred on both sides..... More

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1968. First Edition. Issued as no.23 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. MORGAN A15.a1.1. First Printing, one of 25,000 copies. Octavo (15.75cm); black and white card wrappers; 144pp. Light sunning to spine, pinpoint wear to extremities, with a sprinkle of foxing along upper edge..... More

Boston: Trust Incorporated, 1967. First Edition. The notorious "obscene" issue of cult leader Mel Lyman's idiosyncratic, solipsistic, and generally self-indulgent underground newspaper, issued only in twenty-four issues between June 1967 and April 1968. Despite the paper's (and Lyman's) many failings, Robert Glessing (The Underground Press in America, Bloomington: 1970) notes..... More

[Trenton]: Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorder, State of New Jersey, 1968. First Edition. Government-sponsored report on the causes, effects, and potential remedies to the civil disturbances of 1967, with special attention to the Newark and Plainfield riots of that year. Illustrated with photographic text illustrations (halftones) documenting African-American ghetto..... More

N.p. by the author, 1967. First Edition. Octavo. Printed, staple-bound wrappers; 46pp. Limited to 100 copies, printed at the Hooiberg Printing Co., Epe, Netherlands. Inscribed below limitation statement: "For the promoter of good music & poetry - Izzy Young / Ted Grieder," undated. Mild external dusting, else Fine. Izzy Young..... More