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New Arrivals
Bruce, Lenny. Poster. Lenny Bruce “personality poster.” Photo by Edmund Shea. SF: Photoprint, [circa 1970]. 23 inches by 29 inches, black and white photo poster. Almost like new. $35 | Ephemeral large-format poster, common in the sixties, useful for hiding wall damage from the landlord, but very hard to find today. | |
Delany, Samuel R. Heavenly Breakfast. An Essay on the Winter of Love. NYC: Bantam, [1979]. 127pp. + ads. Paperback. Fine. $35 | Paperback original. Acclaimed science fiction writer’s evocative memoir of the winter and spring of 1967 and ‘68. | |
Fariña, Mimi and Boyle, Kay. Mimi Fariña — Kay Boyle correspondence. [various places, 1968-1986]. This correspondence comprises thirteen items written between 1968 and 1986: eleven letters, notes, and cards from Ms. Fariña to Ms. Boyle, and two poems by Ms. Boyle written for Ms. Fariña. Fine, a few waterstains on envelopes. $500 | A record of friendship between two generations of social activism and bohemianism. Ms. Fariña helped launch the folk-music renaissance of the ’60s, recording three albums with her husband Richard. In the early ’70s she co-founded Bread & Roses, a foundation bringing entertainment to prisons, hospitals, and other institutions. Ms Boyle, one of the the last living Left Bank expatriate authors, is among the most esteemed American writers of this century. “Mimi dear, please do not smoke, / I so love you when you don’t./ Marijauna would be better. / I send kisses with this letter.” | |
Gerould, Gordon Hall. The Grateful Dead: The History of a Folk Story. Kraus Reprint Ltd., Nendeln, Lichtenstein, 1967. Facsimile of the 1907 edition. 8vo, 177 pages with index. Softbound. Fine. $35 | Written by a Princeton University professor, this historic scholarly work traces the history and connections between this basic type of folk tale and other narrative themes in folklore. Gerould’s work helped establish the dictionary entry Grateful Dead, which Jerry Garcia found one afternoon in 1965 when he and his fellow band members were looking for a new name. | |
Hurwood, Bernhardt J. The Whole Sex Catalogue. NYC: Pinnacle Books, [1975]. 4to, 319pp. Wrappers. Very fine. $50 | First edition. A resource guide on sexual matters, more or less in the style of The Whole Earth Catalog. | |
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