Counterculture

  • [FEMINISM] Reel Women

    # 46307

    REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)

    [FEMINISM] Reel Women

    [Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1980]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 20 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Kerry Dwyer, Jacqui Fine, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; very good condition. …

  • [FEMINISM] Reel Women

    # 46308

    REEL WOMEN (Melbourne)

    [FEMINISM] Reel Women

    [Carlton, Vic. : Reel Women, 1979?]. Broadsheet, 205 x 410 mm, folding to 205 x 95 mm, [8] pp., illustrated; catalogue of 17 independent women’s films, all by Melbourne and Sydney filmmakers including Sue Ford, Carla Pontiac, Monique Schwarz, Carole Sklan, Madelon Wilkens, Natalie Green, Maureen McCarthy and Claire Jager; Virginia Fraser’s copy, with a …

  • Public petition for Melbourne community radio station 3RRR to reinstate the women's programme "Give Men-a-Pause", 1981.

    # 42998

    [LEBER, Sylvie]

    Public petition for Melbourne community radio station 3RRR to reinstate the women’s programme “Give Men-a-Pause”, 1981.

    [Melbourne : s.n., 1981]. Foolscap folio sheet, Xerox-printed recto only; old horizontal fold; fine condition. The 3RRR women’s programme “Give Men-a-Pause” ran from 1979-1981. It was founded and hosted by Sylvie Leber, a Melbourne women’s rights activist who, among many other activities, was involved in the creation of Victoria’s first rape crisis centre and the …

  • The virgin sperm dancer

    # 45790

    LEVY, William

    The virgin sperm dancer

    An ecstatic journey, of a boy transformed into a girl for one day only, of her erotic adventures in Amsterdam, magic centrum. Written by William Levy; designed by Anthon Beeke; photographed by Ginger Gordon. The Hague: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1972. First edition. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 72, photographic illustrations, light edge wear, a fine copy. …

  • The Red Mole (complete run)

    # 44831

    International Marxist Group

    The Red Mole (complete run)

    London : The Old Mole, 1970 – 1973. Newspaper. Eighty-two issues… 66 regular issues including one unnumbered issue (1st Sept. 1971) that falls between Vol. 1, No. 14, Aug 1971… the actual 27th issue release, and the issue numbered 27. In addition to the regular issues, the run includes 16 broadsheets. Various paginations, 12×18 inches …

  • The platonic blow

    # 44892

    AUDEN, W. H. (1907 - 1973)

    The platonic blow

    New York : the Fuck You Press, 1965. First separate edition. Quarto, printed wrappers, pp. 12. Limited to 300 copies, 10 additional deluxe editons in three variations also printed. The platonic blow, sometimes known as The gobble poem, is an gay erotic poem which graphically describes an act of oral sex between two young men. Originally composed in 1948, …

  • The trials of Oz. (Felix Dennis' copy)

    # 43677

    PALMER, Tony

    The trials of Oz. (Felix Dennis’ copy)

    Manchester : Blond & Briggs, 1971. First edition. Octavo trade paperback, 274, [1] pp, with illustrations by Felix Topolski; wrappers lightly rubbed, internally very clean and sound; a significant association copy, with the ex libris of Felix Dennis (1947-2014), editor of London Oz, publisher and later media tycoon, to the inside of the front wrapper. …

  • Physique pictorial. Volume 15, number 3, June 1966

    # 43830

    MIZER, Bob (1922 - 1992)

    Physique pictorial. Volume 15, number 3, June 1966

    Los Angeles : AMG, 1966. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, pp. 32, black and white photographs, with cover art by TOM OF FINLAND. The breakthrough publication which saw Touko Laaksonen’s ‘dirty little pictures’ exposed to a broader gay readership. Laaksonen submitted his drawings to publisher Bob Mizer simply signed as ‘Tom’. Mizer saw the envelopes had arrived …

  • [BROADSIDE] Great Living Wonders! / Immense Attraction / The Wild Australian Children

    # 17332

    VAN AMBURGH & CO.

    [BROADSIDE] Great Living Wonders! / Immense Attraction / The Wild Australian Children

    are Evidently of a Cannibal Race! / Judging From Their Natural Proclivities, Their Long Sharp Teeth, etc. / Perhaps the Only Specimen From That Country Now Living … These Wonders of All Wonders were captured about 7 years ago by a party of gold hunters in the mountainous regions of Australia … Can Be Seen In a …

  • Ah Men Mexican Cruise

    # 43143

    AH MEN

    Ah Men Mexican Cruise

    West Hollywood : Ah Men, 1978. Quarto, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. 32, mailing label, order form intact, illustrated, a fine copy. Don Cook founded Ah Men, Shop for Men on Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood in about 1960 (some sources say 1958, the others 1961), the shop successfully trading until the mid 1980s. Located close to the …

  • Horseshit : the offensive review. Number two.

    # 43054

    Robert & Thomas DUNKER

    Horseshit : the offensive review. Number two.

    Hermosa Beach, CA : Scum Publishing Company, 1967. “Fourth printing” (inner lower wrapper). Quarto (280 x 215 mm), original stapled pictorial wrappers, pp. 48, extensively illustrated, and with additional text and illustration on the inner wrappers; a very good copy. Horseshit was a counterculture magazine produced by brothers Robert and Thomas Dunker. Robert was responsible …

  • Puss. (Complete set, plus prospectus)

    # 41529

    HILLERSBERG, Lars; SVEDBERG, Lena; DE GEER, Carl Johan, et al.

    Puss. (Complete set, plus prospectus)

    Stockholm : Puss, 1968-1973. A complete set of twenty-five issues; number 1 (January 1968) – number 24, (1973), plus the unnumbered issue and the rare prospectus which advertises the Puss preview presented at the Konsthall, 2-14 December 1967. Quarto (nos. 1-21 and the unnumbered issue, as well as the 4-page prospectus) and folio (nos 22-24); …

  • Super Eight : newsletter of the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group Inc. (Twenty-four individual issues, 1997-2001)

    # 42991

    WOODS, Tony; PATERSON, Rod; RYAN, Ben, et al. (eds.)

    Super Eight : newsletter of the Melbourne Super 8 Film Group Inc. (Twenty-four individual issues, 1997-2001)

    Fitzroy, Vic. : Melbourne Super 8 Film Group, September 1997 – March 2001. Twenty-four issues (itemised below); uniform format of foolscap folio, self-wrappers, [8] pp., illustrated; all issues in very good condition; from the estate of Virginia Fraser, artist, writer, editor and curator. The Melbourne Super 8 Film Group was an independent co-operative formed in …

  • Goddess Films : sales & rentals.

    # 42985

    HAMMER, Barbara (1939- )

    Goddess Films : sales & rentals.

    Berkeley, CA : Barbara Hammer / Goddess Films, [1979?]. Single sheet, 350 x 270 mm, folding to 180 x 90 mm, printed on both sides, photographically illustrated; light creasing and marks to the outer covers when folded, otherwise excellent condition. Important – and very scarce – trade brochure for Goddess Films, the distribution company of …

  • 3 Days of Peace & Music. Aquarian Exposition : Woodstock Music & Art Fair

    # 42254

    FORMAN, Michael (editor)

    3 Days of Peace & Music. Aquarian Exposition : Woodstock Music & Art Fair

    Official programme for the first Woodstock Music & Art Fair held in Woodstock, New York in August 1969. [Philadelphia?] : Concert Hall Publications, Inc., 1969. First edition, first issue, with the ‘f’ in the word ‘of’ on the upper wrapper overlapping a flower, adjusted for greater clarity in later reprints. Quarto, colour photographic wrappers, pp …

  • Invisible Cinema present Loud Visual Noises. The Musicians Club, 65 Wellington St, St Kilda Thursday 15th July at 7.30 pm.

    # 42993

    [BRAKHAGE, et al]

    Invisible Cinema present Loud Visual Noises. The Musicians Club, 65 Wellington St, St Kilda Thursday 15th July at 7.30 pm.

    [Melbourne] : Invisible Cinema, [1993]. Foolscap folio flyer, photostatted, printed on both sides; some old water staining, otherwise good condition. A combination of the perpetual calendar and the nine-digit phone number allow us to date this obscure Melbourne experimental cinema event to 1993. The flyer is more than likely a unique survivor. The screening comprised …