Counterculture

# 42855

TOWNSEND, Larry (1930 - 2008, pseudonym of Bud Bernhardt)

The Leatherman’s Handbook

New York : Olympia Press, 1972. Octavo, paperback, original wrappers, light rubbing to corners, crease to spine with crack in text block, pp. [viii]; 319; [7 – advertisements], internally clean, a very good to fine copy. ‘The only definitive exploration of the gay S & M leather scene over written by a qualified writer who …

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# 42821

Various.

[FEMINISM] Lip. Issue 7. 1982/3. A feminist arts journal.

Melbourne : Women in the Visual Arts Collective, [1982]. Quarto, original wrappers (light handling marks), pp 89, b/w illustrations, a very good copy. ‘Lip is a collective of feminists who represent a wide range of political, social and cultural stances’ (p. 1) Lip was published in 8 issues from 1976 to 1984. This issue includes …

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# 42519

"BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES" [BELLAS, Bruce] (1909 - 1974)

The male figure

Volume thirty-six. Los Angeles : Bruce of Los Angeles, 1966. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, pp 54, with photographic illustrations. Fine, uncirculated copy. The thirty-sixth volume of a beefcake magazine first published in 1956, dedicated to the male figure by renowned photographer Bruce Bellas, who published under the name Bruce of Los Angeles. Bruce’s distinctive skill in …

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# 25154

STEIN, Maurice and MILLER, Larry

Blueprint for counter education

Curriculum, handbook, wall decoration, shooting script. New York : Doubleday, 1970. First edition. Illustrated card box containing an unpaginated book and three large folding posters, 94 x 124 cm opened, complete. Designed by Marshall Henrichs. The original first edition of this icon of counterculture, the counter-university. This seminal work was reprinted in 2016, with the …

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# 41709

HOWARD, Paul; BARWICK, Rusty; BAKER, Bryan; RAWLINS, Adrian; RUSSELL-CLARKE, Peter; TANDBERG, RON

[MELBOURNE; SATIRE; RACISM] Tom Thumb. Number 13. October 1966.

Glen Iris, Vic. : Baker Publishing Co., October 1966. Quarto newspaper (270 x 215 mm), pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, staple bound, 24 pp (including wrappers), photographic illustrations, cartoons; a very good copy. A sleazier and intellectually less ambitious counterpart to Oz magazine, Tom Thumb did however provide some biting and witty social …

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# 40941

FIFE, Kirsty

Move under yr own power. Interviews with women and queers making DIY music

[Leeds] : Kirsty Fife, 2016. Octavo, illustrated self-wrappers, pp. 72, illustrated. ‘Move Under Yr Own Power, a zine about women and queers making DIY music in the UK. The zine is 72pp, black and white riso printed, A5 with a rad centrefold illustration. It’s mainly interviews and an introduction. The zine comes with a link …

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# 41238

ANDREW, Brook (curator)

Taboo

Curated by Brook Andrew. Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2013. Octavo, cards in plastic dustjacket, pp. 175, illustrated. Printed in an edition of 750 copies. Scarce. ‘Published on the occasion of the exhibition curated by Brook Andrew at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, this book presents challenging encounters with a range of …

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# 40488

[NEVILLE, Richard; WALSH, Richard; SHARP, Martin et al.]

Oz magazine : a complete set of the Australian issues, no. 1, April 1963 – no. 41, February 1969

Sydney : Oz Publications Ink Limited, 1963-1969. Forty-one issues, quarto, original stapled wrappers, various paginations between 16 and 20 pages, all illustrated; an expected amount of toning and occasional mild foxing; overall very good condition throughout; a rare complete set of the Australian issues of one of the most significant counterculture publications of the 60s. …

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# 39403

NEVILLE, Richard (1941-2016)

Hippie hippie shake : the dreams, the trips, the trials, the love-ins, the screw ups : the sixties. (Felix Dennis’ copy)

London : Bloomsbury, 1995. First UK edition. Octavo, publisher’s purple cloth boards in dust jacket, 376 pp, [24] pages of plates (some colour); a fine association copy, the verso of the front free-endpaper with the ex libris of Felix Dennis (1947 -2014), editor of London OZ, publisher and later media tycoon, inscribed below by Dennis ‘Gift of …

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# 39446

THE INTER-STATE NARCOTIC ASSOCIATION (USA)

Beware! Young and old – people in all walks of life! This may be handed you by the friendly stranger. It contains the Killer Drug “Marihuana” – a powerful narcotic in which lurks Murder! Insanity! Death!

[Chicago, Illinois : Insanity Inc., ca. 1970 ]. Poster, offset-printed, 48 x 68 cm; in fine condition, unbacked and unmounted. This anti-marijuana propaganda sheet was originally issued by the USA Federal Bureau of Narcotics in 1935. It was reproduced and sold commercially around 1970, its alarmist claims and emotive language making it a ready-made piece …

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# 38511

Rosy One

Cause we got style! European hip hop posing from the 80s and early 90s

Årsta [Sweden] : Document Press, 2011. First edition. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 144, photographically illustrated. ‘Posing is the art of self-expression. It comprises appearance, fashion, accessories and the art of arranging the body or face in a good pose. Cause we got Style is a collection of European hip hop pose photos from the 80s …

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# 38479

SORRENTI, Davide (1976 - 1997)

Davide Sorrenti Polaroids

London : IDEA Books, 2020. Octavo, buckram spine, paperd flushcut boards, photograph insert, pp. 160, photobook. As new copy, still sealed in shrinkwrap. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Designed and edited by Francesca Sorrenti. ‘Davide Sorrenti Polaroids. A book of instantly unforgettable Polaroid photographs taken by Davide Sorrenti between the years of 1994–1997. …

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# 38091

[NEVILLE, Richard; SHARP, Martin]

[NORMAN LINDSAY]. Oz magazine, London. Issue no. 33. February 1971

London : Oz Publications Ink Limited, February, 1972. Quarto, staple bound, 46 pp, printed in colour; a very fine copy. The Australian satirical magazine Oz was an important phenomenon of the underground press of the 1960s and early 1970s. Initially edited by Richard Neville, Richard Walsh and the artist Martin Sharp (who designed most of …

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# 26289

FISCHER, Hal (1950 - )

Gay semiotics : a photographic study of visual coding among homosexual men. (Signed first edition).

San Francisco : NFS Press, 1977. First edition. Quarto, lettered wrappers (very slightly rubbed), pp. 56, illustrated. Signed by the artist on the title page and dated 1978. A fine copy, housed in a custom clamshell box, lettered on the spine. The rare first edition. In 2015 a facsimile was printed (which sold out), and …

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# 35838

INGHAM, John

Spirit of 76. London Punk Eyewitness

London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2020. Quarto, illustrated boards, pp. 160, illustrated. New cpy. When punk first broke in the UK in 1976, music journalist John Ingham was on hand to document the very heart of the scene. Struck by the music, fashion and sheer iconoclasm of a little-known outfit called the Sex Pistols, …

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# 35708

BERNIERE, Vincent and PRIMOIS, Mariel

Sex Press : the Sexual Revolution in the Underground Press, 1963-1979

New York : Abrams, 2012. Folio, illustrated wrappers, pp. 240, illustrated. New copy. From 1965 to 1975, an array of journals, magazines, fanzines, and underground presses were the voice of a dramatic sexual revolution. In Europe and the United States, this “sex press” consisted of publications such as Other Scenes, Yellow Dog, Actuel, Suck, The …

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