THE ACID TEST [Original Acid Test Banner]
Large original painted canvas banner likely utilized in one of Ken Kesey's final Acid Test events and based on Kesey's infamous limited edition ACID TEST album.
Large original painted canvas banner likely utilized in one of Ken Kesey's final Acid Test events and based on Kesey's infamous limited edition ACID TEST album.
Magazine published by the UK organization Shelter, an advocacy organization for the Homeless.
Original poster for an Afro Rock event at Hull University, featuring one of the most important bands of the movement, Assagai.
Issue of the rock & roll magazine including an interview with Quicksilver Messenger Service, a piece by Paul Williams, a short story by Ron Goulart, and some harsh (but fair) words for Joan Baez by Peter Stampfel.
Wonderful and sizeable collection of over 100 photographs documenting a small group's road trip to Woodstock and weekend there.
Flyer for a Memorial Day rally for disarmament on May 27th, 1978 at the United Nations.
Official mimeographed newsletter of the Committee of 100, a prominent British anti-war group whose first president was Bertrand Russell and whose initial hundred public signatories included Christopher Logue, Herbert Read, Lindsay Anderson, and Gustav Metzger. This handsomely printed bulletin includes reports on relevant news stotries of the day: China's atom bomb tests, phone tapping of dissidents by the British police, pirate radio stations in London, and more.
Poster picturing four sweaters wearing a number of buttons with pacifist themes, like "Make love not war" and "Stop creeping proliferation."
First printing of this poetic reflection on the tumultuous state of America and the world in 1984, in which essayist Sidney Bernard captures the peril of nuclear proliferation while highlighting the work of activists working to improve the future.
Original press photograph featuring Bob Dylan sitting in hte back of a vehicle with Donovan, hidden behind an open issue of MELODY MAKER with the cover story "Dylan Digs Donovan!" Photographer Daniel Kramer had a close association with Dylan, and his photographs were used for three of Dylan's album covers.
Bilingual pamphlet presenting the case for boycotting Del Monte canned fruits and vegetables.
Small archive representing what is perhaps the only remaining trace of a fascinating, prescient, but ultimately unrealized utopian project of the counterculture.
Crumb-style flyer for a July 21, 1970 benefit concert at the Palladium in Bimingham, Michigan.
First printing of these collected essays challenging the prevailing psychological model of the drug abuser, signed by co-editor Coombs in the year of publication.
First edition of this book of candid photos sent to the author by skinheads from around Europe and Australia, a scarce record of the movement as it relates to the Oi! and ska music genres.
Tour program, illustrated with large-scale photographs throughout.
First printing of this collection of writings on sixties music and counterculture from Albert Goldman, best known for his book on Lenny Bruce.
One photo shows two elaborately dressed hippies dancing at a celebration at the Panhandle.
Poster made in support of Iranian political prisoners and protesters against the last Shah of Iran, the U.S
Early, short-lived Bay Area environmentalist newsletter. This issue features Nathan Hare on Black Ecology, an interview with Hare by Edward Washington, and an article on the Marquesa Islands.
Early, short-lived Bay Area environmentalist newsletter. This issue focuses on local American government at the county level, and features a Manifesto for Citizen Counterrevolution by Ted Radke as well as an essay by Jean Giono.
Collection of original art and collage from New York underground artist Kasoundra Kasoundra.
Technical work on interpersonal behavior and personality evaluation by a pre-psychedelia Timothy Leary, written during his tenure as Director of Psychology Research at the Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Oakland.
Special "5 Years of Rock" issue, including an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and features on James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Joe Cocker, Jim Morrison, Mick Jagger, and more.
Original vintage pen-and-ink portrait of a rider shown from the rear mounted on a custom motocycle and wearing a club cut.