The Sixties from Appledore Books, ABAA

New York: Time Incorporated, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1967 1st edition, in its uncommon original hardback. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel and a small, neat ink notation (3 lines) along the top of the rear panel. Octavo, edited by Joe David Brown. With 16 pages… Read more about this item

New Haven: View from the Bottom/Yale Strike News/Committee to Defend the Panthers, 1970. Newspaper. Near Fine. A clean, very well-preserved copy of this uncommon single-issue newspaper --"an information newspaper"-- published in advance of the May Day rally (May 1-3, 1970), held at the New Haven Green. Published jointly by "View from the Bottom", "Yale Strike News" and "Committee… Read more about this item

New York: The Third Press, 1970. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Verna Sadock. The 1970 stated 1st paperback printing. Crisp and VG+ in its jarring pictorial wrappers. Just a touch of very light soiling along the edges, otherwise clean as could be. Tall quarto, skillfully illustrated thoughout by Verna Sadock.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. AN EARNEST, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR ALAN ADELSON opposite the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (light wear to the lower-tips) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with a couple of small closed tears… Read more about this item

New York: The Woodstock Census. Original wraps. Very Good +. The uncommon original mid to late 70s census (or questionnaire) issued by the Woodstock Census of New York in the decade after the August 1969 concert to "scientifically" measure current attitudes and likes and dislikes from the 60's Generation. The "official" census, made up of 22 stapled, mimeographed… Read more about this item

New York: Postcrypt Press (Earl Hall, Columbia University), 1967. Original wraps. Very Good +. The uncommon Sept. 1967 maiden issue of this short-lived student weekly, issued firmly in the spirit of time (1967) and place (Columbia). Suffused with a radical energy and a palpable distrust of the school's administration, the paper foreshadows the showdown-to-come, which would of course… Read more about this item

Chicago: Urban Research Corporation, 1970. Original wraps. Near Fine. Uncommon 1970 mimeographed paper detailing Harvard's legendary Spring 1969 student strike. Clean and Near Fine in its plastic-comb binding. 57 pgs., taut, gripping narrative.

Chicago: Urban Research Corporation, 1970. Original wraps. Near Fine. A mimeographed copy of the uncommon 1970 paper addressing student protest at Cornell. Clean and Near Fine in its plastic-comb binding. 36 pgs., gripping, tense narrative.

Nick Gavrilou, 1972. Original wraps. Near Fine. Very scarce mock-up of an early 70s intended book on working the system thru television--and making it a more democratic and responsive tool. Written and illustrated by Nick Gavrilou, who had a comic strip for years in The Soho Weekly News called "Agamosites" (several examples of which are included with this… Read more about this item

Domesday Books (Grove Press), 1969. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1969 satirical prograpm ("pogrom") of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Edited by Michael O'Donoghue (of early "Saturday Night Live" fame), among others. VG in its stapled wrappers. Quarto, 25 pgs.

New York: Parsons School of Design, 1971. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A bright, clean copy of the experimental --and very creative-- 1971 yearbook of the Parsons School of Design, in New York. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Oblong quarto, 64 pgs. Wild of-the-period design and fashion thruout.

New York: G.P.Putnam, 1973. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The uncommon Uncorrected Proof of Warren Hinckle's infamous memoir of The Sixties. VG in its printed yellow wrappers, with very light waving and soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, 363 pgs. Also includes a 1 pg. TLS from Putnam's Editor-in-Chief to Maxwell Geismar, close friend of Hinckle's and former… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY TANA DE GAMEZ TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary critic and biographer and one-time editor of Ramparts Magazine. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine crown and very light scuffing at the… Read more about this item

Boston: Beacon Press, 1968. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY TRUMAN NELSON TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent literary critic and biographer and one-time editor of Ramparts Magazine. A sharp copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Crisp and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Octavo, 148 pgs. Signed by Author.

New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. An uncommon example of the pre-publication Uncorrected Proof. Tight and VG in its printed beige wrappers. Octavo, 352 pgs.

New York: Legal Par, 1969. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1969 1st edition, in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Solid and VG+, with very light rubbing to the panels. 12mo, 76 pgs. Invaluable pocketsized guide for those who were on the streets in he late 60s and early 70s, facing possible busts.