A rare example of original album cover art by one of the legends of the medium. John Van Hamersveld (b. Baltimore, 1941) designed the iconic poster for the surf film Endless Summer while still in art school. As a professional graphic designer he did the album covers for The Beatles'.....

First Edition. The original publication of Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, with Steadman's illustrations bleeding over massive tabloid newspaper pages. Two long excerpts from Thompson's drug-fueled memoir of a trip to Las Vegas in the company of the Chicano lawyer Oscar Zeta Acosta (fictionalized as "the.....

First British edition. The British edition of Yoko Ono's conceptual art book, first published in 1964 in Japan, which mostly consists of instructions for performances or individual actions ("Carry a bag of peas. Leave a pea wherever you go"). Many of the pieces cannot (yet) be performed: "Prescribe pills for.....

First Edition. This classic book of Sixties rock posters has become a sort of checklist for collectors and dealers, who cite "AOR" items in their descriptions. This is the full-size original version and one of the "special limited presentation edition," which has a more psychedelic design stamped on the front.....

First US edition. The American trade edition of an account of Corsaro's and Sendak's preparation of Serge Prokofiev's opera L'Amour des Trois Oranges. The text is presented in an interview format, with alternating comments by Corsaro (the director) and Sendak, who designed the stage and costumes. Illustrated with reproductions of.....

A complex book-object designed by Estévez and Laura Ruiz Montes in tribute to the singer Edith Piaf. The text is a long poem Estévez in Spanish and French translation. The poem is digitally printed on many sheets assembled into two long, side-by-side fold-outs affixed to facing pages of the book.....

11 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-3/4 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A poem, designed by Vicente Enríquez Landín, with a particularly effective portrait of the composer pasted onto the front cover. OCLC: BNCJM CRU CSL CUI CUZ DEIAI DLC DRB EEM FHM FQG FUG GZN IND IQU.....

First Edition. The first three issues of Wilson's "journal about events posters & the arts of happenings." The newspapers are printed on white heavy newsprint and folded like tabloid magazines. The issues have drawings by Robert Crumb. The second issue is dedicated to Rick Griffin, the poster artist who had.....

A new edition of Palmer and Steadman's 1970 book about the rock music scene in the late 1960s. Steadman supplies a dozen portraits of musicians, each incorporating a photographic element. This is one of 26 lettered copies (out of 126) of the new edition signed by Palmer and Steadman with.....

A new edition of Palmer and Steadman's 1970 book about the rock music scene in the late 1960s. Steadman supplies a dozen portraits of musicians, each incorporating a photographic element. This is one of 26 lettered copies (out of 126) of the new edition signed by Palmer and Steadman with.....

[10] pages, plus an audio DVD. About 8-1/2 inches square. An edition of 100 copies. Colección Andante. Lyrics for a song photocopied on brown recycled paper. Designed by Elizabeth Valero and bound in crumpled paper and fabric over cardboard. The DVD has one short musical track. OCLC: DEIAI FQG FXG.....

First Edition. By the founding director of the Center for Texas Music History at Texas State University in San Marcos. This is the uncommon hardcover issue. The book was published in paperback at the same time. 304 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. First edition (first printing, hardcover issue). A fine copy.....

First Edition. A picture book with the lyrics of classic folk songs, selected by Yarrow, the Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary. With musical notation for guitar accompaniyment at the back and a CD of Yarrow performing the songs at the front. 48 pages. First edition (with a numberline ending.....