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COBRA

By Jean-Clarence Lambert. 261 pp, illustrated throughout, a thorough survey of the postwar revolutionary art movement Cobra.

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Peace Eye

By Ed Sanders, Frontier Press, 1967. Second enlarged edition. A collection of poems by Ed Sanders initially published as an early book initiated by the Vietnam War and and as an example of Frontier Press’ early political efforts. The various incarnations of the book link several vital communities of the 1960s alternative poetry movement.

Hippies- Hypocrisy and “Happiness”

Passadena: Ambassador College Press, 1978. An educational pamphlet released by Ambassador College Research Department warning students against the dangers of the freewheeling 1960′s and ’70s subcultures.

Visionaire. No. 3, Fall 1991

by Stephen Gan, 1991. The “Erotica” issue, limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. Designed to evoke the teasing raunchiness of plain brown pornography mailers. Contributions by Mats Gustafson, Ruben Toledo, Steven Meisel, Bill Cunningham and Jean Paul Goude among others.

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Broken Knuckle Poems

by Douglas Blazek, Black Rabbit Press, 1969. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Illustrated with 2 black and white woodcuts.

Das Madchen und der Knopf

by Ulrickw Bock and Arno Waldschmidt, 1969. First edition, profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs of a button on it’s journey across the female body.