A collection of 14 souvenir items from the 1915 San Francisco Panama-Pacific International Exposition, most in full-color, including: • The large (13" x 10") string-bound booklet Views of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in Natural Colors, with 30 tipped-in plates plus a fold-out "aeroplane view" of the exhibit palaces, and featuring the saturated colors printed from the hand-tinted photographic images of the period. • Colortypes of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (Staplebound, 9" x 6.25", approx. 32 pages) • Panama-Pacific International Exposition: The Beautiful (Staplebound, 8" x 5.75", approx. 32 pages) •.....
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An offprint (an excerpt of a larger publication that has been printed and bound separately usually for promotional purposes) of Jess collages from Vol. 6, No. 4 of Northwest Review, under the title "The Dios Kuroi." Each page bears a black and white collage and one word of the phrase "Once Upon A Time There Were Twin Brothers." A scarce Jess item.

Condition: Fine.
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A true first edition, Charles Plymell-printed copy of Zap Comix No. 1 with an intriguing color misprint on the front cover - the second printed color of yellow does not appear, making for a stark blue, black and white cover. In a 1997 article Zap Comix's First Printer on R. Crumb: Curled in Character, Plymell speaks of the many mechanical problems surrounding the printing of the issue on a Multilith 1250 printer. The cover stock had to be run through the press several times for each color and "I ran.....
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Gordon Barbery's rare compilation of trip/psychedelic drawings by 18 contributors, in very fine condition.

Condition: Near Fine, toning around cover edges and to spine; price of "4.00" written in pen on first page; now in a custom-made mylar dust jacket.
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A colorful monograph surveying the artwork of Victor Moscoso, one of the greats of 1960s Bay Area counterculture poster artwork. Moscoso's use of vibrating colors was influenced by painter Josef Albers, one of his teachers at Yale. He was the first of the rock poster artists to use photographic collage in his posters, and designed for the Family Dog concerts at the Avalon Ballroom, and the Neon Rose posters for the Matrix. Moscoso was a Zap Comix artist, and did design work for the Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir.....
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