The "first-year" issue of this periodical from the loosely organized alternative arts space and group known as MUSEUM, which formed in 1968 in Manhattan, and used a warehouse/loft at 729 Broadway as it's headquarters and exhibition space. The collective began as a group of 8 artists but soon grew to hundreds as no fees or criteria existed to participate or become a member. A 1970 press release (reproduced in the issue) states "MUSEUM is an entirely cooperative organization by and for artists who wish to exhibit, and to speak freely.....
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A very nice condition copy of the advance uncorrected proofs for John Gruen's authorized biography of Keith Haring. The book was released in 1991 about a year and a half after Haring's death.

Condition: Near Fine, some sunning/toning to text block and at page edges.
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An early issue of the influential NY style magazine, PAPER, when it was still a mutli-page, black and white, XL oversized double-sided, fold-out one-sheet - plus additional inserted loose pages. A "24 hours-a-day" themed issue on the A-Z of non-stop New York. With articles on middle-of-the-night sidewalk shopping, 24-hour bagel options, beauty sleep, the city's best broken public clocks, gossip and more. Great design and with ads by Danceteria, Pyramid Club, Screaming Mimi's and Laurie Anderson's movie "Home of the Brave," among others.

Condition: Very Good+, some toning to paper.....
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The rare October, 1965 mimeographed second printing of the Fugs’ Songbook, from the counterculture NYC band founded in 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.

Condition: Good, a relatively large previous moisture staining to lower left corner, visible on all interior pages and front and back covers; the number "2" with a dash is written next to four songs in blue felt pen on the Table of Contents. Priced accordingly.
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