The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalogue by Realist - 1971

London: Methuen. 32 pages, illustrated, light wear to the covers. . Good. Paperback. First Edition.. 1950.

An interview with Terry Southern, Dick Gregory Revisited, Jean Shepherd "On The Protest Bit", Joseph Heller answers Shepherd, plus the usual good stuff from editor Paul Krassner. Very good with some age tone

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. 352pp, index, bw ills. Or yellow papered boards with purple spine in jacket. Beginning as a child prodigy- youngest violinist to perform at Carnegie Hall- Krassner started his publishing career with Mad magazine. In 1958 he launched the Realist a satirical magazine aimed at adults. The Realist was the fore-runner of the alternative media serving as influence on and chronicler of the burgeoning counter culture. He published material on the psychadelic revolution, took LSD with Leary and Groucho Marx. Uncensored confessions of a controversial satirist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo.

San Francisco, Calif: Contemporary Realist Gallery, 1992. Softcover. VG- (Ex-library, with some marks and label, cover has edge tanning.). Cream & illus. wraps, 64 pp., 23 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a gallery exhibition in 1992. Incl. one piece of each of the following artists: Lennart Anderson, Jack Beal, William Beckman, Leland Bell, Steven Bigler, Robert Birmelin, David Carbone, Bruno Civitico, Jeanne Duval, Carlton Fletcher, Gregory Gillespie, Gabriel Laderman, Philip Pearlstein, Gillian Pederson-Krag, Lincoln Perry, Richard Piccolo, Langdon Quin, Alfred Russell, Richard Savini, Edward Schmidt, Robert Schwartz, and Wayne Thiebaud. With an introduction by Thomas Bolt.

NY: Putnam’s , (1971).. First edition.. 319 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip and one short closed tear.

Cuernavaca, Mexico, February 26, 1933., 1933.. Good. - American novelist Robert Herrick's autograph penned on 4-1/2 inch high by 5 inch wide creamy white paper. Signed "Robert Herrick / Cuernavaca, Mexico, / 26 Feb. 1933". Folded for mailing, the paper is mounted from the verso onto gray stock from an autograph album. Good. The American novelist Robert Welch Herrick (1863-1938) was part of a newly emerging generation of American realists who addressed the turbulence and turmoil of industrialized society. Praised by William James, Herrick's work differed from Upton Sinclair's muckraking style to achieve its power from the perspective of melancholic fatalism. Appointed Secretary to the United States Virgin Islands in 1935, he found himself in the position of acting-Governor of the Islands when a political scandal forced Governor Paul Martin Pearson and his Lieutenant Governor to appear before the Senate. Pearson was forced to resign and, as his successor Lieutenant Governor Lawrence William Cramer was… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Contemporary Realist Gallery, 1995. . [Exhibition Catalogue]. 4to. 24 pp. Stiff, glossy white and color illustrated wraps. Very good with marginal creasing along top of spine. Color plates. Includes an essay by John Yau. Includes artist C.V. Catalogue created to accompany the exhibition “Robert Birmelin: Opening the Door”, held from November 2 through December 2, 1995 at Contemporary Realist Gallery in San Francisco, CA. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

San Francisco, CA: Contemporary Realist Gallery, 1995. . [Exhibition catalogue]. 8vo. Square. [16 pp]. Soft, stapled white and color illustrated wraps. As new. Color plates. Includes text by William W. Lew. Includes artist C.V. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition“Steven Bigler: Italian Landscapes” in San Francisco, CA at Contemporary Realist Gallery from December 7 through 30, 1995. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

New York: January 26, 1948., 1948.. Very good. - Typed letter on an approximately 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide sheet of cream-colored note paper. Signed "Mitchell Siporin". The top edge of the letter is lightly creased with a tiny chip out of the top left corner. Folded three times for mailing. There is a tiny tear to the left edge of 1 fold. Very good. Siporin replies to an invitation from Harold Rugg to speak at one of Rugg's lunchtime forums at Columbia University's Teachers College: "It would be a pleasure to take up your invitation to attend and address your All-College Luncheon Forum. The date I would prefer is March 31st. If that is no longer open, however, do suggest another time. As for the topic, may I communicate that to you after we've arrived at a satisfactory date?"Mitchell Siporin [1920-1976] was a Social Realist American painter. Beginning in the mid-1930s, Siporin worked as a painter for the Illinois Art Project through the Works Progress Administration. Together with Edward… Read More

New York : [Condeso/Lawler Gallery], 1994.. 8vo. 12 pp. Very Good. Soft Cover. Typographical stiff paper wraps. Staple binding. Color and B&W plates throughout; biography. Invitation card for opening reception laid in. Extremely Scarce.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019).