Dick Fairfield (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers show wear and scuffing. All pages intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Volume 4, Issue 1. Small quarto. 32pp. Stapled wrappers. Library stamp and pencil notes on the front cover. Rear cover cleanly cut off, as well as a 6"x3" section cut from one leaf (affecting text), else just a bit of wear but still good only.

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, trade paperback, limited to 5,000 copies, is popped at the front hinge but remains solid. The book also has a very shallow curve to the book block, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, rubbing with minor staining to the covers, mild wear to the cover edges, and a touch of sun toning to the spine. Overall, a Near Very Good copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. counterculture publication with focus on communes, intentional communities, back to land, 195 pages, no markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1971. First edition. 4to. Perfect-bound in photo-illustrated wraps. 195pp.; illus. Light soiling and toning to wraps; hinge and corner wear. Very good: clean and with no creasing to spine; binding strong and secure. One of five book-length volumes in Richard Fairfield's iconic Modern Utopian series, which broke ground in surveying American and international communes of the hippie era. This issue focused on various impetuses and goals of the (American) communal movement. Articles, many reprinted from other sources, including the Modern Utopian periodical, are organized in such categories as "The Vision," "The Love Revolution," "Cosmic Consciousness," Free Schools," etc. With also a section of book reviews, several bibliographies (including a Baba Ram Dass reading list), and an extensive list of free schools in America. Uncommon in the trade.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1971. Quarto. Soft cover. Limited edition, with 5,000 copies printed. Perfect bound wraps with warping to the text block centered around the middle of the spine. Wear near the foot of the spine. Text block remains clean and bright. Book is in good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1971. Quarto. Soft cover. Limited edition, with 5,000 copies originally printed. Perfect bound wraps with minor staining to the bottom edge of the front and back cover. A bit of creasing to the covers. Text block is clean and bright. Book is on the fine line between good and very good condition. Scarce.