Berkeley Barb, First Edition (70 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with yellowing, small folds to corners and slight edge wear. I know people this age who aren't in as good a condition. Side folding tabloid newspaper. Black and white photos throughout. Single issue of this long running underground newspaper from Berkeley, California, using a blend of counterculture, politics and sex ads to achieve success. This issue with many short columns on protests, counterculture and other left wing items, with a focuson Leary and Alpert, Art Kleps, Chief Boo Hoo of the Neo American Church and cartoons by Joel Beck, The Profit. 12 pages.

Newspaper. 20p., newsprint, folded tabloid, illus., misfolded, evenly toned, edgeworn, front wrap lightly foxed, small section torn out of rear wrap with no loss of text. Cover features a full page comic by Gilbert Shelton of "The Freak Brothers' favorite 14-year-old runaway. Little Orphan Amphetamine." First news story in issue recounts the SF police entrapping and arresting 40 gay men in the Macy's men's room. A full page article with photos describes the "underground White House", the alternate command center 60 miles west of DC. Rest of issue is the usual mix of short news items, opinion, and sex ads.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, photos, ads, features, reviews, listings, personals, columns, mild wear and toning, address label and a few spots of foxing on front wrap, otherwise good on newsprint. Cover cartoon from Dallas Notes by DH. Berkeley Tenants Union girds for strike. AFL-CIO and Gay Lib. Native Americans plant corn on Alcatraz after rainfall. Panthers Burning on a small fire at the Black Panther Newspaper archives.

Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, stories, news, opinion, reviews, events, photos, ads, toned at fold else very good on newsprint. Later Barb, mostly grown up, gone are the outrageous sex ads that kept the rag going in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mostly serious reviews and reports with a touch of counterculture snark and absurdity. Cover story on the impending fall of the Shah of Iran. Reading the commentary and expectations the people celebrating did not realize they were leaping from the frying pan. Also the Church of Hakeem. Also "Is the World ready for Zippy?" People vs. White: Unraveling the legal maze.

Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, stories, news, opinion, reviews, events, photos, ads, toned at fold else very good on newsprint. Later Barb, mostly grown up, gone are the outrageous sex ads that kept the rag going in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mostly serious reviews and reports with a touch of counterculture snark and absurdity. Cover story on a Federal probe of the sale of a plot of taxpayer-subsidized land that had ties to the Mafia & ARA. Also a report on a Florida High School assistant principal who sexually harassed a student and then killed his boss.

Newspaper. 16p. folded tabloid newspaper, stories, news, opinion, reviews, events, photos, ads, toned at fold else very good on newsprint. Later Barb, mostly grown up, gone are the outrageous sex ads that kept the rag going in the 1960s and early 1970s. Mostly serious reviews and reports with a touch of counterculture snark and absurdity.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, toning at folds, else good on newsprint. Cover theme of issue is People's Park, with articles inside about the park two years on, plus a full-page comic strip by Rand Holmes about a park in Vancouver, BC drawing possible parallels in outcome. Also a half-page comic strip by Len Richmond on Gay Liberation, another comic strip by J. Baldwin starring Reagan and Nixon, and various news and plenty of sex ads of the era. Includes coverage of conviction of Rev. Wilbur Minzey, head of Shiva Fellowship for possessing and giving pot to kids and news bulletin of the acquittal of the Panther 21 in NY on bombing charges.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Various [Photographs& Drawings and Art (illustrator). First Edition. Wraps (PB) in newspaper format. In very good condition with browning and very small edge tears. Articles on the Port Chicago Trial, a freedom march on U>C. campus and LSD rescue service among others. 12 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition, First Printing. Folio. 11.5 x 18 in. 20 folded leaves. Very good with some toning and edgewear. Issue 475, September 1974, featuring a public denouncement of Leary after his legal issues that resulted in him becoming an informant for the FBI in the early and mid 70s.

Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, pen notations and markings on front wrap, else good on newsprint. Cover stories on American soldiers in Vietnam committing atrocities. "Let's Support Our Boys" native American cartoon by R. Cobb. Report on a Digger in Chicago. General Hershey Bar's Conspiracy for Peace. The conclusion of Marvin Garson analysis of the NCNP Chicago meeting: "The Whites: a Clown Show" Issue numbering out of sequence throughout volume 5.

16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper; illustrated with b&w photos, somewhat edgeworn, slight stain on front cover, hint of foxing. Good. Arderi erotic cover drawing. Poem to Rev. Pike. Homosexual Rights. Rock & Religion. Four Weeks in the Mushroom Mountains. Third Northern Renaissance Faire. Yoga & Orgasm.

Newspaper. 28p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, very good on newsprint. Cover stories on Seale and a death threat editor Max Scherr received while in hospital for a heart attack (Jane was editor pro-tem for this issue) over an article about a confrontation between David Hilliard & Stew Albert. Part 3 of Ogar's piece "Inside the Stroke Trade" on the burgeoning porn industry. Ogar review of The Magic Theatre production of "Botticelli" & "Witness" by Terence McNally. And a center-spread article by Selkirk on Soledad Prison.

Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, slightly misfolded else very good on newsprint. Continuing cover story on Debray's testimony at Court Martial in Bolivia. Stokely Carmichael wearing Huey pinback makes an appearance after Third World Tour. More on the San Quentin prisoners' strike. Police sweep of the Haight turns ugly.

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid, illus., lightly and evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, else very good condition. The usual 1969 mix of Berkeley cops with tear gas, Oakland 7 trial, Presidio trials, Seale attempting to align the Panthers and the Third World Liberation Front, emergence of Red Dragon militants in SF's Chinatown, report by Bob Avakian (!) on the results of the Standard Oil strike in Richmond, lengthy interview with SF Chronicle editor Scott Newhall, and perhaps most notably a quarter-page Avalon Ballroom cartoon ad by Spain Rodriguez for upcoming Moby Grape concert. And plenty of short news reports, columns, sex ads, and the like.

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, else very good on newsprint. Cover is a photo of a topless women beside a photo of Grace Slick. Below is "On Wisconsin!" a report on attacks by the Madison Police Dept. Inside find a profile of cartoonist S. Clay Wilson, People's Park, the Chinese-American Maoist group Red Guards, reports from the Madison Daily Cardinal.

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, comix, events, sex, music, theatre, film, personal ads, evenly toned, lightly worn, a few small stains on pages 3 and 4, else good condition. Cover stories on the Black Panthers International Days of Black Revolution Protests. Center-spread on drag shows and porn. Also an ad for The Magic Theatre's first production, "The Lesson" at the Steppenwolf Bar in Berkeley.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, wear at folds, lightly toned, address label on front wrap, else good on newsprint. Cover story on a letter from a GI in Laos who claims that the troops wiped out the village of Ban Hatteau in Laos. Revolutionary Poetry by NY Panther 21 Shakur. Berkeley's Queer Priest.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, lightly edgeworn, address label on front wrap, else very good condition. Cover story on Timothy Leary in prison with full-page photo of him flashing a peace sign at the DC Moratorium in 1969. Also on the front page is April 15.the Last Rally - on the upcoming San Francisco anti-war protest and march. Inside find articles on the Grant Street Fire eviction of tenants and subsequent protest, Liberating Your Sex, Anti-War Battles, Stew Alpert Fights On, center-spread report by Ogar on a Berkeley porn shop and more porn ads than you can shake a dick at!

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toning, very good on newsprint. Cover story on Humphrey campaign. Jerry Rubin "Jolly Jerry and the Nifty Nun.".

Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toning, very good on newsprint.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, comix, events, sex, music, theatre, film, personal ads, lightly-worn and toned on newsprint. Cover a montage of cartoons, nude photos, gibberish. Article on Cleaver & Seale.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, wear at edges, lightly-toned newsprint. Cover story on the John DeBonis scandal where the Councilman made inappropriate suggestions to a teen girl visiting Berkeley and when he was rejected had her arrested as a teen runaway and vagrant. On the killing of Jonathan Jackson and Huey P. Newton's eulogy for him.

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned else very good on newsprint. Child Care Not Copters on the Berkeley City Council meeting on police helicopters. Stew Speaks Out (well others seem to speak for him over the Max Scherr "death threat" brouhaha) Was Jesus Gay? Don't Hide It by Leo Laurence and Gale Whittington, cofounders of Committee for Homosexual Freedom. Ogar's "Inside the Stroke Trade" part 4.

Newspaper. 28p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toned else very good on newsprint. "Almost High Noon" report on the eviction of Canyon families and their resistance. "Guerillas Strike Back" at UC Berkeley with photos of police in riot gear and protesting students. Grossman's report on the Timothy Leary lecture. Cleaver in Berkeley. Spain cartoon strip. Piss Kat Komix.

Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toned else very good on newsprint. The second of two issues labeled #178. Nixon inauguration, SF State protests, Chicano demands at Hayward State. Panthers pledge active support for the Oakland 7.

Newspaper. 32p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, People's Park cartoon, slight wrinkle along bottom corner of inner folds, slight rubbing and toning on covers, else in very good condition. Cover story and much of the issue devoted to the People's Park protest.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, comix, events, sex, music, theatre, film, personal ads, lightly-worn and toned on newsprint. John Jefferson Poland aka Jefferson Fuck poland was the founder of Psychedelic Venus Church & the Sexual Freedom League. Cover stories on the sit-ins at Columbia University & US planes bombing Sinaloa with defoliants in an attempt to end the marijuana cartels. Also Bobby Seale sentencing.

Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toning, red boxing of seminar schedule at rear else very good on newsprint.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toning, some red underlining of film schedule at rear else very good on newsprint. Continuing cover story on Haight Ashbury riot aftermath. Lots of photos of the after-party. Berkeley City Council bows to the Panthers.

Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, articles, news, columns, toning, very good on newsprint. Continuing cover story on the San Quentin conflicts. Also more on Debray's testimony at Court Martial in Bolivia.