Based in the Washington D.C. area, Brian Cassidy Bookseller deals broadly in 20th century popular culture and avant garde print materials: books, posters, manuscripts, ephemera, and the like. Specialties include artists' books, literature and poetry, little magazine and the mimeo revolution, punk, outsider and vernacular books, photography, and archival materials. We are located in downtown Silver Spring MD and welcome visitors by appointment. We actively buy books, from single titles to entire libraries.

featured items from our latest catalogue:

[Original Abstract Color Pastel Drawing]
BUKOWSKI, Charles (Artist)
(1965). Original pastel drawing on 11" x 8.5" paper. Image size approx. 10" x 7.7". Signed "Buk 65" at bottom. Mild.. more
Price: $4,500.00

THE DHARMA BUMS
KEROUAC, Jack
New York: Viking Press, 1958. 8vo. Original black cloth. Very good plus to near fine in like jacket. DJ mildly rubbed, as usual. Unclipped ($3.95)... more
Price: $600.00

"Robert Creeley, Maine August 1983 his house." [Caption Title, Original Photograph]
GINSBERG, Allen (Photographer)
np: np, (1983). Original vintage single-weight gelatin silver black-and-white photograph. 14" x 11" overall; 11.5" x 7.5" image area. Titled and signed by.. more
Price: $1,750.00

INDIAN HISTORICAL LEGENDS [with:] THE GREAT SPIRIT RELEASE AND INDIAN HISTORICAL LEGEND [and:] THE THEORY OF BIBOLUTION [plus:] OUR UNIVERSE [Four Original Typescripts/Manuscripts ó With Illustrated Folk Art]

INDIAN HISTORICAL LEGENDS [with:] THE GREAT SPIRIT RELEASE AND INDIAN HISTORICAL LEGEND THE THEORY OF BIBOLUTION [plus:] OUR UNIVERSE [Four Original Typescripts/Manuscripts ó With Illustrated Folk Art]
[Outsider Art]. [Native Americana]. [Eccentric Theology]. [Cultural Appropriation]. SIMMONS, Van LeRoy with Nellie S. Simmons
Grand Rapids, MI: 1947-1948. Three original typescripts, all containing extensive manuscript additions and corrections, with printed front matter. Plus one shorter holographic manuscript. Two.. more
Price: $11,000.00

[Manuscript Abecebestiary]
[Outsider Books]. EDUARD, Charles Sir (Artist)
Scotland: 1842. Folio; 16" x 12" approx. Contemporary red morocco with large gilt Scottish coat-of-arms to both covers, with numerous additional ornate.. more
Price: $14,000.00

0 TO 9: Facsimile Edition
MAYER, Bernadette and Vito Hannibal Acconci (Editors)
Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse, [2006]. Gray painted wood box, 11.5" by 9.5" by 3" approx. with sliding removable lid. Contains six facsimile issues of the.. more
Price: $1,500.00

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