CHRONOLOGICAL COLLECTION CATALOGUE

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1959.XX.001  Booklet:  “The Underhound Vol 1 No. 2”
Chester Anderson (full name Chester Valentine John Anderson) (August 11, 1932 – April 11, 1991) was an American novelist, poet, and editor in the underground press. Chester moved from New York to San Francisco in January of 1967. He brought with him a mimeograph that he purchased with his second royalty check from the publication of the science fiction novel “The Butterfly Kid. Together, Anderson and Claude Hayward were the founders of the Communication Company (ComCo), the publishing arm of the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. Through ComCo, Anderson circulated a number of his own bitter broadside polemics in Haight-Ashbury, including "Uncle Tim's Children," with its infamous, often-quoted line, "Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street."The Underhound is a magazine that was published and edited by Chester Anderson. It satirized the beatnik coffee house scene in North Beach in the late 1950s. This issue includes articles on Prostitution in North Beach, and a scathing review of the October 1959 issue of Glamour magazine.
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1959.XX.002  Magazine:  “The Underhound Vol 1 No 4”
Chester Anderson (full name Chester Valentine John Anderson) (August 11, 1932 – April 11, 1991) was an American novelist, poet, and editor in the underground press. Chester moved from New York to San Francisco in January of 1967. He brought with him a mimeograph that he purchased with his second royalty check from the publication of the science fiction novel “The Butterfly Kid. Together, Anderson and Claude Hayward were the founders of the Communication Company (ComCo), the publishing arm of the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. Through ComCo, Anderson circulated a number of his own bitter broadside polemics in Haight-Ashbury, including "Uncle Tim's Children," with its infamous, often-quoted line, "Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street."The Underhound is a magazine that was published and edited by Chester Anderson. It satirized the beatnik coffee house scene in North Beach in the late 1950s. This issue includes orgy time in ‘beatsville’, notes on neo-beatnikism, zen in the art of lechery, a guide for the perplexed which outlines the differences between beats and squares.
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1960.XX.001  Booklet:  “Chants of a Hemorrhoided HorsemanFunky Pomes by Robert BriggsWith funkier drawing by Shem the Penman (aka Homer Finke).”
Chester Anderson (full name Chester Valentine John Anderson) (August 11, 1932 – April 11, 1991) was an American novelist, poet, and editor in the underground press. Chester moved from New York to San Francisco in January of 1967. He brought with him a mimeograph that he purchased with his second royalty check from the publication of the science fiction novel “The Butterfly Kid. Together, Anderson and Claude Hayward were the founders of the Communication Company (ComCo), the publishing arm of the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. Through ComCo, Anderson circulated a number of his own bitter broadside polemics in Haight-Ashbury, including "Uncle Tim's Children," with its infamous, often-quoted line, "Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street."Chester edited “Chants of a Hemorrhoided Horseman” which is a collection of risque limericks.
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1960.XX.003  Booklet:  “COLLOQUYC.V.J.ANDERSON(Chester Anderson)Of 300, this is copy no. 13.Wilder Bently, printer”
Chester Anderson (full name Chester Valentine John Anderson) (August 11, 1932 – April 11, 1991) was an American novelist, poet, and editor in the underground press. Chester moved from New York to San Francisco in January of 1967. He brought with him a mimeograph that he purchased with his second royalty check from the publication of the science fiction novel “The Butterfly Kid. Together, Anderson and Claude Hayward were the founders of the Communication Company (ComCo), the publishing arm of the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. Through ComCo, Anderson circulated a number of his own bitter broadside polemics in Haight-Ashbury, including "Uncle Tim's Children," with its infamous, often-quoted line, "Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street."Colloquy is a collection of poems written by Chester, with a frontispiece design by Sheri Martinelli. One of 300 numbered copies. Anderson Wilder Bentley, was the book’s printer.
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1961.XX.001  Booklet:  “A Liturgy for Dragonsc.v.j. andersonChester Anderson”
Chester Anderson (full name Chester Valentine John Anderson) (August 11, 1932 – April 11, 1991) was an American novelist, poet, and editor in the underground press. Chester moved from New York to San Francisco in January of 1967. He brought with him a mimeograph that he purchased with his second royalty check from the publication of the science fiction novel “The Butterfly Kid. Together, Anderson and Claude Hayward were the founders of the Communication Company (ComCo), the publishing arm of the anarchist guerrilla street theater group The Diggers. Through ComCo, Anderson circulated a number of his own bitter broadside polemics in Haight-Ashbury, including "Uncle Tim's Children," with its infamous, often-quoted line, "Rape is as common as bullshit on Haight Street."A Liturgy for Dragons is a book of poems written by Chester.
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1965.XX.001  Booklet:  “POEMS TO THE PEOPLEFACINOPeace and Gladness Press1965”
During the Mimeograph Revolution there were many publications that were made using traditional techniques, such as this one from the Peace and Gladness Press in 1965