Vintage DAVID LANCE GOINES 1983 CODY'S BOOKS Radical Berkeley Bookstore POSTER
Original DAVID LANCE GOINES POSTER - CODY'S BOOKS. Published by Saint Hieronymus Press, Berkeley, California. 1983 First printing, printed in a limited edition of 2350 copies, with no additional printings. This is NOT a reproduction. 24" x 17.5" inches. 11 colors, including gold foil stamping, offset lithograph on heavy matt paper. Goines 101st poster chronologically. Commissioned by Andy Ross, owner of Cody's Books on Telegraph Avenue near the UC Berkeley Campus. VERY GOOD CONDITION: a touch of off-setting in the margin, otherwise very bright and clean, a lovely vintage poster.
For over half a century CODY'S BOOKS (1965-2006) was a thriving cultural landmark, the famously independent bookstore was the social and political heart and soul of Berkeley. Cody's was the home of radical politics and intellectualism, not just famous for its books and readings by world renowned writers but also for providing a safe haven from censorship and for protecting protestors fleeing a militarized police force during the Free Speech Movement, Peoples Park Protests, and anti apartheid demonstrations which roiled Telegraph Avenue for decades.
DAVID LANCE GOINES (1945-2023) pioneering poster artist, political activist, calligrapher, graphic artist, and printer. In 1964, 19 year old Goines was expelled from UC Berkeley after being arrested and jailed for protest leafleting on campus during Berkeley's Free Speech Movement. He apprenticed at the radical, era defining Berkeley Free Press, which he acquired in 1971. Here is the chronology of the Press: [Free Speech Movement Press], 1964-1965; Berkeley Free Press, 1965-1967; Saint Hieronymus Press, 1971-2023.
Will be shipped carefully rolled in a sturdy mailing tube.