San Francisco; Santa Barbara: Printed by Noel Young, [1971]. Original printing. Paperback. Slender octavo [23 cm] Stapled white wraps printed in blue and red. A publication designed to help colleges and universities to arrange readings by distinguished American poets. Contributors include Diane Wakowski, Edward Dorn, Anselm Hollo, Michael McClure, David... More about The New American Poetry Circuit. First Season: 1970-71
Berkeley: Provine Press, 1991. First edition thus. Paperback. 165pp. Octavo [23 cm] White and black case bound wraps. Very good condition. The third and final revision of Bartlett's essays. "An enlightened reader's mind journal, Bartlett's worthy, sincere essays in literary recollection situate the impact of modern classic texts within his... More about One Vast Page: Essays On the Beat Writers, Their Books, And My Life, 1950-1980
Toronto: Coach House Press (Quebec Translations), 1975. Paperback. 170pp. Octavo [20 cm] Blue and white printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are mildly rubbed. One of 1000 copies. The author, Victor-Levy Beaulieu, also wrote a book-length essay on Victor Hugo. Among his novels, Les Grands-Peres, received the Grand Prix litteraire... More about Jack Kerouac: a chicken-essay
Praha (Prague): Volvox Globator, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. 117pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Near fine. The spine ends are gently bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. There is an old... More about Chytani Pstruhu V Americe (Trout Fishing in America
Praha (Prague): Volvox Globator, 1993. First edition thus. Hardcover. 117pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge... More about Chytani Pstruhu V Americe (Trout Fishing in America
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue of a small press poetry magazine dedicated to the San Francisco Beat... More about Beatitude #24
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue of a small press poetry magazine dedicated to the San Francisco Beat... More about Beatitude #24
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue of a small press poetry magazine dedicated to the San Francisco Beat... More about Beatitude #24
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue of a small press poetry magazine dedicated to the San Francisco Beat... More about Beatitude #24
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. There is a 2-inch crease on back cover, encompassing last 4 pages. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue... More about Beatitude #24
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1972. First Edition. Stapled. 67pp. Quarto [28cm]. Printed wraps. Mild yellowing and creasing at edges. There is a moderate amount of rust on and around staples that bind the periodical. Very good. Twenty-fourth issue of a small press poetry magazine dedicated to the San Francisco Beat... More about Beatitude #24
Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil: L & PM Editores, 1984. Portuguese edition. Paperback. 256pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Pink, white and black photographically illustrated wraps. Very good. Faded at the spine and along the edges of the front wrap, and with a short, closed tear in the paper at the head... More about Cronica de um Amor Louco
New York: Grove Press, 2001. Reprint. Paperback. 289 pp. [21 cm]; orange, red and black wraps. More about Naked Lunch
1960. Two Cities Editions. Paperback. 63pp. Thin octavo [21 cm] Blue and white printed wraps. Fair. The covers are detached and faded, but present. The gatherings are loose. The top inside corners of the pages are very lightly moisture stained. "the hallucinated have come to tell you that yr utilities... More about Minutes to Go
Salt Lake City, UT: Litmus, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 38pp. Thin quarto [28 cm] Side-stapled illustrated wraps. Clausen has taught at Naropa University, and is known for his energetic spoken word. More about Extreme Unction
New York: A New Directions Paperbook, 1960. First edition. Paperback. 91pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] Black and white wraps, with mild rubbing and creasing to the extremities. A New Directions Poetry paperbook original. From the rear wrap- "The young poet Gregory Corso has been much publicized as one of the... More about The Happy Birthday of Death
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Bobbie Creeley. Paperback. 42pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Tan, yellow and blue printed wraps. Near fine condition. Monoprints by Bobbie Creeley. Robert Creeley was known for his association with the group called the “Black Mountain Poets." In addition, Creeley was in San Francisco during... More about Listen
Buffalo, NY: Audit / Poetry Incorporated, 1968. Paperback. 18pp. Thin octavo [22 cm] Stapled olive green and black printed wraps. Very good. The covers are ever so slightly sun faded. There is a former owner's name on the first page. Issued as AUDIT Volume V, Number 1, Spring, 1968. More about Contexts of Poetry (With Allen Ginsberg at the Vancouver Conference July 1963
Woolwich: Ferry Press / Andrew Crozier, 1964. First edition. Paperback. 19pp. Thin oblong quarto [20 cm x 25 cm] Stapled black and white illustrated wraps. Very good. There are numerous small light scratched indentations in the covers. The front cover is very slightly rubbed, and the rear cover is ever... More about Thread
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. Third printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 51pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Orange and black illustrated wraps. Near fine. The covers are very lightly creased. One of 750 copies. Inscribed by Dorn on the half title page. Dorn's major work is Gunslinger. The long poem was divided... More about Gunslinger: Book I
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. Second printing. Paperback. SIGNED. 62pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Brown and black illustrated wraps. Near fine. The covers are very lightly creased. One of 750 copies. Inscribed by Dorn on the fourth page. Dorn's major work is Gunslinger. The long poem was divided into... More about Gunslinger: Book II
San Francisco: White Wail, 1978. Broadside. Very thin octavo [24 cm] Folded broadside. Darkening, and very light soiling and foxing to the extremities. The edges are just a little creased, and there is a very short closed tear in the top edge. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, and... More about Adieu a Charlot: Second Populist Manifesto
San Francisco: Golden Mountain Press, 1961. Paperback. Very thin octavo [21.5 cm] Stapled tan and brown printed wraps. Very good. The covers and pages are just a little age-toned and creased. There are several very minor stains on the wraps. Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an American poet, painter, and liberal activist... More about Berlin
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Slender octavo [23.5 cm] Hand-sewn stringbound wraps. Limberlost Press is a fine press and bindery out of Idaho. Since 1986 they have issued forty-one completely handmade lettered press editions. One in an edition of 285 unsigned letterpressed copies. More about The Canticle of Jack Kerouac
Zurich: Eco-Verlag, 1981. German edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 95pp. Octavo [20 cm] Orange and black photographically illustrated wraps. Literatheke 3. Signed by Ferlinghetti on the first page. More about Mexikanische Nacht: Ein Reisebericht Aus dem Amerikanischen von Dieter Oswald Mit Zeichnungen des...