You'll Be Okay; My Life with Jack Kerouac
San Francisco: City Lights, 2007. Paperback. 286pp. 20.5 cm. in black and white pictorial wrappers. Edited by Timothy Moran and Bill Morgan. Includes bibliographical references and index. New. More
Beat Literature
You'll Be Okay; My Life With Jack Kerouac
San Francisco: City Lights, 2007. Later printing. Paperback. 286 pp. 20.5cm. Black, white and red photographic wrappers. From rear cover: "Edie Parker was 18 years old when she met Jack Kerouac at Columbia University in 1940. A young Socialite from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she had come to New York to..... More
Extended Love Poem
Berkeley: The Arif Press, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 33pp. Very slim octavo [22 cm] 1/4 green cloth with decoratively patterned green paper over boards. Fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed. With only minor rubbing to the extremities. In the acetate dust wrapper, with chipping at the head of the wrapper's spine..... More
The Adept
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 151pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards, and blue, green and silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Very good plus condition. The foot of the spine is gently bumped. In a very good dust..... More
The Adept
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards, and blue, green and silver lettering on the spine and front cover. The fore-edge of the text block has a handful of light marks. With the dust jacket, with the..... More
Antechamber & Other Poems
New York: A New Directions Book, 1978. First New Directions Paperbook 455. Paperback. SIGNED. 90pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] Wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. More
The Beard
1965. First edition. Paperback. 70 pp (printed on rectos only). Slim quarto [33 cm]. White, brown and blue pictorial wraps. The wraps are mildly age-toned, soiled and creased. The true first edition of this work. Copyright page reads: "...for actors and friends of the auther only..." An underground theater classic..... More
The Beard
Michael McClure / Privately Printed, 1965. First edition. Paperback. 70pp (printed on rectos only). Quarto [33 cm]; white, brown, and blue pictorial wraps. Light staining to the spine; 1" closed tear to the paper at the foot of the spine. The true first edition of this work. Copyright page reads..... More
The Beard
Michael McClure / Privately Printed, 1965. First edition. Paperback. 70pp (printed on rectos only). Quarto [33 cm]; white, brown, and blue pictorial wraps. The rear cover is spotted. Internally, clean. The true first edition of this work. Copyright page reads: "...for actors and friends of the author only..." An underground..... More
The Blossom or Billy the Kid
Milwaukee, WI: Great Lake Books, 1967. Limited Edition. Paperback. 32pp. Very slim octavo [21.5 cm] Saddle-stitched white and black pictorial wraps. A play by Michael McClure. One in an edition of 500 copies numbered 11 to 510. More
The Book of Joanna
Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1973. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very thin octavo [20.5 cm] Sewn printed wraps, with light soiling to the rear wrap. Sand Dollar 9. One of 400 copies printed at the Arif Press. More
Gorf or Gorf and the Blind Dyke
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 79pp. Octavo [21 cm] Rose-red cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip. Near fine. The spine ends and edges of the covers are marginally rubbed, and the pages are tanned. In a very good dust wrapper..... More
Gorf or Gorf and the Blind Dyke
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. 79pp. Octavo [21 cm] Rose-red cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip. Near fine. The spine ends and edges of the covers are marginally rubbed and bumped, and the pages are tanned. In a very good dust..... More
Gorf or Gorf and the Blind Dyke
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First New Directions paperback edition. Paperback. 79pp. Octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. With a compliments of the author slip, signed by Michael McClure, tucked in (this slip was at one time mounted to the verso of the front cover. The..... More
Gorf or Gorf and the Blind Dyke
New York: A New Directions Book, 1976. First American edition. Hardcover. 79pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth over boards with black lettering on the backstrip. This edition includes photographs by Ron Scherl from the original Magic Theater stage production. More
The Grabbing of the Fairy: A Masque
St. Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. Stewart Brand. Limited Edition. Paperback. Slim octavo [22 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. There is a small gouge in the surface of the rear wrap, near the spine. With photographs by Stewart Brand. One in an edition of 1026 copies, designed and typeset at..... More
The Grabbing of the Fairy: A Masque by Michael McClure
St. Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. Stewart Brand. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 41pp. Octavo [23 cm] Heavily foxed white ivory cloth over boards. Fold-out frontispiece illustration (lightly creased). With photographs by Stewart Brand. One of one hundred casebound copies. This copy is not numbered. Signed by Michael McClure on the..... More
Jaguar Himmel
Göttingen: Verlag Altaquito, 1982. First German language edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 123pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. Mit einem Nachwort von Reinhard Harbaum. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Reinhard Harbaum. "Jaguar Skies" in German. This copy is inscribed by McClure on the title page. The author writes, "For____, a...... More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. Paperback. SIGNED. 87pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. Very good. The wraps are subtly age-toned and rubbed. There are a couple of light stains on the verso of the front cover and on the title page. The larger stain..... More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. Paperback. SIGNED. 87pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. Near fine. A signed edition from a poet associated with the "San Francisco Renaissance." Signed by Michael McClure on the title page. More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 87pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Beige cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with age-toning and a 1" closed tear on the top edge of the front..... More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. First New Directions Paperbook Printing. Paperback. 87pp. Slim octavo [20 cm] White and black pictorial wraps. From the foreword- "With poetry we can meet an old perception on a mountain top or in a subway, or view a new perception loping in the..... More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 87pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Beige cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with age-toning. Michael McClure is a poet and playwright who was associated with the..... More
Jaguar Skies
New York: A New Directions Book, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 87pp. Slim octavo [21 cm] Beige cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with age-toning. Michael McClure is a poet and playwright who was associated with the..... More
Little Odes and The Raptors: Poems & a Play
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 42pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Thickly woven blue cloth over boards with paper title labels on the spine and front cover. Blue endpapers. The boards are ever so lightly warped. Printed February 1969 in Santa Barbara by Noel Young for the..... More