New York: Corinth Books, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 185 pp plus additional pages of photographs at rear of volume. A handsome near fine copy of this now classic collection of beat literature edited by Elias Wilentz with photographs by Fred McDarrah. Contributors include Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Frank..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 279 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Stated first edition. Some offsetting to endpapers. A well-thumbed, but still very good example in very good price-intact dustwrapper. Part travelogue, part musical analysis. More
West Branch: Morning Coffee, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paper wrappers with Japanese string binding. A lovely fine press book handsewn into Takeyabu Tan wrappers. Illustration by Ann Mikolowski. One of six hundred hand-numbered copies and SIGNED by Creeley. A fine example. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Decorated cloth spine over paper-covered boards in clear acetate wrapper. 228 pp. A handsome fine copy. This is Letter H of 26 specially bound copies SIGNED by the author. More
Richmond, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1981. First edition. Cloth. brick red cloth-covered octavo. Issued without dustwrapper. 230 pp. A volume of poems. SIGNED by Kelly and numbered on the front flyleaf. Cloth covers lightly scuffed, else a near fine example. More
New York: Whitney Museum of Art, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in dustwrapper. Still new in shrinkwrap. 224 pp. With text by Janie C. Lee. More
New York: Ecco Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound volume in dustwrapper. A 56 pp poetry collection by the author of Swarm and other collections. A fine copy in equally fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Graham and dated in year of publication. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 178 pp. Stated first edition. A gorgeous fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. Ozick has SIGNED this copy and dated her signature in the year of publication. More
St Louis: Perspective, Inc., 1959. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. The Autumn 1959 issue of this magazine of literature and the arts. This issue designated the "Samuel Beckett Issue" with contributions by Ruby cohn, Hugh Kenner, Jacqueline Hoefer and more. A clean very good copy. More
Holland: The Servire Press, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Wide bound illustrated wrappers. 138 numbered pp. The 24th (of 27 total) issues of this influential magazine of art and literature. Stains and wear to covers. Internally clean and well bound. A very good example. More
Knotting: The Sceptre Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Stiff stapled wrappers. A chapbook containing a single poem by Transtromer. Translated into English by Robin Fulton. A fine example. One of only fifty hand-numbered and SIGNED copies (signed by Transtromer and Fulton). One of the more coveted chapbooks from this publisher..... More
Paris: Shakespeare and Co., 1927. First edition. Paperback. Original bound wrappers. The premiere issue of Transition, a magazine of art and literature first edited by Eugene Jolas. Distributed out of Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris. Notable in many ways including the first appearance of the first section..... More
Great Britain: New Departures, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound format. 98 pp. First issue of this important British poetry journal. Edited by Michael Horowitz. A very good copy in bound wrappers. More
San Francisco: The Auerhahn Society, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Quarter vellum spine over decorated boards with artwork by beat painter Robert La Vigne. 160 pp. First edition. First binding with vellum spine. One of only 250 copies printed during the summer of 1965. Photograph of the author taken by..... More
London: Picador, 1997. First UK edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. A 308 pp novel. First printing with complete number row on the copyright page. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Author's first novel. A handsome fine copy in dustwrapper. Wrapper has a E17.85 price sticker afixed to..... More
New York: Ecco Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Slender hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 61 pp. A collection of poems by the author of The Wild Iris and many other books. Stated first edition. Small prior owner bookplate to the inside front pastedown in a clipped, but otherwise fine dustwrapper... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 89 pp. First edition of this short story collection. #156 of 350 specially bound copies and SIGNED by the author. A fine example in clear acetate wrapper. More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo in clear acetate wrapper. 325 pp. Afterword by Allan Campo. First hardbound trade edition of Everson's autobiography. A handsome near fine copy. More
New York: New Directions, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. 83 pp. First edition of this collection of poems by the author of The Jacob's Ladder. Lovely near fine example in price-intact dustwrapper. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1969. First American edition. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 161 pp. Stated first American edition. Translated into English by Paul Blackburn. A novel by the author of Hopscotch. Light spotting to cloth covers. Overall a handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper... More
New York: MacMillan Company, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Tall, narrow plastic comb-bound book. Unpaginated. The unrevised, uncorrected proofs of Algren's "Being a guidebook to the seamier sides of New York City, Inner London, Paris, Dublin, Barcelona, Seville, Almeria, Istanbul, Crete and Chicago, Illinois". General light cover wear, else a sound..... More
Phoenix: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, 1955. First edition. Paperback. Slender stapled wrappers. A 48 pp booklet describing the science of Dianetics by its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Scarce original printing. Covers are somewhat stained and worn. The paper is tanned with age. Overall, a good copy of this uncommon volume..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong illustrated hardbound book in matching dustwrapper. The authors take on the subject of the Earth's rotation and the notions of day and night. Illustrated by Gorey. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Gorey on the title..... More
New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong illustrated hardbound book in dustwrapper. Unpaginated book illustrated by Gorey. In the reinforced library binding. Faint age spotting to top edge else a handsome near fine example in a fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by Gorey on the title page... More
