Kerouac's Crooked Road: Development of a Fiction
Hamden: Archon Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. An uncommon book of literary criticism on the works of Kerouac. Fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. 262 pp. More
Beat Generation / Counterculture
Kerouac's Crooked Road: Development of a Fiction
Hamden: Archon Books, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. An uncommon book of literary criticism on the works of Kerouac. Fine copy in very good dustwrapper with soiling to wrapper. More
Cock: Indian Firework Art
London: Westzone Publishing, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Tall, narrow hardbound book. Unpaginated. Pages of this book are all attached accordion-style. Opens to one large panoramic "book" Colorfully illustrated with examples of Indian firework art. A very good example. More
Born Under The Sign of Jazz
London: Sanctuary Publishing, 1998. First UK edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 399 pp. Translated into English by Tim Challman. A chronicle of great jazz musicians that passed through the author's home city in Sweden for a generation. A fine hardbound book in fine dustwrapper with small price sticker on the rear cover..... More
Jazz Magazine Volume 1, Number 2 and 4 plus Volume 3 Number 1 (Three Issues)
Northport, NY: Jazz Magazine, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Three early issues of Tom Stites' magazine devoted to jazz music. Fall, 1976, Summer 1977 and Fall, 1978. Includes articles, photographs and interviews. Subjects range from Miles Davis to Chick Corea, Dexter Gordon to Yusef Lateef, and Carmen McRae to Sarah Vaughan..... More
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Milestones 1 The Music and Times of Miles Davis To 1960 [with] Milestones 2 The Music and Times of Miles Davis Since 1960 (Two Volumes)
New York: Beech Tree Books, 1983 and 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. Two volume set of books. Both first printings of the first US edition. 345 and 416 pp, respectively. Illustrated with some black and white photographs. A significant scholarly achievement. Two books in fine condition in fine unclipped dustwrappers..... More
Preface To A Twenty Volume Suicide Note ...
New York: Totem / Corinth, 1961. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. First edition, first issue of this early work by Jones (Amiri Baraka). 47 pp. Internally clean. Covers show some toning from age. A very good example with cover artwork by Basil King. More
Songs For The Masses
No Place: Privately Printed, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Unpaginated. A privately printed collection of poems inspired by revolutionary spirits. Simple pale blue stapled wrappers, printed in black. N.P. Uncommon book. More
Kim Gordon Is It Mt Body? Selected Texts
Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound size book. 182 pp. Edited by Branden W. Joseph. A fine, as-new copy, still in shrinkwrap. More
Wet The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing Issue #28
Venice, CA: Wet, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Issue # 28 of Leonard Koren's California lifestyle and culture magazine. 72 pp. In very good condition. Includes a feature David Hockney among other topics. More
The John Lennon London Diary 1969
London: Copyrun Limited, No Date. Edition Unknown. Paperback. Tiny bound wrappers. 3 1/2 x 4" tall. A faux diary by Lennon. Originally published as an insert to Aspen Magazine In A Box #7 from 1970. This appears to be some kind of a reprint edition. It is a different size..... More
The Buddhist Oracle 2nd Last Issue November 1968
Cleveland: The Buddhist Oracle, 1968. First edition. Loose Sheets. Underground newspaper edited by Cleveland bad boy d.a . levy. 16 pp. Folded three times (presumably for mailing) else a very good example. Includes levy's "Cleveland Now? to richard peters". Among levy's last literary contributions as he died on 24 November..... More
Lend Me Your Ears (Inscribed); Some New Orality Echoes
Amsterdam: Invisible Language Society, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Tall narrow comb bound wrappers. Published as Transactions of the Invisible Language Society No. 1. 33 pp. A collection of related essays on Radio or sound art. Fine condition. This copy INSCRIBED by Levy to a fellow writer and dated in year..... More
Ottoismus In Holland (With One Page A.L.S.)
Amsterdam: Invisible Language Society, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Tall narrow comb bound wrappers. Published as Transactions of the Invisible Language Society No. 7. Fine Condition. Laid into this copy is a one page handwritten letter dated 7 July 1993 written from Amsterdam to a fellow writer stating that this issue..... More
Several Serious Ladies / Male Bonding
Amsterdam: Invisible Language Society, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Tall narrow comb bound wrappers. Published as Transactions of the Invisible Language Society No. 4 and 5 (Special Double Issue). Laid into this copy is a separate folded Season's Greetings card from Levy and cohorts. Uncommon work. No copies found in WorldCat..... More
The Money Tower (Play Flyer)
New York: Living Theatre, No Date [1975]. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet. 8 1/2 x 11". A fine copy of this flyer announcing dates for the performances of The MOney Tower by the Living Theatre. Not dated, but from 1975. Uncommon. More
The Living Theatre Presents New Music Performed by The Audio Visual group ( Poster)
New York: The Living Theatre, 1960. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of decorated paper, a poster / flyer announcing performance of works by Hansen, Higgins, Johnson et al performed by The Audio Visual Group at the Living Theatre on Monday, August 1, 1960. Slight edge wear, but a very..... More
Announcement Flyer for The Age of Anxiety by W. H. Auden directed by Judith Malina, Designed by Julian Beck with Music by Jackson MacLow
New York: Living Theatre Studio, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of woven red paper measuring 7 1/8" wide x 9" tall. A flyer printed up by the Living Theatre with details for the performance of Auden's Age of Anxiety. No dates are provided, but from the Living..... More
Man Is Man (Living Theatre Advertising Poster)
New York: Living Theatre, No Date (1962). First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of illustrated and printed 9 x 11" tall sheet of paper. An advertising announcement for the Living Theatre production of Brecht's Man Is Man play. With background illustration of an elephant and a list of enthusiastic reviews..... More
Program for The Brig
New York: Living Theatre, 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Folded sheets. 8 pp. Program for the 1963 Living Thetre production of Kenneth H. Brown's The Brig directed by Judith Malina and designed by Julian Beck with lighting by Nokola Cernovich. Folded sheets laid into a folded illustrated cover. Fine condition..... More
Program for Three One-Act Plays Performed on January 4, 1960 including Love's Labor by Frank O'Hara, A Theory of Comedy by Paul Goodman and Bertha by Kenneth Koch
New York: Living Theatre, 1960. First edition. Loose Sheets. Two 8.5 x 11" sheets, stapled once at top left corner. Program details for these three one-act plays performed at the Living Theatre. Small stain. In very good condition. Uncommon Living Theatre ephemera. More
Spencer Holst Story Telling (Announcement Flyer)
New York: Living Theatre, 1961. First edition. Loose Sheets. Tall single sheet of paper measuring 8 x 12.5" tall. An announcement flyer for an event of reading by Spence Holst at The Living Theatre on February 1, [1961]. A handsome near fine example of this uncommon piece of Living Theatre..... More
The Living Theatre presents A Concert of New Music Alan Hovhaness and Halim El Dabh (Program Flyer)
New York: Living Theatre, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of pale yellow paper printed in red. A music program flyer for a concert of new music by Hovhaness and El Dabh at 530 Sixth Avenue on Monday February 16. No year provided, but likely from 1959. Flyer..... More
The Diaries of Judith Malina 1947 - 1957 (Advance Proof Copy)
New York: Grove Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound volume. This is the advance proof copy of Malina's diaries. A very good example in bound illustrated wrappers. Offsetting to last page and inside rear cover. Malina was the co-founder of The Living Theatre, an experimental performance troupe. Unuusual..... More