No Place: Privately Printed, 1968. Second edition. Paperback. Folio. A good copy of this slender collection of 34 related poems by Di Prima. One of several different editions of this book, but this one likely represents the second edition with only 34 poems. provided free to all and distributed at..... More
Berkeley: Privately Printed, 1969. First edition. Loose Sheets. A folded illustrated card with a three paragraph typed letter, SIGNED by di Prima (as Diane di P) undated, but with envelope date stamped 14 September 1969. The letter was written to fellow poet Michael Perkins. Di Prima is responding to Perkins'..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1970. First edition. Loose Sheets. A folded illustrated card with a four paragraph typed letter, SIGNED by di Prima undated, but with envelope date stamped 20 August 1970. The letter was written to fellow poet Michael Perkins. Di Prima writes that she is " Back from..... More
San Francisco: The Tenth Muse, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet illustrated broadside poem. Photograph by Betty Berenson. Measures 11 x 14". A near fine example of this uncommon publication. No limitation provided. More
San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this collection of photographs of beat artists and writers. A near fine clothbound copy with photo inset to front cover in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Boards splayed open very slightly. Although not stated, this is one of only 40..... More
New York: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1986. First edition. Cloth. Fine first edition in fine dustwrapper. A collection of annotated black and white photographs of many key members of the beat scene. Prologue by Gary Snyder. Foreword by Robert Creeley. Afterword by William E. Parker. This copy SIGNED by the..... More
San Francisco: Anarchist Resistance Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. 12 unnumbered pages. Poems and letters from the San Francisco radical and beat poet. Some general light wear. A very good example. More
San Francisco: Grey Fox Press, 1981. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 44 pp. A fine copy in bound printed wrappers. Poems and an interview between Ferlinghetti and Lebel. The same questions were posed by Lebel to Allen Ginsberg in an interview in la Monde. More
Northampton: Main Street, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound book with leather spine. A single poem by Ferlinghetti with woodcut by Barry Moser. One of only 75 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies (both writer and artist have signed). Fine press production using Rives paper and Baskerville type. Bound by David Bourbeau..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Bookstore, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Presumed one shot beat poetry magazine edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Near Fine condition in tall thick side-stapled wrappers. Printed on rectos only. Terrific lineup of contributors includes Claude Pelieu, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Carl Solomon and others. More
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 147 pp. Book length study of the life of the Beat legend discussing his literary career and taking some challenging stances of the status quo views of Kerouac's larger-than-life reputation. A fine clothbound copy in very good dustwrapper. More
Newburyport: Notan Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo. Attractive artist book made in tribute to the life and writings of Jack Kerouac. #95 of only 100 copies printed in string-tied thick wrappers. Near fine condition. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 339 pp. First edition, second state. A biography of sorts of Jack Kerouac with the voices of men and women who populate the Kerouac novels including William Burroughs, Carolyn Cassady, Malcolm Cowley, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes and others. A...... More
Santa Barbara: Yes! Capra Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Small decorated hardbound book issued without dustwrapper. One of only 125 copies printed. SIGNED by Gifford and additionally INSCRIBED by Marshall Clements who provides the photographs. Published as Number Twelve - Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. Published on the second anniversary of..... More
Berkeley: Pacific Tape Library, 1956. First edition. Record LP. A rare reel-to-reel tape in original labeled box containing Ginsberg reading his poetry including his best known poem, HOWL. Per our research, the first historic reading of Howl took place at the historic 1955 reading at San Francisco's SIX GALLERY for..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1965. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of foolscap paper 8 1/2 x 14" tall. Text typed on both sides of the sheet. Mimeograph typescript. Ginsberg's response to the request from the Free Speech Movement for suggestions on what to do if the Hell's Angels should..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 837 pp. Massive tome by this Beat giant. Book is very good in unfaded very good unclipped dust jacket. Crease to rear flap. A must for Ginsberg fans. More
New York: Full Court Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 77 pp. A very good copy in bound wrappers. First trade paperbound edition. More
Hannover: Apartment Edition, 1988. First German Edition. Paperback. 4to's. Three volume set of books. Text in German. Each volume hand-stamped by Ginsberg using different color stamps and with the author's initials. All three volumes in near fine condition in decorated thick stapled wrappers with narrow French flaps. First German editions..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound book. Issued as Pocket Poets Series Number Thirty Five. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers. 123 pp plus bibliographic info at rear of volume. More
Boulder: Privately Printed, 1980. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper wityh Naropa Institute printed insignia and letterhead. A handwritten one page letter to Pam (Plymell) of Cherry Valley Editions dated March 17, 1980. SIGNED off by Ginsberg as "Allen". Light toning and wear. Ginsberg..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Small, square pocket paperbound book. 111 pp. Stated first printing. A sharp, clean very good plus copy in bound wrappers. More
Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press / Guerrilla, 1966. First edition thus. Paperback. First separate edition of this 14 pp essay by Ginsberg on the Cuban Revolution. Originally published in an issue of Pa'Lante magazine in 1961. A sharp, clean copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. More
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet broadside poem by Ginsberg. Written at Mabuhay Gardens in May 1977. Published here by The Alternative Press. A fine copy printed on lavender paper stock. Measures approx. 8 x 11" tall. More
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, 1983. First edition. Loose Sheets. Small single piece of tan paper in the shape of a bookmark. Measures 6 3/4" long x 1 3/4" tall. Contains a single short poem by Ginsberg and has a printed date of July 1983. Fine condition... More
