New York: Harper and Row, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume of poems by Ginsberg. This is the simultaneous first paperbound edition. 89 pp. A handsome very good copy. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by Ginsberg to a friend and fellow poet Gerard Rizza. The inscription refers to..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Thus. Cloth. Quarto. 194 pp. First edition thus of Howl, the original draft facsimile, transcript and variant versions, fully annotated by the author with correspondence, account of first reading, legal skirmishes etc. Edited by Barry Miles. What more can be said about the..... More
New York: Totem / Corinth, 1961. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Stapled wrappers with cover illustration by Gilbert Sorrentino. A volume of early poems by Ginsberg with an introduction by William Carlos Williams. 47 pp. Pages tanned with age. Stray handwriting on front cover. Toning to edges of covers. A good..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1956. Fourth Printing. Paperback. Small stiff wrappers. 44 pp. Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Ginsberg's classic first book of poems. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. This, a stated fourth printing (from the same year as the first). With a few small spots to the covers. A...... More
San Francisco: Hermes Free Press, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Folio. Sewn wrappers. 6 pp. Printed on Bergstrom papers with the text set on Centaur & Cloister types. Rare anonymous collaboration between Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Subtitled "Being the Assignment of Same to the Honorable Senators, Lawmakers of the United..... More
San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. Special limited edition with unique binding from the trade edition. Letter V of twenty six lettered copies SIGNED BY GINSBERG AND ORLOVSKY. 239 pp. Edited by Winston Leyland. A fine example presumably lacking the clear acetate wrappers... More
New York: Cherry Valley Books, 1980. Second edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in dustwrapper. 224 pp. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Stated second edition. Photo-illustrated dustwrapper of the author. A collection of short autobiographical riffs. Quite rare in this hardbound format. More
New York: Grove Press, 1997. Reprint. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 239 pp. First Grove Press edition. Originally published in 1990. A thoughtful and intimate memoir of bohemian life in lower Manhattan in the late 1950's and early 1960's. A very good example. INSCRIBED by Jones on the title page... More
Santa Cruz: Peeramid Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Folio sized magazine edited by Jerry Kamstra. Thick unpaginated magazine printed on inexpensive paper which has lightly toned with age. Filled with original and reprinted articles, poems and drawings from a large host of beat and countercultural figures including Kathy Acker, Charles..... More
San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers. Scarce first edition of Kandel's controversial volume of sexually explicit poems that was banned and seized by the police when first published. A near fine copy with some wear to covers. Six pages, printed on rectos only..... More
San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Second printing. Paperback. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers. Second printing of Kandel's controversial volume of sexually explicit poems that was banned and seized by the police when first published. A very good copy with some wear to covers. Six pages, printed on rectos only... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1959. First edition. Loose Sheets. Small 8vo. Single sheet, folded several times to form an elongated booklet when opened. A close to fine copy in printed wrappers. Early City Lights beat publication which has become quite dear, especially in condition. The author's first publication... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First printing stated of this novel featuring Jack Duluoz. 241 pp. One of the author's signature stream of conciousness novels and a classic of beat literature. Black cloth spine over patterned navy boards. A superb near fine copy with original..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1973. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. Early reprint edition (7th). Cover photograph by Robert Frank. $2.50 printed price on rear cover. White printing on black background. A clean very good copy in bound wrappers. More
Gottingen: edition Saxifraga / altoQuito, 1996. First edition thus. Paperback. Small paperbound 4to. First German edition reprinting the classic interview between Ted Berrigan, Aram Saroyan and Jack Kerouac which was originally published in The Paris Review #43 in 1968. This, a fine copy, is number 198 of 270 examples. Text..... More
San Francisco: Grey Fox Press, 1993. Reprint. Paperback. Trade paperback book. 67 pp. A posthumous publication by the Grey Fox Press. First thus with prefaces by Ann Charters & Michael McClure. Fine condition in bound pictorial wrappers. Review Copy with Publisher Review Slip laid in... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 280 pp. The author's last book to be published in his lifetime. An autobiographical novel. Very good condition in patterned boards and cloth spine. Spine lettering has been oxidized away as often seen. Price-intact dustwrapper is also in clean very good condition..... More
New York: McGraw Hill, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this memoir by Beat legend Jack Kerouac. 183 pp. Illustrations by Larry Rivers. Lightly worn. A very good hardbound book in edge-worn dustwrapper. Stated first edition. Original $4.50 price to dustwrapper flap. Lightly toned and with a small chip..... More
California, PA: Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 176 pp. Illustrated with photographs. A collection of beat writings, photos, letters and interviews by the whole cast of expected characters including Ginsberg, Kerouac, Philip Whalen, Carolyn Cassady and more. This copy in just fair condition and with..... More
California, PA: Unspeakable Visions, 1978. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A trade paperback original book published as the Unspeakable Visions of the Individual Volume 8. Very good condition with some soiling to pages. Letters, poems, photographs, interviews by and about the beat writers such as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gregory..... More
New York: Corinth, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book of poems. 76 pp. A very good copy in bound decorated wrappers. Review Copy with publisher's Review Slip laid in. This copy with a half-page INSCRIPTION by the author and dated in year of publication. More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 151 pp. Stated first printing. A novel by the Beat poet and playwright. A handsome very good copy in price-intact dustwrapper. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by McClure to fellow poet Paul Kahn on the title page..... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, one of only 25 hardbound copies of this early poetry collection. Printed on Alexandra Japan paper, handbound by the Schuberth Bookbindery. Printed letterpress by Dave Haselwood and Andrew Hoyem. SIGNED by McClure on the colophon page. A fine copy. Beautiful..... More
New York: Evergreen Showcard, No Date (1967). First edition. Loose Sheets. Folded sheets. Two 12 x 9 1/4" tall sheets, folded to form a booklet. The theater program for Michael McClure's The Beard playing at The Evergreen Theater in NYC. Year not stated, but from 1967. Richard Bright as Billy..... More
New York: New Directions, 1976. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. Introduction by John Lion. 79 pp play by the beat poet. Illustrated with photographs from the production. Pages a bit tanned with age. A very good copy in very good clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page... More
