Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition stated of Gysin's first novel, an hallucinatory journey across the Sahara. 353 pp. A handsome very good copy in about very good price-intact dustwrapper. Wrapper has several small chips and creases at the edges of the wrapper. About typical for..... 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
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: 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
New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Evergreen Original E-160 published at same time as the limited hardcover. Light spine roll, else a very good trade paperback with light sunning to spine, but basically unrubbed, and uncommon thus. Beat literature. 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: Viking Press, 1960. Seventh Printing. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 310 pp. Stated seventh printing of the Beat classic novel. Prior owner date on the front endpaper. Minor spotting to page edges. Otherwise, A handsome very good copy in gray cloth covers printed in black in about very..... More
No Place: Portents, 1969. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet broadside poem. Illustrated by Robert LaVigne. According to the colophon "This was to have been published as Portents 12, but it was sadly delayed, and these copies have been printed, as an expression of our love, for his friends". Broadside..... 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
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First Edition. Leather. Wide cleatherbound quarto in clear acetate wrapper. Letter R of 26 presentation copies bound in full leather by Earle Gray, SIGNED and with an original illustration by McClure. A fine copy in near fine glassine wrapper which has a few shallow..... 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
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Tall, wide trade paperbound volume. 54 pp. First edition of the beat poet's first book. Silkscreen cover also by McClure. Book designed by Dave Haselwood. A handsome very good to near fine copy. This copy hails from the library of fellow poet..... More
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound originl collection of poems by McClure. 94 pp. Illustrated with photographs.A sound, very good copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by the beat poet on the title page "These early poem-plays for BEZOAR" These poems were written during the same..... More
New York: Phoenix Bookshop, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Fine press poetry chapbook. Limited to 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies. All were supposed to be signed by McClure. This copy is unsigned and is hand-labeled "Out of Series" on the colophon page. Light wear to printed paper label on front..... More
New York: New Directions, 1986. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 116 pp. Light spotting to edges else a most handsome copy in price-intact dustwrapper. More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous trade paperbound first edition. 151 pp poetry collection by the author of Dark Brown and The Beard. A very good example with general light cover and reading wear. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by McClure to rock journalist Al Aronowitz..... More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound edition. The simultaneous first paper edition of this collection of poems. 151 pp. A very good copy in bound wrappers. This copy simply INSCRIBED "For Allen - Michael". We believe this was inscribed to poetry editor Allen De Loach. Review..... More
