Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Oatmeal cloth spine over paper-covered boards. Unpaginated. A play by this beat-era poet and playright. A fine copy in fine acetate wrapper. SIGNED by the poet. Signed by Author. 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
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
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. First edition. #89 of 200 clothbound copies signed by McClure. Fine in a very good glassine wrapper which has a tear near the lower section of the front panel. A play and some poems by the author of The Cherub and..... 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
San Francisco: City Lights, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Small trade paperbound volume. 82 pp. A collection of essays by the beat poet. Introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. A lovely near fine copy. Boldly INSCRIBED by McClure. 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
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. First edition. Paperback. Tall, narrow bound wrappers. 119 pp. First issue (of three published) of this beat poetry journal edited by McClure, Ferlinghetti and David Meltzer. Light toning to the front cover. A sound very good or better copy of this iconic journal. SIGNED..... More
Carlisle: Discovery Enterprises, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Small 8vo. 64 pp. A fine copy in glossy bound wrappers. Contains essays on Kerouac and other members of the Beat generation. Part of this publishers Perspectives on History Series. More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Slender chapbook with cover photograph by Jay Weissberg. Containing poems and drawings by the beat painter / poet. A near fine copy. N.D., but likely from 1959. Scarce. More
Salem, MA: Soundings East, 1979. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Fall/Winter 1979 issue of this small press literary magazine. Fine condition in bound wrappers. This issue given over almost entirely to an 89 pp freewheeling conversation between Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Peter Orlovsky about the life and times of..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1980. Second printing. Paperback. Pocket paperbound book. 144 pp. Rear cover text by Allen Ginsberg. Stated second printing. #37 in Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Pocket Poets series of books. A very good copy. This copy is nicely INSCRIBED TO FELLOW POET MARGARET RANDALL, dated in 1982 and..... More
Germany: Verlag Altaquito, 1982. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Scarce anthologie of beat writings. Text in German. About very good condition in bound wrappers. Rear cover and last few pages have a cotner crease. Illustrated. More
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1997. Second edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 180 pp. Second edition, first printing of this biography of beat poet and friend of Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Includes "Dean Moriarty", an interview with Cassady and Al Aronowitz. Some mustiness, else..... More
Brooklyn: Brother in Elysium, 2011. First edition. Loose Sheets. Printed folder containingnineteen 8 1/2 x 11" sheets with classic Sanders' glyph drawings. Comes with a SIGNED sheet by Sanders. All laid into a fine printed thick-paper folder. Number 194 of 250 copies published in the Spring of 2011... More
Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 252 pp. As the subtitle suggests, a book length narrative poem tribute to Allen Ginsberg. SIGNED by Sanders on the title page. A fine hardbound copy in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. More
Woodstock & New York: The Overlook Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 252 pp. As the subtitle suggests, a book length narrative poem tribute to Allen Ginsberg. A fine hardbound copy in near fine price-intact dustwrapper. More
New York: Grove Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 252 pp novel. The Scottish author's first novel, a tale of drug addiction. This is the quite uncommon clothbound edition in dustwrapper. Small prior ownership name. A few ink marks and underlinings to text. Spine lettering somewhat dulled, else a very..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1960. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 252 pp novel. The Scottish author's first novel, a tale of drug addiction. This is the quite uncommon clothbound edition in dustwrapper. A most handsome near fine copy in black cloth covers. Clean and well-bound. The dustwrapper is clipped, but is..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1977. First Paperbound Edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. 273 pp. With some black and white photographs. Tytell explores the origins and development of the Beat sensibility in the cultural context of the 1950's. This is the first paperbound edition. A worn and well-read copy. Good condition. SIGNED..... More
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
New York: Charles Scribner, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 247 pp. A lesser known "beat" novel. A good copy in good price-intact dustwrapper. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound book. A Bantam paperback original.151 pp. Based on the screenplay by Matheson and Meltzer. A good copy with creasing and wear along the spine. Paper darkened with time. Still, a decent enough copy of a scarce early "Beat" novel... More
Niigata, Japan: Blue Jacket Press, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are six early issues of Blue Beat Jacket, a Japan-based magazine devoted to poetry and the beat generation. Edited by Yusuke Keida. Text in both English and Japanese. All issues in illustrated stapled wrappers and are all in..... More
