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
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 fine copy. Boldly SIGNED by McClure on the title page. 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
No Place: No Publisher, No Date. No Edition. Loose Sheets. 8 x 10" glossy black and white candid photograph of poet Jack Micheline. Hand-signed at the bottom. Suitable for framing. Photographer not stated. 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
Palo Alto: Fels & Firn Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Slender book featuring an essay on the life of Jack kerouac by John Montgomery. Illustrated with photographs. One of 300 specially hard-bound copies. This copy SIGNED and dated by Montgomery in 1979. Light toning to boards. A near..... 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
Buffalo: Intrepid Press, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 108 pp. Stated first edition. An extended analysis of the writings of William Burroughs. Ink stamp to front free endpaper else a handsome very good copy in very good dustwrapper with small chip at spine crown. Nice copy overall.Published..... 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
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
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
Sudbury: Water Row Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth. Quarto. First edition stated. A humorous book of drawings by Talbot. This is one of 100 copies (out of 500 total) that have a SIGNED bookplate afixed to the inside front pastedown. Lightly dust soiled else fine in decorated black cloth binding..... 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: 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
Sudbury: Water Row Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine press book published in a slender edition of only 50 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. A SIGNED tipped in photograph of Kerouac by George Poirier is present at rear of book as called for. A fine copy in boards, issued without..... 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
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition of Duberman's biographical dram of the life of Jack Kerouac. A superb copy in dustwrapper. More
