Sudbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1986. First Edition Thus. S. First Water Row Edition, published by Jeffrey Weinberg in this edition limited to a total of 1000 copies. Originally published in 1958, River of Red Wine remains a landmark of Beat generation street poetry. This edition, published in 1986, contains the original introduction by Jack Kerouac. As New. Item #1278

San Francisco, CA: White Star Prints, 1987. First Edition. Postcard. A postcard with a reproduction of a painting by Beat poet and San Francisco legend, Jack Micheline. Postcard measures 5" x 7" - Has never been mailed. No writing. Very Fine. Item #1281

Micheline, Jack. San Francisco, CA: Synaesthesia Press, 1997. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Three Fictions from Alan Catlin, Errol Miller and Jack Micheline. An early publication by this press, which has gone on to produce beautiful letterpress volumes. Includes Jack Micheline's work of prose-poetry, "Gus The Blindman." One of 150 numbered copies, this is copy #54. Front cover illustration & inside reproduction of a drawing & description of a horserace by... Item #1481

Ellenburg, WA: Vagabond Press/The Smith, 1999. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. Sealed First softcover edition of this tribute volume published after the death of Beat poet Jack Micheline, featuring contributions by Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jeffrey Weinberg, Linda King, Janine Pommy-Vega, Charles Plymell, T.L. Kryss, Hubert Selby, Jr., and many others. Also contains work by Jack Micheline as well as plenty of scarce photographs. Edited by Vagabond Press publisher &... Item #1284

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1989. First Edition. Soft Cover. Numbered and signed edition of this poetry collection published by Charles and Pamela Beach Plymell's Cherry Valley Editions. This is copy #20/20. As New. Item #1286

Santa Ana, CA: Grand Central Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Mark Mothersbaugh In her densely footnoted introductory essay to this hard-to-classify work by former DEVO bandmember Mark Mothersbaugh, Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte writes: "Mark Mothersbaugh's art leads the viewer to see the hidden mutant in us all. The artist renders a study of humans via symmetry, using photos, both recent and vintage, in which each photograph, like the "self" in... Item #1483

New York, NY: National Lapoon Magazine, 1972 - 1982. First edition. Here it is, a collection of 23 original, intact issues of National Lampoon, the legendary humor magazine that begat Saturday Night Live, a series of movies such as Animal House that have become woven into our popular culture, etc. The New York Times Book Review of December 5, 2010 has a very enthusiastic review of a new compilation of... Item #1601

San Diego, California: Atticus Press, 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. This is #65/100. Signed by Harold Norse. A classic work from Harold Norse (1916-2009). Fragmentary, hallucinatory prose inspired by the author's experiences while living at "The Beat Hotel" in Paris with William S. Burroughs & co. during the late 1950s-early 1960s height of expatriate Beatdom, the same milieu in which WSB's Naked Lunch was first published. This is one of the... Item #1670

San Francisco, CA: Synaesthesia Press, 1998. First Edition. Hand-sewn wrappers. Vivid prose by Harold Norse, an earlier version of which appeared in Beat Hotel. One of 203 numbered copies, the first 100 signed by the author. This is unsigned copy #139. Book design and illustration by Johnny Brewton of X-Ray Book Company. Die-cut cover. As New. Item #1292

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1974. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Poems by Joshua Norton, an early Cherry Valley Edition published by Charles Plymell. One of 500 copies. In very fine condition with price deleted in marker & replaced with new price in pencil on lower left back cover. Very Fine. Item #1294

San Francisco, CA: Beach Books Texts Documents, 1967. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Published in the USA by Mary Beach's Beach Books Texts & Documents. Printed in San Francisco by Vortex printers owned & operated by Charles and Pamela Beach Plymell. This copy has been signed by Charles Plymell, also the printer of the first ZAP Comic for R. Crumb. A selection of poetry, prose, letters & cut-ups by My... Item #1296

Bolinas, California: Four Seasons Foundation, 1978 & 1979. First Softcover Editions. Softcover. The collected lectures & interviews of the poet Charles Olson, in two volumes. Olson (1910-1970) was a link between earlier schools of american poetry (William Carlos Williams, et.al.) & the newer poets associated with the Beat Generation, the Black Mountain School & the New York School. These rare matching first softcover printings are in very fine condition, Vol... Item #1672

Crumb, Robert. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. A history of SDS in graphic format, written "mostly" by Harvey Pekar & illustrated "mostly" by Gary Dumm. This copy includes a Laid-in signature card with an illustration by R. Crumb and hand-signed by Harvey Pekar. As New. Item #1300