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New York, NY: Corinth Books Inc. 1961. First edition. Softcover, signature-bound. "The funny, wild, hilarious and witty world of the hipsters from Greenwich Village to Paris, A mixture of Dali, Ernst and Kerouac stirred up in a surrealist stew by America's only true "insider" and "outsider"- Ted Joans, a young Negro painter and coffee shop poet...."(front cover) A legendary book in the Beat canon,with collages & text by the quintessential... Item #1532

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Gary Snyder as "Japhy Ryder" Published the year after "On the Road" catapulted Jack Kerouac to literary fame, "The Dharma Bums" is the story of "....two ebullient young men engaged in a passionate search for truth- a search that involves them, together and separately, in a series of free-wheeling explorations, both sacred and profane."(front flap) The 2 prinicipal... Item #1472

Pleasant Valley, New York: Kriya Press, 1968. Limited Edition. 12" x 17" Broadside. This is #6/100. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A superb broadside issued by the Kriya Press of Sri Ram Ashrama in an edition of 100. Featuring a short poem by Jack Kerouac that later appeared in Scattered Poems, the City Lights Pocket Poets Series volume, as noted in the definitive Kerouac bibliography by Ann Charters... Item #1663

Bernhardt Fudyma Design Group. New York City, New York: Penguin Books, 1979. First Printing. 16 1/2" x 22" Poster. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A large promotional poster announcing the publication of the first paperback edition of the acclaimed Jack's Book: "An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac", by Barry Gifford & Lawrence Lee. With a bold, colorful illustration based on a much-reproduced photograph of Kerouac by Allen Ginsberg... Item #1662

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. A single, exuberant poem by Michael McClure presented in this most beautiful & handcrafted edition. One of 75 copies in handbound boards, with an original drawing by the poet bound in. This is copy #45/75. A early & very collectible item from Black Sparrow Press, in excellent condition. Near Mint. Item #1263

(Designer) Elliot Hessayoi. Los Angeles, California: Company Theatre, 1973. First Printing. 17 1/2" x 28" Poster. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A large poster announcing the 1973 season of performances at the Company Theatre in Los Angeles, featuring "Michael McClure on Toast" first among the headliners. A very colorful collage of bizarre, erotic & psychedelic images, op-art logo, etc.An exemplary over-the-top piece of sixties-hangover exuberance, with reference to... Item #1667

Pleasant Valley, New York: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited Edition. 12" x 17 3/4". Broadside. This is #83/100. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A lovely broadside issued by the Kriya Press of Sri Ram Ashrama in an edition of 100. Featuring a poem by Frank O'Hara, a leading light of the New York School of poetry that was concurrent with the Beat Generation, originally composed & dated 4-14-(1960). Surrounded... Item #1671

San Francisco, CA: Beach Books, Texts & Documents, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Signed with French Citation by Claude Pelieu to Allen DeLoach, signed by William S. Burroughs, & signed with citation by Mary Beach. This is one of the rarest, most significant items among all our offerings, with no less than four inter-related associations. Published in 1967 by Mary Beach's imprint & translated from the French by her, it is... Item #1643

New York, NY: Telephone Books, 1973. First edition. Chapbook. Stapled Wrappers 6-1/4" x 8-3/4" "Plymell and his friends inventing the Wichita Vortex contribute to a tradition stretching back from Lamantia thru Sherwood Anderson to Poe and earlier American vibration artists of those provinces. I interpret his statement as prophetic fragment memory of innocence, visionary great fear, & warm glimmer: a new species?" (Allen Ginsberg, quoted on back cover) This volume... Item #1545

Santa Barbara, California: Unicorn Press, 1971. First Printing. 12" x 19" Broadside. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap A broadside produced by the venerable Unicorn Press, officially designated as Unicorn Broadside Series II Number 9, in an unknown limitation. Featuring the title poem by Jerome Rothenberg, the renowned poet &ethnopoeticist. The poem is dedicated to Paul Blackburn (1926-1971), a contemporary of Rothenberg associated with the Black Mountain School &... Item #1675

Path Soong. Norwich, NY: Sooj, 2005. First Edition. 8-1/2"x 13". Broadside. Paths That Cross is a beautiful poetry broadside by the legendary rock musician/poet Patti Smith. Illustrated by Path Soong. Printed on heavy arches paper stock. One of 30 numbered copies (total edition) signed by Patti Smith and Path Soong. This is copy #28/30. Mint. Item #1342

Illustrated by Bob Giorgio. North San Juan Ridge, CA: Bob Giorgio, 1979. Limited Edition. 19 1/2" x 20 1/4" Broadside. This is #24/50. Signed by poet Gary Snyder & illustrator/publisher Bob Giorgio. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A large, beautiful broadside with a poem by Gary Snyder, living legend of the Beats & beyond, & an illustration of the title creature by Bob Giorgio, who also published this... Item #1677

Pleasant Valley, NY: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited Edition. 11" x 16" Broadside. This is #98/100. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A scarce limited broadside printed by the Kriya Press of Sri Ram Ashrama, featuring the title poem by Jack Spicer (1925-1965), a giant of the San Francisco Renaissance & co-founder of the Six Gallery in that city, where Allen Ginsberg famously read Howl, a big-bang sparking of the... Item #1680