Boulder, CO: Kavyayantra Press, 1994. First Edition. Sewn Binding. Signed by Andrew Schelling & Anne Waldman, & additionally inscribed by Waldman to Brian Jacobs. “Chicken in mole sauce negro / flaming red peppers and roasted chocolate / it was the / 17th century / or Cafe Tecuba at the / end of our own — / a drink to Caterina / — twelve year old Moghul princess from Delhi /..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books & The CoEvolution Quarterly, 1978. First Printing. Softcover. (Morgan C397, p. 212). “My approach to this issue was more fixated on real politik. If we are not to be forced to live in outer space, it seemed to me urgent that our military-industrial perplex in both its capitalist and Communist forms be dismantled. Not many took me seriously. What we have here (with some..... More

Chesterfield, MO: MARGIE inc., 2004. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by editor Robert Nazarene to Lawrence Ferlinghetti. “No time ago / or else a life / walking in the dark / i met christ / jesus)my heart / flopped over / and lay still / while he passed(as / close as i’m to you / yes closer / made of nothing / except loneliness”--E.E. Cummings, “Foreward.” Margie, also known..... More

Buffalo, NY: Anonym Magazine, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “What is around me is / this huge shape I can’t visualize / from here, sitting here quietly / nights go by the same way / noisy people outside on the block / so I can understand it better / Not all streets are like this one / bursting with so much energy / you can’t keep still / with cops..... More

New York, NY: Angel Hair, 1968. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The ground is white with snow. / It’s morning, of New Year’s Eve, 1968, & clean / City air is alive with snow, it’s quiet / Driving. I am 33. Good wishes, brothers, everywhere / & Don’t You Tread On Me” (“Resolution,” by the great Ted Berrigan [1934-1983]). The fifth number of the poetry journal co-edited, published & with contributions..... More

New York, NY: Angel Hair, 1967. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Laundry so near the ocean bothered Frank. / The lack of medicine on the shelves / also confused his emotional stance. / A moth fluttered against his leg. / A gust of wind made his Pepsi keen / as its foam trickled down inside” (from “Duo-Tang” Kenward Elmslie, p. 4). The fourth number of the poetry journal co-edited, published &..... More

Paris, France: The British Institute, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. From the library of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, with his ownership signature, date, ephemera & contribution. "My mind is racing | in the middle of the night | My mind races | through the darkness | of the world | Toward a tunnel of light..." ("Rivers of Light" excerpt, pg. 21) This vintage eleventh number of the venerable turn-of-the-century poetry journal edited..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2001. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2001 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an extensive special section about City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's iconic San Francisco bookstore & publisher, with a main article by Ring(?) & memoirs by David Amram, Ianthe Brautigan (Richard's daughter), Ann & Samuel Charters, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure..... More

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Unlike many regional anthologies, Bluestones and Salt Hay is not merely a gathering of writers linked by geographic proximity, but rather an anthology of place and how the poet's vision reflects local history, geography, and culture. Special care was made in the selection of the poetry so that New Jersey is a recurring theme throughout the volume. The Pine..... More

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1993. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal features the lengthy poem "And the Stars Were Shining" by the canonical American poet John Ashbery, the title poem of a collection first published the next year (1994). Also in this issue, subtitled "the credos issue," is a special section entitled "Credos" with short essays on beliefs & methods by noted authors including Kathy..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1974. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This second number of the literary anthology published by Charles & Pamela Beach Plymell's Cherry Valley Editions features a stark, untitled poem (first lines: "YOU CAN'T/REMEMBER/WHERE/YOU ARE") by John Giorno, a key artist, poet & publisher associated with William S. Burroughs & Andy Warhol. Also six poems including "Weeping Sitting on a Cloud: To Allen Ginsberg" & "Kali..... More

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. The twenty-third number of the now-classic "Literary Bi-annual of the Whole Art," edited & with contributions by the acclaimed, award-winning American poet, translator & scholar Clayton Eshleman; co-(managing) edited by his wife Caryl, & with a prestigious masthead that includes Charles Bernstein, Clark Coolidge & Jerome Rothenberg. There is a wonderful photograph of the entire group including..... More

New York, NY: Adventures in Poetry/The Poetry Project, 1972. Limited First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Hand-lettered & numbered edition signed by poet Anne Waldman & artist Joe Brainard. An early collection of poems relating to the title locale by Anne Waldman, among the primary poets of the later Beat Generation, the New York School & beyond. With front, back cover & three full-page interior illustrations by the legendary writer/artist Joe Brainard..... More