New York, NY, USA: The Saturday Evening Post Company, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early 1969 number of the venerable, quintessentially American "middlebrow" magazine then-chiefly edited by William A. Emerson Jr. (1923-2009) features a cover article by Martin Mayer (1928-2019), the once-popular & prolific non-fiction author. Entitled "How to Publish 'Dirty' Books for Fun and Profit," this is a profile of Barney Rosset (1922-2012), the Great American Publisher whose..... More

Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. The ninth volume in University of Wisconsin Press’ “Privileged Moments: Encounters with Writers” series, Jeffrey Meyers’ contribution to the critically acclaimed serial ripely and rightfully embodies the “Beat-&-Beyond” motto we have here at Third Mind Books. Its inaugural chapter, in fact, provides one such example: the great Beat poet Allen Ginsberg is profiled alongside the rough-&-tumble novelist, James Dickey..... More

California, PA: Arthur & Glee Knight, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "This issue is dedicated to Henry Miller, a great artist, on his 81st birthday." (from contents-copyright page) Thus do the late Arthur (1937-2012) & Glee (a/k/a Kit?) Knight state the main theme of this vintage issue of their acclaimed, pioneering series of Beat-related publications under the umbrella title of "The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual." Henry Miller, the great..... More