San Francisco, CA: Sore Dove Press, 2007. Limited First Edition. Folded Sheet in Wrappers. Signed by Diane di Prima. "Under the black cliffs washed w / salt/ where we first plucked tokens of life/ from phosphorescent oceans glowing beneath our gaze/ I saw the veins of yr hands/ among the muscular rocks." (first stanza) A poem by Diane di Prima (1934-2020), the primary female poet of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond. Subtitled..... More

San Francisco, CA: Auerhahn Press, 1963. Limited First Trade Edition. “I have thrown something else away (she sd) / that’s how it shd be / my nails are cracking–probably malnutrition– / I live as I live / last night I dreamed I (naked) rode a horse / in the house. We went like the wind. / tomorrow you fly back to yr town / yr town: / afterall the most..... More

New York, NY, USA: Viking Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. “My earliest sense of what it means to be a woman was learned from my grandmother, Antoinette Mallozzi, and at her knee. It was a house of dark and mellow light, almost as if there were fire and kerosene lamps, but to my recollection there was electric light, the same as everywhere else. It is just that the rooms were..... More

Hanover, NH: Center for Paleocybernetic Research, 1970. First Edition. Single Sheet. “It must be demonstrated ceaselessly, that a continually “growing economy” is not only unhealthy, but a cancer. And that the criminal waste which is allowed in the name of competition–especially that ultimate in wasteful needless competition, hot wars and cold wars between any and all of the modern bureaucratic and hierarchical nation-states–must be halted totally with ferocious energy and..... More

New York, NY, USA: Artists & Writers Militia/Black Mask, 1968. First Edition Thus. Single Sheet. “Art matters little to us, we profoundly hope that wars, and colonial insurrection will annihilate this Western civilization whose vermin you defend even in the orient…We assert that we have found treason and whatever else can harm the security of the state more reconcilable with than the sale of large quantities of lard to a...... More

San Francisco, CA: Diane di Prima, 1969. First Printing. Staplebound. "O RIGHTFULL FATHER OF OURS | FOREVER FOREVER LUCIFER | OF THE HIGHEST OF POWER IN MIND | WE SHALL WORK AS IF IT WERE PLAY | FOR HERE WE ARE FOUR REAL | "HELLS ANGELS" | TORMENTING THE LOST AND WORTHLESS | SOULS OF THE FRIGHTENED PEOPLE | "GIVE US YOUR SPIRIT, OUR SOULS DELIGHT" | "FOREVER" "FOREVER" |..... More

New York, NY: Floating Bear, 1967. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage later number of the legendary literary journal then-published & edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020, the most primary figure among the sparse female members of the original Beat Generation) features poems by Jack Spicer (1925-1965), Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the English Romantic master Emily Brontë (1818-1848), the influential German playwright, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), and New York School master..... More

New York, NY: Floating Bear, 1968. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage later number of the legendary literary journal then-published & edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020, the most primary figure among the sparse female members of the original Beat Generation) features poems by Philip Lamantia (1927-2005); the Gay Black American poet, Stephen Jonas (1921-1970); the Black Mountain College-affiliated poet, Michael Rumaker (1932-2019); and several notable others. A classic issue..... More

New York, NY, USA: Floating Bear, 1962. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. "Who am I to love | so deeply? As against | a heavy darkness, pressed | against my eyes. Wetting | my face, a constant trembling | rain." (first stanza, LeRoi JonesFootnote to a Pretentious Book, unpaginated). The Floating Bear, founded and edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020) and LeRoi Jones (1934-2014, a/k/a Amiri Baraka), started in February 1961..... More

San Francisco, CA: Beatitude, 1976. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. The brain-child of Bob Kaufman (1925–1986), one of the most important–and most original–poets of the twentieth century, Beatitude has been a staple of San Francisco poetry for decades–going so far as to transcend the Bay Area and have a not insignificant impact on the literary world writ large. A legion of poets have manned the helm since Bob initially conceived of..... More

New York, NY, USA: Macmillan, 1973. First Edition (Library Copy). Hardcover. “Lately, I’ve become accustomed to the way / The ground opens up and envelopes me / Each time I go out to walk the dog. / Or the broad edged silly music the wind / Makes when I run for a bus… / Things have come to that. / And now, each night I count the stars, / And..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2026. First Printing. Perfect Bound in Wrappers. This Latest-&-Greatest number of the magazine devoted to the Beat Generation edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a riveting article-interview concerning the early life & marriages of Joan Vollmer (1924-1951), before she became the common-law wife of William S. Burroughs- & had a tragic part in Beat history. Conducted by our good friend..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2011. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This Spring 2011 number of the magazine-format literary journal devoted to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy, wonderfully informative article by Rob Bridgett on the experimental cinematic collaborations of Anthony Balch, William S. Burroughs (the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise) & Brion Gysin. Also in this issue: "Who..... More