San Francisco, CA: The Auerhahn Society, 1962. First Softcover Edition. Sewn Binding. "Poe predicted the Civil War." (pg. 37). Queer poet & co-founder of Six Gallery (the literal birthplace of the Beat Generation) in San Francisco Jack Spicer's (1925-1965) The Heads of the Town up to the Aether is a significant work in the canon of American poetry, particularly within the San Francisco Renaissance. The poem explores themes of incarnation..... More

Vancouver, CAN: The Vancouver, 1970. First Edition. Loose Folded Sheets. The sought-after Jack Spicer (1925-1965) supplement from a vintage issue (“January 28 – February 4, 1970”) of The Georgia Strait — the pioneering, Canadian underground newspaper founded in Vancouver in 1967. The title of the magazine, a sort of Vancouver in-joke, makes satirical reference to an oft-heard line on Vancouver public radio’s weather reports (“the weather forecasts will offer free..... More

San Francisco, CA: Diane di Prima/LeRoi Jones, 1967. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. "night rides | through forest & jungle | where to go | doesn't really matter" (opening stanza, "The A Train," Allen De Loach). Offered today is The Floating Bear: A Newsletter No. 33, published & edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020, the most primary figure among the sparse female members of the original Beat Generation) with guest editor..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. There is a reason why the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965 lives on, spoken of in hushed tones and sunned by the rays of legend. Some events require the passage of time to apprehend their magnitude. Not so with the Berkeley Poetry Conference, where all who attended—lecturers and attendees alike—were quick to speak of it, write of it..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “I know the particulars of the following story well, because one of the men (Smith) was shingling a house for me in the town of Pittsburgh, the evening before he was murdered by Mamachtaga, and for which murder, and some others, this Indian was tried. Smith had borrowed a blanket off me, saying that he was about to cross the..... More