New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Softcover Edition. Large-Format Softcover. “In the increasingly convincing darkness / The words become palpable, like a fruit / That is too beautiful to eat.”--John Ashbery. Poet and art critic, John Ashbery (1927-2017) is considered one of the most important and influential poets of his time. Ashbery published more than 20 volumes of poetry. Among other awards, he received the Pulitzer Prize..... More

Chicago, IL: Chicago University Press, 1987. First Edition. “Paul Breslin’s distinction as a critic of contemporary poetry is that he is willing to say things against, as well as for, the poet he’s writing about. Thus his criticism has a bite, too often absent from more single-minded approaches. The Psycho-Political Muse combines aesthetic and cultural responses in an exhilarating way, helping us think about both the poetry and the age..... More

Chicago, IL: Big Table, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. “Only to have not forgotten the beginning in which she drank / cheap sodas in the morgues of Newark / only to have seen her weeping on grey tales in long wards of her / universe / only to have known the weird ideas of Hitler at the door, the wires / in her head, the three big sticks / rammed down..... More

New York, NY: Yugen, 1960. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Amiri Baraka, Michael McClure, Hubert Selby Jr., and Kenneth Koch. (McNeil C75-C78, p.124 in “Gary Snyder: A Bibliography”; Charters C78, p. 60 in “A Bibliography of Works by Jack Kerouac”). “‘Merde!’ screams Rimbaud / at Verlaine salons --- / Gossip in Paris---Verlaine Wife / is jealous of a boy / with no seats to his trousers / ---Love sends..... More

New York, NY, USA: Angel Hair, 1967. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Look, how the rain fallen through the night/ Leaves the woods hot, moist and calm,/ how the bird skims across the grass/ and no car in sight,/ waiting your return." (John Wieners, "Invitation au Voyage II," first stanza, unpaginated) The third number of the poetry journal co-edited, published & with contributions by Anne Waldman (b. 1945), the acclaimed poet-performer..... More

New York, NY; London, England: Jack Tilton Gallery; October Gallery in Conjunction with the Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. This art-centric Burroughs-&-Beyond bundle features two art catalogs from the year 1988, a time when Burroughs was immersing himself in painting after the 1986 passing of his dear coconspirator, Brion Gysin. The "Literary Vision" exhibit, which took place at the Jack Tilton Gallery in November of 1988, included photographs..... More

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1990. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal features the poem "Way of Life" by the canonical American poet John Ashbery (also a contributing editor of this issue), part of a large special section entitled "33 Contemporary American Poets." Also included in this section is a lengthy travelogue-historical prose poem by Peter Cole, "One to Bet: A Jerusalem Pamphlet," featuring photographs taken..... More

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, 1981. First Printings. Softcovers. Both issues signed by editor & contributor Clayton Eshleman. The first two numbers of the deep & varied literary journal subtitled "A Literary Tri-Quarterly of the Whole Art" founded, chiefly edited & with contributions by the great Clayton Eshleman (1935-2021), the award-winning American poet, editor, translator & academician who was our local friend & mentor: (1) Sulfur Vol. 1 No..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1969. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the venerable literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features an in-depth interview with the great, super-prolific British historical novelist & poet Robert Graves (1895-1985), conducted by Peter Buckman & William Fifield, & preceded by a facsimile manuscript page. Also in this issue are contributions of fiction including by Sarah Plimpton (possibly a relation of George's, though..... More

New York, NY: The New York Poetry Review Foundation, Inc., 1975. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This vintage number of the venerable high-quality poetry journal—founded & then-edited by the legendary poet-polymath William Packard (1933-2002)—features contributions of poems by A.R. Ammons, cult favorite Charles Bukowski (Debritto, B1007, pgs. 287-288), Erica Jong, Jackson Mac Low & many other varied, distinguished poets. There is an in-depth interview with the acclaimed &..... More