New york, NY, USA: Random House, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. "...Dunyazade, kid sister of Scheherazade of The Thousand and One Nights, (has) her own way with words. There is also Perseus, the demigod who slew the Gorgon Medusa, and yet finds himself at forty "sea-leveled, parched and plucked, every grain in my molted sandals raising blisters, and beleaguered by the serpents of my past." And Bellerophon, the hero who tames..... 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

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac features several contributions by the supreme Kerouac authority & critical biographer Gerald Nicosia (our good friend & colleague at the European Beat Studies Network, ebsn.eu): The first of three memorial tributes to the writer John Montgomery, Kerouac's friend & a character in his works..... More