Buffalo, NY: University Press of Buffalo, 1970. First Limited Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed and inscribed by editor Allen Deloach. “Here we are, see? / in this village, maybe a camp / middle of desert, the / Maghreb, desert below Marrakesh / standing in the street / simply.” (lines 1-6 of “At The Well” unpaginated) Presented here is The Beau Fleuve Series Number One: Three Dreams and an Old Poem by..... More

Chicago, IL: Big Table Inc., 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "Dear Allen: On my way back to Bogota with nothing accomplished." (William S. Burroughs, pg. 44). The second issue of the renegade publication, edited by Paul Carroll (1924-1996) & created in reaction to the suppression of then-controversial literature proposed for inclusion in The Chicago Review. This issue contains "In Quest of Yage" (pgs. 44-64), the first appearance of excerpts..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Island Press, 1965. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the Mimeograph Revolution-era literary journal edited by the acclaimed Canadian poet & editor Victor Coleman (b. 1944) features contributions of poetry by Paul Blackburn (1926-1971), the great American Black Mountain School-&-Beyond "Poet's Poet" & translator; Diane Wakoski (b. 1937), the venerable California-born Beat-&-Beyond poet, essayist & emeritus academician who resides here in Michigan; & many more including..... 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: Paragon House Publishing, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. “Q: You have talked about this before, but would you begin this interview by describing the early influences on your work, or the influences on your early work? / A: Emily Dickinson. Poe’s BELLS— “Hear the sledges with the bells—Silver Bells!...” Milton’s long line breath in PARADISE LOST / Him the almighty power / Hurled headlong flaming from the..... More

New York, NY, USA: Evergreen Review Inc., 1966. First Edition. Large-Format Softcover. "You are hard and proud, my friend, | Not soft and long like the tongue: | Together we have shared all kinds of bitterness and sweetness, | But now you must go west while I go east." ("Goodbye to a Tooth," Ho Chi Minh, pg. 45). This vintage earlier number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal..... More

New York, NY: Totem Press, 1960. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by George Tysh and Robin Eichele. A key volume of early poems by Paul Blackburn (1926-1971), the great Black Mountain-&-Beyond "poet's poet" & translator. Born in St. Albans, Vermont, Blackburn was separated from his parents at the age of three-and-a-half, and was raised, primarily by his maternal grandparents. Blackburn’s mother reconnected with her son by the time young Paul..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1961. First Printing. Softcover. This eclectic vintage number of the legendary literary journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features a theretofore-unpublished text fragment, "The Sources of the Loir at Illiers," by the great French author Marcel Proust, translated by Rosset's distinguished colleague (& an associate editor of ER) Richard Seaver. As stated in a footnote, this is "An interesting fragment in itself, it is..... More

London, England, UK: Villiers Publications Ltd., 1962. First Printing. Softcover. "The editors of NOMAD are pleased to present materials from the poets of the New York avant-garde. The erosion of history is everywhere evident yet New York continues to maintain the richest of literary environments: it is our hope that the poets of the present issue will illustrate this conclusion." (from introductory statement by co-editor Anthony Linick, pg. 4) This..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1957. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Is there a "literary underground" in America- a group of undiscovered talents in revolt against mass culture, who are already shaping the literature of the future? This new anthology in the well-known series attempts to answer this question with stories, poems, plays and essays, many of them by new writers." (from back cover) A particularly rare & important number..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: OtherWind Press, Inc., 1990. First Printing. Softcover; Flexible Record Sheet. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the collectible literary journal, published here in Ann Arbor during the 1980s-1990s, edited by Pat Smith & Marla Huber Smith, features three poems by Diane Wakoski, the esteemed & prolific poet who has long resided in Michigan. At the first of these poems, "Carla Boucher Eats Poppies In Santa Fe..... More

Fremont, MI: Sumac Foundation, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. "This issue of the literary journal Sumac (listed as Vol. III, Issue No. 1 on spine; Vol. 2 No. IV on title page), contains contributions by celebrated Surrealist translator and poet Michael Benedikt; the enigmatic Black Mountain-influenced New York poet Paul Blackburn; the acclaimed poet, editor, educator & translator Clayton Eshleman; a prose-poem by celebrated printer-publisher Andrew Hoyem..... More

Allentown, PA: Charles Shahoud Hanna, 1967. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This vintage number of the literary journal edited & published by Charles Shahoud Hanna, & with guest editorship of Dr. William L. Kinter, features the poem "George Washington Slept Here" by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific poet who has long resided in Michigan. Above her printed name & the title, Wakoski has hand-written her signature with..... More