Burton, OH: The Credences Press, 1977. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A literary journal edited by Robert Bertholf (1940-2016), a celebrated scholar and bibliographer of works by the noted San Francisco Renaissance poet, Robert Duncan (1919-1988). In addition to the panoply of “West Coast” Beat affiliations that might well be cited in discussions of Duncan’s life and work, another strain affected its development equally. This one, as scholars of Mid-Century American..... More

Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "The whole earth was nothing but mouths and assholes swallowing and shining, and fucking." (Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, pgs. 5-6). This issue of the venerable literary journal chiefly edited & published by John O'Brien (1945-2020) is sub-titled the "Charles Bukowski/Michel Butor Number" & features interviews, essays & various appreciations of these two most important, daring writers (Debritto..... More

Sussex, England: Peter Riley, 1968. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. Presentation copy signed by editor-publisher Peter Riley for Albert Glover. The second number of the short-lived but influential literary journal edited & published by Peter Riley (b. 1940), the esteemed & prolific British poet, essayist & editor. With three poems from the epic Maximus series by Charles Olson (1910-1970), the Great American Black Mountain-&-Beyond Poet's-Poet who is our favorite Maximus Obscurantist..... More

Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams / The Nantahala Foundation, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. “City of Indianapolis, a cold spring day, late. Blackberry winter, my father called it—after some warm days, some affluence of sunshine, a sudden crackling blast of cold, rain edged with sleet, low, almost formless clouds scudding across the level land,” writes Paul Metcalf (1917-1999) in this work’s inaugural passage. Metcalf, a mid-century American poet with a small but..... More