San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. A collection of poems by Philip Lamantia (1927-2005), a marquee Surrealist of the Beat Generation. Published in 1970 by Don Allen’s [1912-2004] Four Seasons Foundation, Blood of the Air — like 1980’s Becoming Visible — is a must-read collection from the great American author if anyone is to understand the totality of his contributions to American literature writ large. A...... More

Bolinas, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1974. First Edition Thus. Softcover. “In restoring Touch of the Marvelous I have permitted myself to bring together only those poems inspired by my initial three-year adventure in "pure psychic automatism' productive in the exaltation of the poetic marvelous, delirious eroticism and the reign of unfettered imagination written towards total human emancipation at the heart of surrealism now as ever” (from Back Cover). A collection..... More

New York, NY: Floating Bear, 1967. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage later number of the legendary literary journal then-published & edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020, the most primary figure among the sparse female members of the original Beat Generation) features poems by Jack Spicer (1925-1965), Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the English Romantic master Emily Brontë (1818-1848), the influential German playwright, Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), and New York School master..... More

New York, NY: Floating Bear, 1968. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage later number of the legendary literary journal then-published & edited by Diane di Prima (1934-2020, the most primary figure among the sparse female members of the original Beat Generation) features poems by Philip Lamantia (1927-2005); the Gay Black American poet, Stephen Jonas (1921-1970); the Black Mountain College-affiliated poet, Michael Rumaker (1932-2019); and several notable others. A classic issue..... 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

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 2008. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Softcover. "Acclaimed at age 15 by Andre Breton as "a voice that rises once in a thousand years," Philip Lamantia (1927-2005) was America's greatest surrealist poet for over 60 years, as well as an influence on the Beat Generation. Tau is his lost second book, suppressed by the poet in 1955 due to his evolving spiritual beliefs. That same year..... More

New York, NY: Antaeus, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. “Breaking bones with every kick cartilages crunch kidneys rupture under my chops and knees and elbows a Lindy Hop in broken bones I can feel my eyes light up inside grab his sap and beat his brains out. I put on my roller skates and glide away into the summer night I can see in the dark. Seeing my eyes in the..... More

Boston, MA (1) / Fresno, CA (2) / New York, NY (3) / No Place (4) / Ann Arbor, MI: Twayne [1]; The Giligia Press [2]; New Directions [3]; [4] Anonymous; [5] Third Mind Books, 1961; 1969; 1991; 2018. First Printings. Hardcover; Softcover in Stiff Wraps; Single Sheet; Softcover. Here we feast our eyes upon the Supreme Scholarly "First and Second San Francisco Renaissance Bundle," an it's-all-here package featuring five..... More