San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1984. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. (Debritto, C121, p. 325). “The poems and prose appearing in this anthology are of the widest range possible, coming from every conceivable school of thought: academic, street poet, beat generation, post-beat generation and post-modern. The work spans ten years of poetry and prose that appeared earlier in Second Coming magazine and in books published by Second Coming Press..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1966. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The third number of the landmark first series of literary journals published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's iconic Beat imprint, City Lights Books. Featuring an article by Richard Shattuck about the great French Surrealist poet & playwright Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918, "Apollinaire's Great Whitman Happening") with a photograph of Apollinaire; Mary Beach's translation from French into English of a...... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Gracing Issue No. 55 of Kevin Ring's celebrated Beat Scene Magazine are interviews from poets Michael McClure and Philip Lamantia, an article on subversive genius Robert Crumb by the venerable poet/publisher Charles Plymell, comments on a new book on the poems of influential objectivist George Oppen, and an in in-depth glance at the poetic practice of Joanne Kyger comprise the..... More

London, England: Tangerine Press, 2009. Limited Lettered First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Douglas Blazek. “You have the first DWANG in your hands. This should be a good thing. The intended definition of ‘dwang’ is a NZ/Scots word for a noggin in a stud wall. If you are holding an old man’s cock, then you are holding the wrong definition.” (from Afterword “What We Talk About When We Talk About DWANG”..... More

London, England: Tangerine Press, 2011. Limited Edition- Author/Artist Proof. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed to Charles Plymell by Michael Curran. "I've held on to the wheel alongside the road of progress like/ The grass, the weeds always half beaten down & sorrowful/ Dandelion pride under the feet of those who walk unawares." ("They Too May Embrace the Rattlesnake" by Charles Plymell, last stanza, pg. 11) This third number of the literary..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1969. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features the poem "In San Francisco" by none other than our good friend, mentor & Ultimate Literary Outlaw Charles Plymell. Lavishly illustrated & with border-motifs by William Rowe, the poem describes Plymell's experiences with & impressions of Neal Cassady et al. during his..... More

Norman, OK: The University of Oklahoma, 1996, 2006. First (Only) Printings. Folded card, developed photographs. A most wonderful package of artifacts with several very important Beat & literary associations: Consisting of an envelope postmarked October 19, 2006 mailed by Indra Tamang, photographer & long-time associate of Charles Henri Ford, to Charles Plymell & his wife Pamela Beach Plymell, friends of CHF & publishers of one of his works, Om Krishna..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1974. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Barbara Holland. If one is led by a Google Search to the Wikipedia page of Barbara Holland, they are greeted with the following hilarious statement: “Barbara Murray Holland (April 5, 1933-September 7, 2010) was an American author who wrote in defense of modern-day vices such as cursing, drinking, eating fatty food and smoking cigarettes.” Is such an..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. A futuristic novel with an introduction by publisher Charles Plymell. Another Cherry Valley Edition rarity. Very Fine. More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1979. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A scarce number of the literary review journal published during the 1970s-1980s by Cherry Valley Editions, the imprint of legendary literary outlaws Charles Plymell & his wife Pamela Beach Plymell. This issue is edited by Pamela, & among those listed as "European Editors" on copyright (& first review) page is the late Carl Weissner, the German author who collaborated..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Claude Pelieu to Jeffrey Weinberg A book of poems & prose by the French Beat cohort Claude Pelieu-Washburn (usually known just as Claude Pelieu), published by Charles Plymell's Cherry Valley Editions & translated into English by Mary Beach. This copy is signed in purple ink by the author on the title page to Water Row Press publisher Jeffrey..... More

St. Paul, MN: New Rivers Press, 1982. First Edition. Soft Cover. An epic poem about King Ludwig II of Bavaria, one of a first edition of 1000 copies. Inscribed by the author to Pam and Charles Plymell, publishers of Cherry Valley Editions: "For Pam and Charlie with much affection / Bob (and Paul)" (Paul Trachtenberg). In fine condition with only very minor wear to covers & spine, & a tiny..... More

Ostheim/Rohn, Germany; San Francisco, CA: Verlag Peter Ensler; Self-Published, 2009. First Edition Thus; Original Photograph-Greeting Cards. Stapled Wrappers; Single Sheet; Photograph-Cards in Envelope. Mindeater: Altes Land signed by Charles Plymell; One of two Holiday greeting cards inscribed & signed from S. Clay Wilson & Lorraine Chamberlain to Charles & Pamela Plymell. Two collectibles, one quite rare & the other one-of-a-kind, relating to Charles Plymell. As poet, prose writer, editor &..... More