Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by David Bromige, Robert Kelly, & Diane Wakoski. Established in 1966, the Black Sparrow Press was founded by John Martin (b. 1930) and since carved out a legacy for itself that most literary presses could only dream of. Initially Martin founded the press explicitly to publish the works of Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) of whom Martin had immense respect..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Second Printing. “In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / a stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. / So twice five miles of fertile ground / With walls and towers were girded round; / And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, / Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;..... More

New York, NY, USA: Hawk's Well Press, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Two collections of poetry in one volume by Robert Kelly (b. 1935), the eminent & prolific American poet associated with the Black Mountain &, most especially, Deep Image schools; & Jerome Rothenberg (1931-2024), the great American poet, translator & anthologist who pioneered & was the foremost practitioner in the field of ethnopoetics. A uniquely beautiful production crafted in Ireland..... More

Buffalo, NY: Audit/Poetry Inc., 1965. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "I know | from the first buds, the ones that squirrels eat | leaving gaunt branches the rest of the season, | but they are not noticed | because all the other foliage drowns their gauky limbs...("And One Day it is Spring," Dianne Derrick; pg. 24). Proffered today is Audit/Poetry: Vol. IV, No. 2, an issue of the rare-yet-beloved poetry magazine..... More

London, England, UK: Sixpack/Pierre Joris, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. "...She drew her hands together and looked up at the frayed stars." (last sentence, Story, William S. Burroughs, pg. 6). Offered here is issue 6 of Pierre Joris' (1946-2025) Sixpack magazine of London, England, edited by Joris, W. R. Prescott & Victoria Smitter, featuring work from a host of familiar authors & poets known to many fans of the Beat Generation..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. “This Sunday’s program features music by the Detroit Contemporary 4 (Charles Moore, cornet; Ron English, guitar; John Dana, bass; & Danny Spencer, drums), with special guest Ronnie Johnson, drums, who will take part in some of Charles Moore’s experiments for 2 drummers.” (first paragraph) The twenty-fourth flyer-announcement produced by John Sinclair & Robin Eichele’s Detroit Artists’ Workshop relating to their..... More

London, England: Antioch International Writing Programs at the Antioch Centre for British Studies, 1979. First Printing. Softcover. This Autumn 1979 number of the British literary journal features a review of a volume of poems by Edward Dorn (Hello, La Jolla, 1978) by Peter Ackroyd, another by Linda W. Wagner of a work by Michigan poet Diane Wakoski (The Man Who Shook Hands) & more. With contributions of poetry by Don..... 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

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1993. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. This number of the prestigious literary journal features the lengthy poem "And the Stars Were Shining" by the canonical American poet John Ashbery, the title poem of a collection first published the next year (1994). Also in this issue, subtitled "the credos issue," is a special section entitled "Credos" with short essays on beliefs & methods by noted authors including Kathy..... 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

Cambridge, MA: Pym-Randall Press, 1968. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of only 90 copies hand-numbered & signed by Robert Kelly. An epic cycle of poems by Robert Kelly, the great American poet who was first associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools, & continues to create a distinctive & unique body of work. A stately oblong hardcover production in dust jacket illustrated with reproduction of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Printing. Folded Sheets. Signed by Robert Kelly. A short story by Robert Kelly, the prolific poet & writer originally associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools, who has built his own unique canon over a long career. Published in May 1978 as No. 68 in Black Sparrow Press's series of monthly periodical pamphlets. Kelly has signed his name in bold..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: OtherWind Press, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover; Single Folded Sheet with Loose Inserts. This number of the 1980s era-contemporary literary journal published in our own Ann Arbor, Michigan features three poems by the renowned Bill Berkson (1939-2016) including "In a Hand Not My Own"; five poems by the Finnish-born poet Anselm Hollo (1934-2013) including "0600 Hours" & "The Missing Page" & an untitled poem by Deep Image..... More