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

New York, NY, USA: Contact Publications, 1984. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The Sunlight Man / taken in dry winds of late summer, / bowed stems of yellow grasses whisper / a final name to be given other seasons. / A dwarf sits upon the shoulders / of a six fingered wizard / while behind / shuffles a monster given existence / by the necessity of humanity. / Often / falls..... More

Buffalo, NY: Anonym Magazine, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “What is around me is / this huge shape I can’t visualize / from here, sitting here quietly / nights go by the same way / noisy people outside on the block / so I can understand it better / Not all streets are like this one / bursting with so much energy / you can’t keep still / with cops..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & Signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo; & signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features an article by the acclaimed, long Michigan-based poet Diane Wakoski, the third in a series where she spotlights poets she felt were neglected. Here, Wakoski discusses the works of Robert Peters..... More

Ashland, KY: Bullhead, 1994-1995. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers in Over-Wraps. Issue No. 1 signed by Joe Napora & Thomas Rain Crowe; issues No. 2 & 3 signed by Napora. "BullHead will run through 12 issues, each issue 52 pages. Within this form BullHead will roam according to some designs of my own in response to contributions from readers. Each issue will keep an emphasis on the oral quality of communication..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Christopher's Books, 1976. First Edition. Loose Broadside Sheets in Folder. A set of twelve loose broadside-sheets printed on one side with a calendar of every month during the year of 1976, above which is a boxed quote by a different famous author. Contributors include Barry Gifford (who would go on a few years later to publish Jack's Book, the classic oral biography of Jack Kerouac, with Lawrence..... More

Eureka, CA: Hearse Press, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Diane Wakoski at her first contribution. "Falling in love with a mustache/ is like saying/ you can fall in love with/ the way a man polishes his shoes" (First stanza, "Uneasy Rider" by Diane Wakoski) This number of the chapbook-format poetry journal, edited & with a contribution by E.V. Griffith, features two poems by Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed &..... More

Los Angeles, CA: On The Bus Magazine/ Bombshelter Press, 1990. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A chapbook with poems concerned with the common, mutual theme of couplehood by members thereof. A production of Jack Grapes' On the Bus-Bombshelter Press which always emphasizes the Los Angeles & California literary scene. Highlights include a poem each by Grapes & his partner Lori Cohen; & one each by Robert Peters (1924-2014), the acclaimed &..... More

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University, 1963. First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. "(Swinburne's) central position in his age as a chief transmitter of aesthetic ideals, and as a highly original mind shaping anew all that he inherited, is irrefutable evidence of his major place not only in Victorian criticism but in the broader history of criticism as well." (concluding sentence, pg. 63) A scholarly article by Robert Peters (1924-2014), the prolific..... More

Riverside, CA: University of California, 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Peters & illustrator, his daughter Meredith Peters. A broadside (11"x14") announcing a poetry reading by Robert Peters (1924-2014), the acclaimed, prolific poet & critic. The reading took place at the University of California at Riverside on April 10, 1968. Peters' first published volume of poems, Songs for a Son, appeared only the previous year, famous as his..... More

San Francisco, CA: Empty Elevator Shaft, 1973. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo. "like an irate mouse/ kept from its nest/ part of myself/ hides from you./ I've not done well./ please understand./ something/ may yet shimmer,/ something, I hope,/ keep light, a/ whisker-breath/ from truth." ("division poem" in its entirety) An early chapbook collection with the title poem & twelve other works..... More

London, England: Michael de Hartington, 1974. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "The present poem has not previously been published except for the first three-and-ninety lines which appeared in Many Moods (1878) under the title 'On the riviera'. It dates from about 1868 as we can tell from a letter Symonds wrote to Henry Graham Dakyns, a close friend and a careful custodian of Symonds' manuscripts. It is of course homosexual..... More

Fairfax, CA: The Red Hill Press, 1977. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Hand-numbered & signed with holograph poem by Robert Peters, signed & with original etching by Carol Yeh; additionally inscribed & signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo. "A series of poems adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne's American Notebooks, The Wayside Edition of Hawthorne's Works (Boston, 1891), XVII and XVIII, with additions from the version expanded and edited by Claude M...... More