New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1981. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features three letters by Mohammed Mrabet, the legendary Moroccan storyteller (translated, as ever, from the Moghrebi language into English by the great Paul Bowles), one written to Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence &..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1981. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) features (as does almost every issue in this series) several contributions by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an influence & inspiration to the Beat Generation ("An Open Letter to Stroker!" incl. facsimile drawing, pgs. 16-20;..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1980. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner is a "Henry Miller Commemorative Issue" (front cover), the first since his passing just-earlier in the year of publication to pay tribute to the great American author & artist whose earlier works were influential & inspiring to the Beat Generation. With a frontispiece photograph..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker, 1980. First Edition. “...I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire...I give it to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all of your breath trying to conquer it. Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man..... More

New York, NY, USA: Stroker Magazine, 1982. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Presented here is issue 24 of the literary-art-cultural journal edited by NYC St. Marks Place underground denizen Irving Stettner (1922-2004) featuring (as does almost every issue in this series) contributions by Henry Miller (1891-1980). Other notable contributors include prison writer Tommy Trantino (b.1938); American editor and literary critic Seymour Krim (1922-1989); Moroccan author, artist and storyteller of the Ait..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1960. First Printings. Softcovers. Two contiguous, early vintage numbers of the legendary literary journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset & published by his Grove Press imprint: (1) Evergreen Review Vol. 4 No. 11 (January-February 1960)- this issue features William S. Burroughs' "Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness," the classic essay that went on to serve as a fore- or afterword to most editions of WSB's..... More

California, PA: Arthur & Glee Knight, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "This issue is dedicated to Henry Miller, a great artist, on his 81st birthday." (from contents-copyright page) Thus do the late Arthur (1937-2012) & Glee (a/k/a Kit?) Knight state the main theme of this vintage issue of their acclaimed, pioneering series of Beat-related publications under the umbrella title of "The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual." Henry Miller, the great..... More