Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1981. Limited First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Tom Clark. "Perhaps it's because it's such a threatening space/ what with its great expanse of unaffectionate sky/ that workers in this boom region travel from/ job to job with their housing intact/ & never further than ten feet behind them." ("Wyoming") A collection of short poems & prose-poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the brilliant New York School-&-Beyond..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books/ Immediate Editions, 1982. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. "Since 1967, the mutilation of cattle by unknown phantoms on the American rangelands has mystified lawmen, scientists, and ranchers. This colloquium is part of an ongoing inquiry into the question." (preface) A tongue-in-cheek satire of literary academia (?) by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the gifted American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist who was originally associated with the..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. First Softcover Edition Review Copy; Limited First Hardcover Edition. Softcover; Hardcover. Review Copy signed by Tom Clark & with signed illustration, autograph poem; hardcover edition signed by Tom Clark. "Goodbye to love, life and art is on every tongue/ Our time tiptoes to the edge of the extinct volcano/ The future holds hands desperately with the past/ The way the Flatirons look at..... More

Bolinas, CA: Tombouctou, 1985. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Tom Clark. "Re-reading Ted's old letters, it's evident I was sending him almost as many "works" as he was sending me. Which ones I sent, I'm no longer sure, except in those cases where Ted incorporated my work into his own- a habit of his which was also an important element in his compositional procedure, i.e. borrowing and then transforming..... More

Stout, OH: Bloody Twin Press, 1987; 1988; 1990. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers; Photograph; Postcard. Chapbook with drawing & signed autograph poem by Tom Clark; photograph with Clark's hand-notations on verso. "If the wind sets off people's car alarms/ is that legitimate inspiration/ or merely nature's way of seeking social approval" ("Animated Bedlam") A chapbook of poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the prolific American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist..... More

Buffalo, NY; Seattle, WA: Shuffaloff Press; Before Columbus Foundation/ University of Washington, 1989. First Printings. Loose Folded Sheets; Bound Folded Sheets. Before Columbus Review issue signed by contributor Tom Clark. Two literary journal issues featuring contributions by Tom Clark, the great American poet, editor, publisher, novelist, biographer & artist who resides in our pantheon of "The Prolific & Underappreciated," along with other most distinguished contributors: (1) intent.: Letter of Talk..... More

San Francisco, CA: New College of California, 1991. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "Orange harmonies/ bubbles resonant closed/ literal yarn beans electricity/ chatter angels" (first page) A chapbook with the title poem by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the great American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist. While Clark's poetry was originally associated mostly with the New York School, this mid-career work is very free-associative & reminds us of the cut-ups of..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 2021. First Edition. Softcover. "In the autumn of 1964, Diane di Prima was a young poet living in New York when her dearest friend, dancer, choreographer, and Warhol factory member, Freddie Herko, leapt from the window of a Greenwich Village apartment to a sudden, tragic death at the age of 29. In her shock and grief, di Prima began a daily practice of writing..... More

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1995. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Kenward Elmslie. A chapbook with the title poem by Kenward Elmslie, the noted poet-artist associated with the New York School, especially his editorship of & contributions to the "Z" magazine series; & with Joe Brainard (1942-1994), the brilliant poet-artist who was Elmslie's personal & creative partner. This poem is an elegy-remembrance of Brainard, who had died of AIDS the..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1962. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features an essay on nighttime Paris by one of its foremost authorities, the great proto-Beat mentor Henry Miller, interspersed with classic images of the nocturnal city by Brassai (Gyula Halasz), the acclaimed photographer. Also in this issue are contributions of poetry by Beat poet-..... More

Fayetteville, AK: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. First Printing. Hardcover. "First published in Poetry, Partisan Review, Harper's, Poetry Northwest, and other journals, the poems in this selection represent the evolution of Holmes' style, from his early journeyman efforts in traditional forms, through the development of his later voice in free verse. Like his essays and fiction, Holmes' poetry focuses on the individual's self-affirmations in the face of numbing institutions--state or..... More

Los Angeles, CA; Berkeley, CA: Arif Press; Black Sparrow Press, 1970; 1971. Limited First Editions. Softcover; Sewn Wrappers. "Desecheo/ off West Coast Puerto Rico/ 1 1/2 miles long/ 1 mile wide/ the end point of/ an upheaval that happened/ in the Caribbean" (from back cover, Desecheo Notebook) two vintage volumes of poetry by Joanne Kyger (1934-2017), the prolific poet associated with the Beat Generation (especially during her marriage to Gary..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the prestigious literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features an in-depth interview of the canonical American writer John Updike conducted by Charles Thomas Samuels, preceded by a facsimile manuscript page of his then-newest, now-classic novel Couples. Also in this issue are contributions of fiction including an excerpt by Louis-Ferdinand Celine; & an especially rich & varied..... More