Sarasota. FL: Periplus Press, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This issue of the literary journal chiefly edited & with contribution by John Weber is an especially rich gathering of works by some of the most notable poets of different generations & schools: An early poem by Margaret Atwood ("Lying Here"), who would go on to write the prize-winning & explosively influential The Handmaid's Tale & its sequel;..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2003. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2003 number of the magazine-format Beat Generation journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy anecdotal memoir on cult favorite Richard Brautigan by his close friend Greg Keeler, & two very interesting articles on the legendary Charles Bukowski by Jean Francois Duval & Adrian Manning. Also in this issue is an essay on the fiftieth..... More

London, England: Michael Horovitz, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. This double-double number of the UK literary journal edited & published by Michael Horovitz brims with mostly original contributions by a wide mixture of the most well- & unknown cutting-edge literary figures (& some artists & musicians for good measure) from the time of (or recently deceased at) its publication during 1975 to now & beyond, compiled over many years since the..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by editor & contributor Thomas Rain Crowe. "Inside these pages there are one hundred years of unique American poets who are editors, publishers, activists, environmentalists, spiritual leaders, and humanitarians engaged in their communities in efforts not only to better themselves but to work hands-on for the betterment of humanity and the planet. Their bodies of work are evidence of these..... More

London, England: The Goliard Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (7&1/2"x12&3/4") with an untitled poem (first line: "Wasn't it like"/) by Jack Hirschman, the prolific poet, translator & activist who was the Poet Laureate of San Francisco & founded the International Poetry Festival there. One of an edition of 100 copies, not numbered, out of which 75 copies are unsigned as here. An exquisite production by the..... More

Portland, OR: The Yes! Press, 1971. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (8"x12&1/2") with the title poem by Jack Hirschman, the renowned poet, translator & activist who was the Poet Laureate of San Francisco & founded the International Poetry Festival there. Issued in 1971 as "No. 10 in a series of free poems for your pleasure...," in an unknown limitation by the Yes! Press in Portland, Oregon. A stark production..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1976. First Printing. Softcover. “Almost every poem in ‘Lyripol’ was composed between the summer of 1974 and the present, this book is an enlargement of work-concerns announced in two recent North Beach books of mine, ‘Kashtinah Segodnyah’ (Beatitude, San Francisco, 1976) and ‘The Cool Boyetz Cycle’ (Golden Mountain Press, San Francisco, 1975)…’Lyripol’ is Our Book as a message of a mass demonstration or séance..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2009. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Jack Hirschman. Signed Limited Edition. #22 in Kevin Ring's Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series is "The Game & Other Poems" from celebrated poet & political radical Jack Hirschman. Hirschman, long-based in San Francisco, has dedicated his entire life to poetry & social concerns; ranging from his extensive assistance to the overwhelming population of San Francisco's homeless..... More

San Francisco, CA: Eileen Kaufman, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers / Folded Single Sheet. “In the beginning, in the wet / Warm dark place, / straining to break out, clawing at strange cables / Hearing her screams, laughing / ‘Later we forgot ourselves, we didn’t know.’ / Some secret jazz / Shouted, wait, don’t go. / Impatient, we came running, innocent / Laughing blobs of blood and faith, To this..... More

Dayton, OH: Wright State University, 1997. First Printing. Softcover. This double-number of the literary journal published by students at Wright State University edited by Mark Owens & co-edited by the legendary Ira Cohen features an "Allen Ginsberg Memorial Issue" dedicated to the Founding Father of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond who passed away shortly before publication on April 5, 1997. With contributions of poetry in immediate reaction to Ginsberg's death as well..... More

Berkeley, CA: The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley; Heyday books, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. "What catches Ira Nowinski's eye and what he captures with his lens are people- the beat poets of North Beach, opera divas radiating passion and delighting in adulation, cigar-smoking old Italians, tenant organizers, and an alert shirtless old man in a boxer's stance. These are photographs from three decades that speak eloquently and powerfully about..... More

New York, NY: Unmuzzled Ox, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the venerable literary, art & culture journal edited by the longtime poet-activist Michael Andre, & designed by his former wife Erika Rothenberg, features a wealth of Beat-&-Beyond contributions: A poem by Daniel Berrigan; two by Gregory Corso including a group of five short poems augmented with his drawings of birds & cats, & a photo of Corso..... More