Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 54, Kyle Schlesinger kicks off the issue with a studious analysis of typography in the work of Robert Creeley. The essays span the sea-wide scope of Creeley's output in by way of thirteen pages that detail and illuminate the poet's product & process. Also featured are articles on poet Harold Norse, John Clellon Holmes, and Jack..... More
[Item #2562]
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2009. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This special issue of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK is devoted to Jack Kerouac, Founding Father of the Beat Generation, & begins with a robust, rollicking prose letter from John Clellon Holmes to Kerouac written in 1958. This rare, often overlooked letter was remarkably not included in the Kerouac Selected Letters..... More
[Item #4143]
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2020. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. The latest (as of this writing) number of the essential magazine devoted to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK. Featuring several tributes to Michael McClure (1932-2020), Giant of the Beat Generation, San Francisco Renaissance & beyond who passed away during May of 2020 at age 87. With firsthand reminiscences of McClure by..... More
[Item #3768]
Berkeley, CA: Oyez Press, 1971. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "I don't want anyone who's interested in contemporary poetry to be put off by any sense of formality in these studies of a group of poems and poets out of the last twenty years of the American poetic experience...What I've tried to do in these studies is to get down some of my own responses to writing that seems to have..... More
[Item #1155]
San Francisco, CA: Intersection Coffee Gallery/Amaranth Press, 1977. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (20"x13") announcing the exhibit "Poems on Paper: An Exhibit of Bay Area Broadsides 1955-1977" which was held at the Intersection Coffee Gallery in San Francisco during March 22-May 5, 1977. Among the poets whose broadsides were exhibited were Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Kenneth Patchen, Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer, Lew Welch, Philip Whalen..... More
[Item #2593]
Berkeley, CA: Grey Fox Press, 1973. First Printing. Softcover. "Shortly after we moved into Hyphen-House we heard that Jack was coming to San Francisco from Hollywood where he had appeared on the Steve Allen Show. Then he was there, in the kitchen, seated at the table, with red plaid hunting cap set back on his head, and red check flannel shirt worn with tails out, and dress slacks with creases..... More
[Item #2957]
San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Not yet 40, my beard is already white./ Not yet awake, my eyes are puffy and red,/ like a child who has cried too much." (first (untitled) poem, first stanza, unpaginated) A collection of nine untitled poems by Lew Welch (1926-1971?), the great American poet who towers over & haunts the Beat Generation. Welch departed from his friend..... More
[Item #4012]
Berkeley, CA: Oyez Press, 1965. First Edition. Stapled in wrappers. Printed by Graham Mackintosh in an edition of 500 copies, On Out is the poet's fifth publication. In near fine condition with the covers worn around the edges since they overextend the pages as designed by the printer, & staples beginning to rust. Previous owner's signature on front flyleaf. Near Fine. More
[Item #1366]
San Francisco, CA: Glide Memorial Church, Circa 1967. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (14"x20") announcing a "Poetry Fiesta" with "music and Dancers," featuring readings by poets Lenore Kandel, Margaret Randall, Marcus Ulewicz & Lew Welch, held at the Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco on December 16, (circa) 1967. Welch (1926-1971?), among the primary poets of the Beat Generation & the San Francisco Renaissance, famously disappeared in 1971, a...... More
[Item #2497]
San Francisco, CA: Unicorn Press, 1967. First Edition. Sheet. Signed by Author This "Poetry Card" is one sheet printed letterpress by Nicholas Muska. 450 copies were published on the occasion of Lew Welch's poetry reading on April 22, 1967 at the Unicorn Book Shop. This copy is one of 26 lettered copies signed by Welch. This is Copy "F". Although all copies were supposed to be issued folded to make..... More
[Item #1368]
Albany, California: Sand Dollar, 1976. First Edition. Broadside. Published as a greeting by the Sand Dollar press, this poem by Lew Welch begins "First you must love your body." This is one sheet folded to make a small broadside. The poem was written in 1960 and discovered within the body of a letter Welch wrote to Joanne Kyger. Printed by Wesley Tanner and James Monday at the Arif Press. Very..... More
[Item #1369]
Bolinas, CA: Grey Fox Press, 1980. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Lew Welch narrates the story of his life in these letters written to his mother and his friends and mentors, from his Reed College days, through the years of exile in New York and Chicago, to his return to his native California in 1957 and his active participation thereafter in the San Francisco scene " - from the back cover..... More
[Item #1371]
Coventry, England: the Beat Scene Press, 2010. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Number 26 in the Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series published by Kevin Ring in the UK, this is a small compilation of letters written by the great American poet Lew Welch, who in 1971 departed from his friend Gary Snyder's California property into the surrounding wilderness & disappeared. Including a letter to Jack Kerouac written on January..... More
[Item #2141]