Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Ray Bremser to Kevin Guldy & relations. One long, jazz-inflected poem by Beat poet Ray Bremser (1934-1998). Issued as Number Four in the Beau Fleuve Series by the Intrepid Press, published & edited by Allen De Loach, whose legendary series of Intrepid & other journals feature the works of William S. Burroughs & many other iconic Beat figures. One..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books, 1985. Limited First Edition. Stapled Sheets. "in a past life/ i was a field of wheat/ which was mowed & ground/ into a bag of grain/ which a cow ate,/ who, which later, i ate." (first stanza) A long, inspired, exemplary poem by Ray Bremser (1934-1998), the legendary Literary (& literal) Outlaw-Poet of the Beat Generation & Beyond. Among his most well-known works, this..... More

Ventura, CA: X-Ray Book Company, 2005. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. "...the cell pretends / protection but I sit unsatisfied / with oral walls which whisper words / & say 'the life's prolonged / supposition here is strong.'" (from Title Poem, "Cat Digging Walls"). A limited edition poetry broadside measuring 5" x 7" and printed letterpress on card stock by Master Printer Johnny Brewton at the X-Ray Book Company. Issued..... More

Ostheim/ Rhon, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2005. First German Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Charles Plymell. German-language translation of "The Conquerors," the final volume of poetry by Ray Bremser (1934-1998), the legendary & notorious Beat-Generation-&-Beyond poet. Originally published in English by Jeffrey Weinberg's Water Row Press shortly before Bremser died during 1998. With an introduction unique to this edition by Charles Plymell, Bremser's friend & kindred Literary Outlaw whose own..... More

Columbus, OH: Buchenroth Publishing Company, 1998. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Written on the occasion of the Ray Bremser Memorial held in Cherry Valley, NY at Allen Ginsberg's farm in 1998, poet-publisher (and Beat student/devotee) Michael Buchenroth brings us the elegiac and powerful "Four Beats Diverged in Ginsberg's Woods." Buchenroth writes: "Indeed, ole Al convinced us / to turn left there just past / where that ole yellow car sat /..... More

New York, NY: LeRoi Jones & Hettie Cohen-Jones, 1959. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "The landscape (the landscape!) again: Gloucester,/ the shore one of me is (duplicates), and from which/ (from offshore, I, Maximus) am removed, observe." (Charles Olson, "The Librarian," first stanza, pg. 2) The fourth number of the seminal Beat Generation poetry journal, edited, published & with contribution by LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka), assisted by his then-wife Hettie..... More