Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Limited Trade Edition. Hardcover. “Tired, / time lost, the room’s / narrow size, patience / to be here useless. / All done / long ago, all / gone now” (from “Berlin: First Night & Early Morning”). A volume of poems by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), the great American poet and literary theorist affiliated with both the Beat Generation and the Black Mountain School..... More

New York, NY, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1972. First Edition. "Born in 1926, Creeley knew he wanted to be a writer free from any dampening restraints, but other than that he was pretty much a loose cannon. Disoriented and with a penchant to “externalize his inner turmoil,” lashing out with a wicked tongue and occasionally his fists, he had a way of making a friend and then having an affair..... More

New York, NY, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Among contemporary American poets Robert Creeley's position is exceptional: his work exerts great influence on the generation to come, and it has brought him an international reputation. His new book, Pieces, is particularly important because it reflects a growth, a breakthrough. These poems bear Robert Creeley's unique mark- the taught precision, the space, subtly colloquial idiom, the..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. "Why poetry? Its materials are so constant, simple, elusive, specific. It cost so little and so much. It preoccupies a life, yet can only find one in living. It is music, a playful construct of feeling, a last word and communion" (preface). Robert Creeley (1926-2005), Black Mountain poet, daring publisher, college professor, and cohort to the likes of literary..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1982. First Printing. Hardcover. With postcard inscribed and signed by Robert Creeley. Offered here is a special association copy of The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley which was gifted to the seismic American author by his friend and contemporary, Albert Glover (b. 1942) in June 1990. It goes without saying that the work here assembled kicks ass. I mean, it’s got For Love and The..... More

Bolinas, CA, USA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1973. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Robert Creeley to Robin Eichele. Once known primarily for his association with the group called the “Black Mountain Poets,” Robert Creeley (1926-2005) was widely recognized as one of the most important and influential American poets of the 20th century. His poetry is noted for both its concision and emotional power. Offered here today is the 1973 compilation..... More

Washington, DC: The National Observer, 1966. First Printing. Single Sheet. “The continuing development here of what its practitioners call “The New American Poetry” is surely one of the major untold stories of our time. That a movement so serious, so vital, and so accomplished should remain, years after its inception, largely unknown to most people and misunderstood by others is surprising. Comparable postwar developments in the arts—abstract expressionism, black humor..... More

London, England, UK: Poets' and Painters' Press, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. “1. We go sailing on the black road toward death, | Slipping over the ice! | The dark days end, clumps of darkness | hanging in the trees, | And we notice nothing! 2. The hours after supper, precious hours, hours full of sweetness, | When our bones | Give off fragrance… | 3. Faces appear and vanish. |..... More

Berkeley, CA: Joyce Jenkins, 1988. First Printing. Folded Sheets. “Robert Duncan was everything we believed him to be. The savant and soul-maker of recent years who so many of us saw in poetry readings and his lectures at the New College was the flowering of an earlier Duncan. But Duncan’s flowering was continual, and as long ago as 1954 Duncan had an enormous body of energy and genius that he..... More

San Francisco, CA: James Koller, 1967. First Printing. Softcover. "rages/ strain/ Dog of Tartarus/ Guards of Tartarus/ Finks of the Bosses. War Makers" (untitled, Charles Olson, first stanza pg. 1) This vintage 1967 number of the literary journal co-edited (with Edward van Aelstyn) & published by the noted poet-ecologist James Koller (1936-2014) is the proverbial Embarrassment of Riches, with contributions of cutting-edge poetry, prose-poetry & prose by a dizzying array..... More

Chicago, IL: Poetry Foundation, 1962. First Edition. Founded in 1912 by American literary critic and scholar Harriet Monroe (1860-1936) Poetry is still in operation today, offering phenomenal poetry to readers all across the world. Originally titled Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Monroe started and edited the magazine as a supporter of the poets Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), Ezra Pound (1885-1972), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2025. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This latest (as of this writing) number of the indispensable magazine-format literary journal dedicated to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features several important pieces on our Iconic-Favorite-Of-Them-All, William S. Burroughs: An insightful essay on WSB by Lem Coley that was originally published in 1977; & a 1978 interview conducted by..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: Burning Deck, 1962. First Edition. Burning Deck was a small press specializing in the publication of experimental poetry and prose. Burning Deck was founded by Keith Waldrop (1932–2023) American poet, translator and publisher, and wife Rosmarie Waldrop (b. 1935) fellow poet, editor and translator in 1961 and closed in 2017. Offered today is the first issue of the eponymous Burning Deck journal. This issue is the inaugural..... More