Isla Vista, CA: Turkey Press, 1981. Limited First Edition. Hardcover; Single Sheet. With signed hand-colored illustration & signed autograph poem by Tom Clark. "At 3a.m., television tells/ its secrets to the/ armchair sleeper." ("TV Music") A slim volume with nine short, haiku-like subtly linked poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the profound poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist who is the foremost poster figure for our category of "The Prolific &..... More

West Branch, IA; Santa Barbara, CA: Coffee House Press; Tom Clark, 1983; 1985. Limited First Editions; Autograph Poem Excerpt; Typed Manuscript Page. Sewn Wrappers; Single Sheets. Chapbook signed by Tom Clark; card with signed & dated autograph poem excerpt; signed typed manuscript page. "False Hildagos stripped to the waist conduct idle and/ fractious dialogues under the moonlit palms, stopping/ now and then to duel with knives, bodies flop to the..... More

Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2016 (1974). Third Edition. Softcover; Folded Sheet. Signed by Elsa Dorfman; & with her hand-written, signed note. The classic work of photo-journalism by Elsa Dorfman (1937-2020). After working for Grove Press in NYC during the early 1960s height of its literary ferment, Dorfman moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts but kept in touch with the literary luminaries she had befriended. They visited her & she photographed them..... More

Berkeley & Oakland, CA: The House of "K" 1985. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers; Single Folded Sheet. With typed, hand-signed letter from editor-publisher-contributor Andrew Schelling to poet Diane Wakoski. The third number of the short-lived but significant mimeo-zine literary journal edited & with contributions by Benjamin Friedlander & Andrew Schelling. Includes "The Order of Poetry," an article by Cid Corman, editor & publisher of the legendary literary journal Origin; a reprint..... More

Sussex, England: Rudyard Kipling, 1925. Typed Letter Signed. Single Sheet. Typed & Signed by Rudyard Kipling. An original short letter (appx. 7&3/4" x 5"), hand-typed & signed by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the canonical British author & journalist. Dated "21st February 1925," written on stationary on which is printed "(telegraph pole symbol) Burwash/ (railroad train symbol) Etchingham" near upper left corner/edge, "Bateman's/ Burwash/ Sussex" near upper right corner/edge. The typed text..... More