San Francisco, CA: Intersection Theatre, 1975. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Diane di Prima. A broadside-poster (approx. 10&1/2"x16&1/2") announcing the performance at the Intersection Theatre on Union Street (presumably in San Francisco) of Whale Honey, a poem/play by Diane di Prima, among the few female icons of the Beat Generation. References to music by John McDowell; sets by George Herms & performance dates during August (1975). Background collage illustration..... More

Madison, WI: The Wisconsin Institute for Intermedia Studies, n/d (circa 1980s). First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (11"x17") announcing a reading by Diane di Prima, among the key female literary figures of the Beat Generation & beyond. The reading took place in Madison, Wisconsin under the auspices of the Wisconsin Institute for Intermedia Studies, with di Prima headlining "plus a spotlite on Madison poets." With reproduction of a well-known early..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. "...a vital new work by one of America's best and most exciting young poets...the first completed section of a long narrative poem to be published in installments..."(from description) An original publisher's letter-sized broadside prospectus announcing Edward Dorn's Gunslinger, Book I. First issued in parts beginning in 1968 by Black Sparrow Press before its publication in complete form in 1975..... More

Berkeley, California: Oyez, 1968. Limited Edition. 20" x 28" Broadside. Signed with citation by Robert Duncan. A large broadside by Robert Duncan, from a limited edition of approximately 100 un-numbered :restricted" copies not intended for sale, published in 1968 (Berthold, A28(1), Pg. 88). Duncan is a major figure in 20th century American poetry, associated with the Beats, the San Francisco Renaissance & the Black Mountain Poets. The text of the..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Bookslinger, 1981. Limited First Edition. Quarto Sheet. Signed by Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffrey, BP Nichol & Rafael Burreta Rivera, all of the "Four Horsemen." A quarto sheet (9&1/2"x13" folded) printed on the occasion of a reading by the innovative Canadian sound-poetry group known collectively as the Four Horsemen, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on April 30, 1981. The Four Horsemen were poets Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffrey..... More

n/p: Unknown, Circa 1981. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated with citation by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside (11"x17") announcing a reading by acclaimed poet-editor-educator Clayton Eshleman on Tuesday, April 28 of an unknown year which we believe is most likely 1981: Hades in Manganese, the latest of two works mentioned, was originally published that year, & that date was a Tuesday during that year. The event..... More

n/p: Unknown, circa 1983. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed with lengthy citation by Clayton Eshleman. A broadside (8&1/2"x14") with the title poem by Clayton Eshleman, an important & prolific poet, translator, editor & educator. The upper part of the poem is printed over a reproduction of a photograph by Nicole Glepi. Along the bottom edge, below his printed name at the end of the poem, Eshleman has hand-written a wonderfully..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, n/d (circa 1986). First Printings. Single Sheets. Two broadsides both signed by Clayton Eshleman. Two related oblong broadside-posters, both relating to a literary event held at the Detroit Institute of Arts on November 2, circa 1986 featuring Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed, prolific poet, editor, educator & translator: (1) An approx. 14"x8&1/2" announcement of a multi-media event featuring readings of the works of Antonin Artaud..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: Shaman Drum Bookshop, 1986. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. One of an edition of 150, signed by Clayton Eshleman. A broadside (11"x17") with the title poem dated "3 May 1986" by Clayton Eshleman, acclaimed poet, translator, editor & educator. One of an edition of 150 hand-numbered copies printed on the occasion of a reception for the poet on October 24, 1986 at Shaman Drum Bookshop, this is..... More

Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona, 1987. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside (11"x17") announcing a reading by renowned Michigan-based poet Clayton Eshleman of "...his most recent and soon to be published works..." at the Tucson campus of the University of Arizona on April 7, 1987. Just above the bottom edge, Eshleman has hand-written: "For Jim Perrizo. (signed) Clayton Eshleman/1988" James Perrizo..... More

Ypsilanti, MI: Eastern Michigan University, 1988. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated with citation by Clayton Eshleman with citation to James Perrizo. A broadside poster (11"x17") announcing the title Symposium held at Eastern Michigan University during March 25-26, 1988. Clayton Eshleman, acclaimed poet & at this time a professor at EMU, had founded the literary magazine Sulfur, under the auspices of which this Symposium took place, while at the..... More

Dromenon Press, 1989. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed with drawing & citation by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (12"x18") announcing a reading by Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed "poet, translator and editor of SULFUR MAGAZINE" as noted, on October 22, 1989 at a restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Among a series of readings under the title "Word of Mouth." With a black & white reproduction of a print by Salvador..... More

Conshohocken, PA: Poster Prints, 1970. First Printing. Single Sheet. A very large poster (24"x36") with an untitled poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the great figures of the Beat Generation & beyond as poet, publisher & proprietor of the iconic City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco. The poem, the first line of which is "Sometime during eternity," was originally the fifth-numbered poem on page 15 of his classic, A Coney..... More