Tiburon-Belvedere, California: Cadmus Editions, 1982. Limited Edition. 22" x 17 1/2". Broadside. Signed by Robert Creeley. A large broadside by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), in the canon of great American poets. This is No. 74/100 of a limited edition issued in 1982, & is signed by the poet. Beautifully illustrated with a block print by Sally McQuillan that takes up most of the broadside, designed & printed by Graham Mackintosh. In..... More

St. Paul, MN: The Toothpaste Press, 1984. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11"x17") with the poem "Wyatt's May" by Robert Creeley, an associate of the Beats & the Black Mountain group, & a key figure in the American poetry canon. Below the poem is the calendar for the month of May, 1984. As noted below the calendar, this item is "a sample page from The Toothpaste Press 1984 Calendar..... More

Pleasant Valley, NY: Kria Press, 1967. Limited First Printing. Single sheet. Signed by Diane di Prima. A broadside (11"x17") with the title poem by Diane di Prima, among the earliest & most significant female icons of the Beat Generation. One of a limited edition of 100 (un-numbered) copies printed by the Kria Press of Sri Ram Ashram. This copy is signed by the poet under her printed name below the..... More

Detroit, MI: The Alternative Press, n/d (circa 1970s). First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Diane di Prima. A broadside (8"x12") with the title poem by Diane di Prima, a key female poet & memoirist of the Beat Generation & beyond. A production of uncertain limitation by Ken & Ann Mikolowski's fabled Alternative Press when it flourished in Detroit. Undated, but probably from the 1970s. Below her printed name, di Prima..... More

n/p: Unknown, n/d (circa 1971). First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Diane di Prima. A broadside (6"x17") with the twenty-first poem of the Revolutionary Letters collection by Diane di Prima, a pioneering woman of the Beat Generation & beyond. The Revolutionary Letters were collectively published & added to in book form in various editions during the late 1960s through early 1970s, self-published by the poet & by various imprints including..... More

Portland, OR: Yes! Press, 1971. First Printing. Broadside. A broadside (9"x12&1/2") with the title poem by Diane di Prima, among the foremost female members of the Beat Generation & beyond. Issued as "No. 11 in a series of free poems for your pleasure..." (no longer, we're afraid) & copyrighted in 1971 by the poet. "The galaxy spirals toward shorter & shorter eras/crashing finesse of detail in its haste, I watch/soft..... More

Illustrated by Darcie Sanders. Chicago, Illinois: The Ravine Press, 1976. Limited Edition. 13" x 20" Broadside. This is #52/150. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrink wrap. Signed by Diane di Prima. Featuring an elegiac, haunting poem by Diane di Prima, among the few female members of the original Beat Generation. An important poet, publisher & memoirist for well over a half century, she is still active. The text is..... 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, issued in 1968 in a limited edition we believe consisted of under 200 copies. 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 poem, My Mother Would Be A Falconress..... 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