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
[Item #2065]
Ann Arbor, MI: Shaman Drum Bookshop, 1987. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (8&1/2"x14") announcing a party for the French poet-philosopher Michel Deguy at Shaman Drum Bookshop in Ann Arbor, Michigan held on October 10, 1987. Shaman Drum hosted many important readings & receptions during its three decades as Ann Arbor's premier independent bookstore, serving as a legendary gathering place &..... More
[Item #2066]
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
[Item #2069]
n/p: Unknown, 1988. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (approx. 11"x17") announcing a poetry reading by Clayton Eshleman, the prolific poet, editor, translator & educator. The event was held on October 19, 1988, perhaps at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan where Eshleman was then a professor. At the bottom edge, the poet has hand-written: "For Jim Perrizo. (signed) Clayton Eshleman..... More
[Item #2068]
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
[Item #2071]
Chicago, IL: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed & dated by Clayton Eshleman to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (11"x14") announcing the title event at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago held on March 18, 1988. Michigan-based poet Clayton Eshleman is the leading translator into English of the works of Caesar Vallejo (1892-1938), the great Peruvian poet & playwright. At this event..... More
[Item #2067]
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
[Item #2072]
Boston, MA: Impressions Workshop, Inc., 1967. Limited Edition. 27 1/2" x 20 1/2" Broadside. This is #29/200. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; signed & numbered by illustrator. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. This large beautiful broadside, one of a limited edition of 200, features a short poem by legendary Beat poet & publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a quintessentially hip, humorous & irreverent parody of a traditional prayer. Boldly signed by..... More
[Item #1655]
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
[Item #2110]
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1978. Stated Third Printing (Dated 1-1-79). Broadside. Broadside (8 & 1/2" x 11"). On Nov. 27th, 1978, City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in U.S. history and San Francisco mayor George Moscone were assassinated by Dan White, a former police officer who had clashed with Milk over gay rights issues. In true protest-poet, activist fashion, it was a mere two..... More
[Item #2547]
San Francisco, CA: Privately Printed by the Author, 1979. First Printing. Broadside. A broadside (8" & 1/2" x 11") reprinting a poem-editorial originally published in the New York Times on May 12, 1979. "A Nation of Sheep" is a litany on the molding of the continent resultant from the atomic burst of money-grabbing entrepreneurial activity that gave birth to super industry America. Yet another of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's time-tested classics, the..... More
[Item #2549]
San Francisco, CA: Sore Dove Press, 2009. First Edition. Broadside. Signed by Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti & Printer Bill Roberts A broadside published in March 2009 in honor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 90th birthday, featuring a passage from his classic, A Coney Island of the Mind. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Ferlinghetti. This special copy is hand-marked "Printer's Copy 2 of 10" & is also signed/initialed by printer Bill Roberts..... More
[Item #1554]
Cambridge, MA: The Pomegranate Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Poet Frederick Morgan & illustrator Karyl Klopp A broadside (approx. 11&1/2"x18&1/4") with the title poem, a translation of ancient Chinese text by the acclaimed American poet Frederick Morgan (1922-2004). The five stanzas are musings on the four directions of the compass, & the center from which they emanate. With illustrations by noted artist Karyl Kloop. One of..... More
[Item #2162]
Pleasant Valley, NY: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed & with hand-written information by Bob Wilson. An illustrated broadside (13"x18") featuring a short poem by Allen Ginsberg, composed under the influence as indicated in the title, in June 1966. Ginsberg was in full hippie bloom a decade after his groundbreaking arrival on the scene as one of the most important members of the original Beat Generation. Issued..... More
[Item #2169]
San Francisco, CA: Intersection Coffee Gallery/Amaranth Press, 1977. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (20"x13") announcing the exhibit "Poems on Paper: An Exhibit of Bay Area Broadsides 1955-1977" which was held at the Intersection Coffee Gallery in San Francisco during March 22-May 5, 1977. Among the poets whose broadsides were exhibited were Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Kenneth Patchen, Gary Snyder, Jack Spicer, Lew Welch, Philip Whalen..... More
[Item #2593]
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, circa 1977. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Allen Ginsberg. A broadside-poster (11" X `7") announcing events at a Fine Arts Festival at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill which took place during March 16-27 of 1977 (though no year is mentioned, our curatorial research has determined that year with certainty). The first event noted in the..... More
[Item #2058]
Grindstone City, MI: The Alternative Press, 1979. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Bob Rosenthal as himself & as "Allen Ginsberg." "I'll tell my deaf mother on you! Fall on the floor/ and eat your grandmother's diapers! Drums, / Whatta lotta Noise you want a Revolution?" (first three lines of poem) A small broadside (approx. 8" x 10&1/2") with the title poem by Allen Ginsberg, a founding father of..... More
[Item #3192]
California, PA: COSMEP, 1980. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (11"x17") announcing a COSMEP (Committee of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers) Conference at California State College in California, Pennsylvania during June 15-22, 1980. Among those noted to conduct readings & workshops were Allen Ginsberg, a primary founder of the Beat Generation; Arthur & Kit Knight, the pioneering Beat scholarship & publishing team that issued the important series of publications under..... More
[Item #2634]
Lowell, MA: Corporation for the Celebration of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large poster (16"x22") announcing an appearance by Allen Ginsberg, primary poet of the Beat Generation, on March 17, 1986, at a venue in Lowell, Massachusetts. The event was part of a celebration of Jack Kerouac around the time of what would have been his sixty-fourth birthday (March 12) in his hometown. With reproduction..... More
[Item #2183]
Ann Arbor, MI: Jewel Heart; The Alternative Press, 1997. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers; Single Sheets. During May 24, 1997, less than two months after his passing on April 5, a major Allen Ginsberg Memorial event took place in the venerable Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Offered here are three rare mementos of this reverent gathering to honor the memory of a Founding Father of the..... More
[Item #3321]
San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco Oracle, Circa 1967. First Printing (presumed). Single Sheet. A print (approx. 11&1/2"x14&1/2") with illustration by the legendary artist Rick Griffin (1944-1991), creator of iconic poster, album & underground comix artworks. The image depicted is entitled "The Oracle" & appears to be a variation of Griffin's front cover artwork for the sixth issue of The San Francisco Oracle, published in 1967. The Oracle was a...... More
[Item #2737]
Oxford, England: Sycamore Press, 1969. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (13"x8") with the title poem by Thom Gunn (1929-2004), the Anglo-American poet originally associated with "The Movement" style along with Philip Larkin et al. in England, & later a pioneer in the exploration of gay themes while residing in San Francisco. The poem is dedicated to Jere Franzway. Issued as Sycamore Broadsheet 6, in what we have seen references..... More
[Item #2168]
London, England: Poem-of-the-Month Club Ltd., 1971. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Thom Gunn. A broadside (11"x15&1/2") with the title poem by Thom Gunn (1929-2004), the acclaimed Anglo-American poet first associated with Philip Larkin & other members of "The Movement" in England, then with gay themes in San Francisco. A deeply evocative poem that conjures the poet's legendary bohemian life. Gunn has hand-signed his name below the printed text of..... More
[Item #2172]
n/p: Unknown, Circa 1960. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11"x14") with an untitled poem (first line: "This is a coop"/) by Jack Hirschman, printed in a facsimile of his handwriting & signature on cream-colored paper. Hirschman's long, prolific career as an acclaimed poet, translator & activist has included his appointment as Poet Laureate of San Francisco & founding of the International Poetry Festival there. He is authentically of the..... More
[Item #2175]
London, England: The Goliard Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (7&1/2"x12&3/4") with an untitled poem (first line: "Wasn't it like"/) by Jack Hirschman, the prolific poet, translator & activist who was the Poet Laureate of San Francisco & founded the International Poetry Festival there. One of an edition of 100 copies, not numbered, out of which 75 copies are unsigned as here. An exquisite production by the..... More
[Item #2176]