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
[Item #2064]
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico, Circa 1985. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski to James Perrizo. A broadside-poster (11"x17") announcing the University of New Mexico (UNM) Poets & Writers Series presentation of a series of readings during September, October & November of an unstated year which we believe to be approximately 1985. The featured poets & writers, listed in the following order, were: William... More
[Item #2738]
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
[Item #2043]
Dearborn, MI: Henry Ford Community College, circa 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. A letter-size (8&1/2"x11") flyer-announcement of "A Dramatic Reading from the Letters, Essays, and Poems of Antonin Artaud" featuring Clayton Eshleman, the esteemed poet, translator & educator; & the actor Earl Kingston. The event took place at Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, MI on December 1 of what was most likely the year of... More
[Item #2044]
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]
San Francisco, CA: Golden Mountain Press, 1958. Second Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. "Tentative Description..." is an arresting, poignant political poem that takes bold stabs at the sublime mediocrity of Eisenhower America. On verso is the title and author's name with Ferlinghetti's bold, flamboyant signature (last name only, as customary) in the space between them. The use of black ink throughout (including the Publisher's Device) and the absence... More
[Item #2514]
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: Privately Printed by the Author, N/D. First Edition. Broadside. A broadside (8 & 1/2" x 11") with the short title poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the giant of poetry and publishing, still active at age 97 as of this writing. Photo-copied or offset printed (?) reproduction of the poet's hand-writing and unusually full signature. Hand-written in ink at the bottom below signature and date is: "itekCRC #2 of... More
[Item #2548]
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1977. First Edition. Broadside. Broadside (10 & 3/4" x 17") with: Flyer, San Francisco, N/D. "On September 24, 1975, the South African (Afrikaner) poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment under South Africa's "terrorism" laws. The verdict in the Breytenbach case followed Breytenbach's own confused "confession" to the court. The circumstances of Breytenbach's trial are very disturbing, and... More
[Item #2540]
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1978. First Printing. Broadside. Broadside (8 & 1/2" x 14"). 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 days after the... More
[Item #2546]
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, New York: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited Edition. 14" x 19" including frame. Broadside This is lettered copy "J," either out of 100 copies total or 26 lettered copies in addition to 100 numbered copies. An illustrated broadside featuring a short poem by Allen Ginsberg, composed under the influences as indicated in the title, in June 1966. Ginsberg was in full hippie bloom a decade after his groundbreaking arrival... More
[Item #1659]
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]
Boulder, CO: Naropa Institute, Circa 1974. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (12"x19") entitled "Dawn of Tantra," announcing a poetry reading presented by the Naropa Institute (now Naropa University) at Macky Auditorium in Boulder, Colorado on Tuesday, July 30 of an un-noted year which we are reasonably certain was 1974. The reading featured three iconic poets of the Beat Generation & beyond: Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg & Anne Waldman... More
[Item #2510]
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]