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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

San Francisco, CA: The Brownstone Press, 1970. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (12&3/4"x18&1/2") with the title poem by Jack Hirschman. A most prolific & revered poet associated with the Beats, Hirschman was the Poet Laureate of San Francisco, where he founded the International Poetry Festival. Issued as Butterfly Broadside No. 2 in an unknown limitation. A beautiful production, with repetitive rows & columns of illustrations (including butterflies) on the..... More

n/p: The Lost Pleiade Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (8"x11") with an untitled poem (first line: "Time of the people changed to prayer"/) by acclaimed poet, translator & activist Jack Hirschman, former Poet Laureate of San Francisco, where he founded the International Poetry Festival. One of 300 copies, not numbered, printed by Noel Young for The Lost Pleiade Press in August 1974. A handsome production with..... More

Louisville, KY: The Literary Renaissance, 1993. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11"x17") announcing the appearance of Grateful Dead member Robert Hunter at the University of Louisville. As noted on the broadside, Hunter, in addition to being the primary lyricist for the Grateful Dead, wrote lyrics for Bob Dylan, Jefferson Starship & others; he has also published his own poems & translations of some works by Ranier Maria Rilke. The..... More

New York, NY: Portents (Ann & Samuel Charters), 1967. First Edition. Folded broadside. A limited edition broadside, one of 200 copies (no sequence #). Large sheet of orange-rust stock folded to make a 4-page booklet, with a poem by Jack Kerouac, "An Imaginary Portrait of Ulysses S. Grant/Edgar Allen Poe", & on the facing page a tipped-in photograph by Ann Charters of a painting by Hugo Weber, shown on its..... More

Cassady, Carolyn. California, PA: Arthur & Kit Knight, 1977. First Printing. Single Sheet. A bold broadside (14" x 22") issued as Vol. 6 of The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series by Arthur & Kit Knight, the pioneer Beat revival publishers. With the title poem by Jack Kerouac about his legendary friend & muse, Neal Cassady, dated March 30, 1954; & an illustration of Kerouac by Carolyn Cassady, Neal's wife..... More