n/p: Unknown, 1982. First Printing. Single Sheet. A small (appx. 3&1/2"x8&1/2") broadside-flyer announcing a journey to the prehistoric cave art of France, led by Clayton Eshleman, poet-publisher-translator-educator-cave art authority. The journey was for sixteen days, from June 12-28, 1982. With descriptions of sites to be visited, seminars by Eshleman, biographical-bibliographical information, etc. Below the printed text, right on the bottom line-margin, is Eshleman's hand-signature. As quoted in italics from the... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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