Boston, MA & New York, NY: Bedford/ St. Martin's, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. With ephemera incl. autograph note signed by Ann Charters. "I have wanted to compile this anthology of American short stories for a long time. For the past fifteen years, the process of editing five editions of The Story and Its Writer has given me ample opportunity to research the development of the genre. More than three years..... More

San Francisco, CA: Committee on the Breytenbach Case, 1977. First Printings. Single Sheets. "It was actually Stephen Schwartz who was first to call our attention to Breytenbach’s case. He, being the vocal presence that he was, got fired up about the injustices being brought to bear on Breytenbach and had actually written up a flyer of his own that he was distributing around North Beach to everyone. That flyer eventually..... More

Canton, NY: Albert Glover, 1972. First Edition. Loose Sheets in Envelope. "on this side of under, the dark not/ so much unknown but un conscious un/ deliberate, non directed by// a yearning of one's "soul" save/ to die side, just over the brrok/ which is a thin gold thread// beneath dawn's heaven, just above/ a blue haze day burns away, coming/ out of dreams a voice I've called// CROW speaking..... More

New York, NY, USA: The Poetry Project, 1974. Mimeograph Facsimile. Stapled Sheets. A contemporary mimeograph facsimile of the early twelfth number of the venerable New York School-&-Beyond Poetry Project's newsletter, edited by Bill MacKay. The primary figures among the various cutting-edge groups mentioned for live events or tributes here are too dizzyingly numerous to mention them all, but include: Gregory Corso, Kenward Elmslie, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Michael McClure, Jerome..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. “This Sunday’s program features music by the Detroit Contemporary 4 (Charles Moore, cornet; Ron English, guitar; John Dana, bass; & Danny Spencer, drums), with special guest Ronnie Johnson, drums, who will take part in some of Charles Moore’s experiments for 2 drummers.” (first paragraph) The twenty-fourth flyer-announcement produced by John Sinclair & Robin Eichele’s Detroit Artists’ Workshop relating to their..... More

Detroit, MI: Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. “The Artists’ Worksheet is printed weekly by the Artists’ Workshop Press. 1252 West Forest, Detroit 48201, & is distributed locally & by mailing list. The Worksheet serves as a public “platform” for the work-in-progress, working drafts, & finished drafts of Detroit poets & writers. Copies can be obtained at the Artists’ Workshop, either thru the week or at the Sunday afternoon..... More

Detroit, MI: Artists' Workshop, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. “Music this week is again by the Workshop’s houseband, the Pierre Rochon/Bob McDonald Quintet, with trombonist Patrick LaNier, bassist Frank Vojcek, & drummer Ronald Johnson. Pierre is the trumpeter, Bob plays piano. The Detroit Contemporary 5, the Workshop’s first houseband, will play the 2nd set of the afternoon, after the readings. The group comprises Charles Moore, cornet; Brent Majors, saxophone; Hach..... More

San Francisco, CA: 1979. First Printing. Single Sheet. Offered here is a unique piece of Second San Francisco Renaissance ephemera relating to the great Russian poet, Andrei Voznesensky (1933-2010). “Voz” — as he’s known, colloquially to his readers — has long enjoyed association with several giants of Mid-Century American Verse (particularly in the Beat/Beat-affiliated context, such as here. He enjoys the separate, additional distinction, however, of having earned the respect..... More

New York, NY, USA: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1976. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Derek Walcott was aptly described...as "one of the handful of brilliant historic mythologists of our day." Sea Grapes deepens this major poet's search for true images of the post-Adamic "new world"- especially those of his native Caribbean culture. Walcott's rich and vital naming of the forms of island life is complemented by poems set in America and..... More

New York, NY, USA: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1956. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Whether acting in Shakespeare, sawing a woman in half, or frightening a radio audience into thinking the Martians have landed, Orson Welles always gives a virtuoso performance. Now he does so again in a new medium, a spellbinding suspense novel set in postwar Europe. The fabulous Mr. Arkadin, tremendously powerful, unbelievably wealthy, with a finger in many..... More

Canton, NY: Institute for Further Studies, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “As a young prince of the United Kingdom, and as a president in the United States, my prior thought was to consider the general editorship of Vogue magazine in mind to addition my revered, though backward impression of woman, and especial women, who have pleased me, in public and, or in private. First came to my memory Melissa Hayden..... More

N/P: Privately Published, 1975. First Edition. Single Sheet. Peter Wychell is an artist of whom, unfortunately, little is known. Presumably a friend of Albert Glover’s (b. 1942), or at the very least a local artist that Glover commissioned for art and wanted to highlight. Offered today is the original artwork A Voice of His Own. An impressionistic, surreal portrait of intimacy and raw humanity, A Voice of His Own, hashed..... More

San Francisco, CA: Gene Anthony, 1967. Artist Proof. Single Sheet. Signed & numbered by photographer & artist Gene Anthony. A print (appx. 11” x 17”) featuring a photo of Jim Morrison (1943-1971) of The Doors during a performance at the KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, an event held June 10 and 11 of 1967 at the Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre high on the south face of Mount Tamalpais..... More