Detroit, MI: The Alternative Press, 1970. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. “I knew and liked Bukowski’s poems from before we started the press in 1969. We had been corresponding and he seemed to like our format of poetry postcards, broadsides, bookmarks, bumper stickers, etc. So it was only a natural process to get something from him and publish it. Even though the poem ‘chilled green’ was printed, we did something..... More

San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1976. First Printing. Single Sheets. "I get many phonecalls [sic] now. / they are similar: / "are you Charles Bukowski, / the writer?" / "yes," I tell them. / and they tell me / that they understand my / writing, / and some of them are writers / or want to be writers / and they have dull and / torturous jobs / and..... More

West Branch, IA: The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger, 1981. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. “my cat | leaped | into the fireplace | burning | as Van Gogh | slit | the rear screen | and entered | looking | for | the blue whore | of nowhere.” (night work) This postcard-sized poetry broadside features Charles Bukowski’s (1920-1994) “night work,” which is from Bukowski’s 1981 collection Dangling in the Tournefortia..... More

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. Limited First Edition. Folded Sheet. “Vallejo writing about / loneliness while starving to / death; / Van Gogh’s ear rejected by a / whore; / Rimbaud running off to Africa / to look for gold and finding / an incurable case of syphilis; / Beethoven gone deaf; / Pound dragged through the streets / in a cage; / Chatterton taking rat poison;..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. Single Sheet. "...and here | as ever | is the | typewriter." (last stanza, "I Pour a Drink and Toast to Love"). Offered today is the promotional broadside/card I Pour a Drink and Toast to Love (Debritto A172, pg. 87). Originally published in Relentless as the Tarantula in 1986 (Debritto A100, pg. 53) and titled "I Pour a Drink and Toast the Love..... More

New York, NY: No Publisher, 1989. First Printing. Single Sheet. A xerox copy of a prospectus for the famed 1989 exhibition of works by the great American artist, Keith Haring (1958-1990) & our Patron Saint-Demon here at Third Mind Books, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997). Featured on the prospectus is an artwork from “The Valley,” a portfolio of etchings by Haring intended as illustrations for the final chapter of WSB’s novel..... More

Bolinas, CA: Yanagi, 1977. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. An oblong (16&1/2"x11") broadside featuring a short, dark poem by Jim Carroll (1949-2009), the legendary poet, diarist & punk musician who was influenced by William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith & many others with whom he commiserated in the gritty atmosphere of pre-gentrified NYC. Featuring an image of clay sculptures evoking NYC buildings by Marc Blane. A very rare, haunting..... More

Chicago, IL: Esquire, Inc., 1971; 1978. First Printings; Manuscript Notes. Sheets in Bound Scrapbook-Portfolio. Including sheet of hand-written notes by Albert Glover. "Ten years ago I had the fortune of meeting a Yaqui Indian from Northwestern Mexico. I call him "don Juan." In Spanish, "don" is an appellative used to denote respect. I made don Juan's acquaintance under the most fortuitous circumstances. I was sitting with Bill, a friend of..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1969. First Edition. Single Sheet. This postcard (appx. 4 & 5/8" x 7”) designed by David Singer (b. 1941) promotes a concert series which took place on December 11-14, 1969 featuring The Chambers Brothers, The Nice & King Crimson, and was produced by the legendary impresario Bill Graham (1931-1991). David Singer is a pioneering rock poster artist who designed over 75 posters for Graham, blending..... More

San Francisco, CA: Twenty-Two Press, 1976. First Edition. Single Sheet. Inscribed, dated, and signed with illustration by Neeli Cherkovski to Thomas Rain Crowe. “I met Neeli early on and we became ‘compatriots’ almost immediately. He was really the person who introduced me to everyone and to what was going on in San Francisco during my first weeks and months there. In that sense he was very generous with his time..... More

San Francisco, CA: S.F. Poets Against Repression in South Korea, 1976. First Edition. “The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.”--Kim Il-Sung. Kim Chi Ha (1941–2022), born Kim Yeongil, was a South Korean poet and playwright. As a student, Kim participated in the April Revolution which saw the toppling of the oppressive regime of Syngman Rhee (1875–1965) in April..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1970. First Edition, Second Printing. Single Sheet. This postcard designed by David Singer (b. 1941) promotes a concert series which took place on January 8-11, 1970 at the Fillmore West featuring The Guess Who, Seals & Croft, and Chicago produced by the legendary impresario, Bill Graham (1931-1991). After his discharge from the Navy in 1964, Singer settled in San Francisco, working at various jobs and..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Poets Theatre, 1973. First Printing. Single Sheet. Offered here is the incredibly rare promotional flyer for an infamous, well-documented reading Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) gave at the City Lights Poets Theatre in San Francisco, CA on September 14, 1973. The audio for this reading, which was released as an LP (also highly-desired by collectors) as “Bukowski: Poems & Insults! – Live Reading, City Lights Poets Theater..... More