San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Public Library, 2001. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Gerald Nicosia. On December 5, 2001, a memorial event for Ken Kesey, who had died on November 10, was held at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium, hosted by Gerald Nicosia, the acclaimed critical biographer of Jack Kerouac; & Neeli Cherkovski, among the key figures of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance. The..... More

Ellsworth, ME; Eugene, OR: Backwoods Broadsides; Mountains & Rivers Press, 2003; 2005. Limited First Editions. Folded Sheet; sewn wrappers. Broadside inscribed & signed by Bob Arnold to Thomas Rain Crowe; chapbook signed by Bob Arnold. "If it just kept on raining/ -far past the notion of an ark/ would we have a new mythology/ to take its place" ("Getting Past the Text," pg. 12, Invent a World) Two collectible productions..... More

Plymouth, UK: Plymouth Arts Center, 1987. Single Sheet. A broadside-flyer (14" x 8&1/2") announcing the "Beat Dreams and Plymouth Sounds" event at the Plymouth Arts Centre in Plymouth, UK during June 6-7, 1987 (no year stated, but our research indicates that year with certainty). Subtitled "A celebration of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation through literature, film and Jazz," this event featured Carolyn Cassady (1923-2013), Neal Cassady's widow & memoirist..... More

N/P: Unknown, N/D. Presumed First Printing. Single Sheet. A large (11' x 14") poster on thick paper stock with reproduction of photograph on recto, blank verso. The person depicted is certainly Joe Brainard (1942-1994), the New York School-&-Way-Beyond, really sui generis writer & artist whose fertile & prolific career was tragically shortened by AIDS at age 42. Among his many acclaimed works is the unclassifiable & profound "I Remember" (which..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Oasis Publications, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. "(Breyten) Breytenbach has no ultimate truth to offer, no universal symbol to communicate. He has not prepared an aesthetic banquet for the senses, and there is no rhetoric in his visionary toasts. He shows unforgettably the plain facts of his panic paradise: Experiences of convulsion and passion, which he lived as a proud victim of his sensitivity, in a 'state of..... More

New York, NY: Aperture/ Silver Mountain Foundation, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Sewn Wrappers. This vintage number of the venerable, highbrow fine photography magazine features William S. Burroughs' short essay-introduction to a portfolio of images by Robert Walker entitled "Robert Walker's Spliced New York". This little gem of a piece is an expression of the broader ideas on photography as practiced by WSB himself, an elucidation of concepts that are similar..... More

n/p: Mill Springs Press, 1987. First Printing. Signed by Kathryn Stripling Byer. "Today she would change nothing,/ not even the wallpaper peeling/ like dead bark. Nor, outside, the shadows/ approaching the yard where ants/ toil like women in their houses of sand./ Never mind that the sun will be setting." (first stanza) A broadside (appx. 13" x 10" unfolded) with the title poem by Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944-2017), the Georgia-born..... More

Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1994. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large broadside (appx. 15" x 34&7/8") which announces & promotes the titled event, subtitled "A Habitat for Humanity Benefit/ plus food collected at door for Kentucky Harvest/ 70 Hour Music Poetry Theatre Dance Film Festival/ Largest Ever Music & Poetry Event in Kentucky History/ Featuring over 70 Bands & over 100 Poets." This landmark event was..... More

San Francisco, CA: Beatitude Press, 1976. First Printing. Folded Single Sheet. “My first response to Neeli was that he was a lot like a young version of Allen Ginsberg. A kind of publicist and traffic cop for what was going on around him. This kind of energy and enthusiasm attracted all kinds of people, both younger and older than him. In this sense, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Hand-numbered & signed by Tom Clark, with additional signature on loose prospectus card. "It is/ time/ to protest/ everywhere/ and in/ every/ way/ that the/ system/ of repression/ presently/ in force/ is more/ monstrous/ and degrading/ to/ mankind/ than any/ other/ that has/ ever/ been/ applied." ("applied," pg. 35) A collection of early (yet all-too-still-relevant) poems by Tom Clark..... More

Berkeley, CA; East Lansing, MI: Moe's Books/ Wesley B. Tanner; Robert Turney, 1991; n/d (circa 1987). First Printings. Single Sheets. Two rare pieces of ephemera by or of Tom Clark (1941-2018)- the great American poet, editor, novelist, biographer & artist who was originally associated with the New York School but ultimately developed a concise, varied style all his own: (1) A broadside (appx. 6&3/4" x 12") with the poem "Solstice,"..... More

Concord, MA; Ann Arbor, MI: Dancing Bear; University of Michigan Press, 1985; 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Postcard; Softcover. This comic stanza from the great Black Mountain School-&-Beyond poet Robert Creeley was composed on occasion of the infamous November 9, 1970 "Exploding Whale" incident in Florence, Oregon on the central Oregon coast. Oregon's Highway Division--after consulting with the United States Navy--decided to remove a 45-foot-long sperm whale from the beaches..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, n/d (Circa 1980s-1990s). First Editions. Single Sheets; Folded Sheet. "May It Continue" Broadside signed by Thomas Rain Crowe. We present the third & final bundled offering of rare broadsides by Thomas Rain Crowe, the acclaimed poet & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071..... More