Chicago, IL: Allied Radio Corporation, 1945. Tenth Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Nelson Magor Cooke (28 November 1903 – 30 November 1965) was a leader in developing electronic schools of the United States Navy, the recipient of the Navy Commendation Medal and Medal for Humane Action, a post-war engineering entrepreneur, and an author of books on applied mathematics and basic electronics. Authoring and editing several books on technical engineering and electronics, Cooke..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early eighth number of the collectible series of pamphlets published by the venerable Black Sparrow Press & dated May 1973 on front cover, features the title poem (or rather the series of short prose-poem paragraphs) by David Antin (1932-2016), the esteemed & pioneering poet, critic & performance artist. On front cover, as with other issues in this series..... More

Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2011; 1999. First German Edition; Original Artwork. Softcover; Single Sheet. Including original collage artwork signed & dated by Mary Beach. A unique pairing of two collectibles by Mary Beach (1919-2006), who along with her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002) was at the Paris-based center of cutting-edge cut-up writing & collage art. She was also the mother of Pamela Beach Plymell & therefore the mother-in-law of Legendary..... More

Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Peter Engstler Verlag, 2008. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 16&1/4" x 23&3/8") promoting the publication of a 2008 German edition of Mary Beach's Electric Banana. One of many iterations of this now-classic work influenced & with an introduction by William S. Burroughs, who collaborated with Beach (1919-2006) & her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002). WSB is briefly quoted here in German translation. Beach's daughter Pamela Beach Plymell..... More

London, England: Trigram Press, 1968. First Printing. Broadside. An oblong broadside (7&3/4"x19&3/4") with illustration & a very short haiku-like poem by Asa Benveniste (1925-1990), poet, publisher (of Paul Bowles among others) & bookseller. Benveniste was born in NYC, moved to the UK early in his life & stayed there for the rest of his life. This exquisite Benveniste collectible was produced in London in 1968 in an edition of unknown..... More

Ventura, CA: X-Ray Book Company, 2005. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. "...the cell pretends / protection but I sit unsatisfied / with oral walls which whisper words / & say 'the life's prolonged / supposition here is strong.'" (from Title Poem, "Cat Digging Walls"). A limited edition poetry broadside measuring 5" x 7" and printed letterpress on card stock by Master Printer Johnny Brewton at the X-Ray Book Company. Issued..... More

Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, Circa 1976. Limited First Printing. Postcard-Broadsides in Envelope. This is the third in a series of four sets of ten postcards printed by Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop's Burning Deck Press during 1974-1978. This set was designed & printed exclusively by Rosemarie Waldrop as indicated on recto of envelope. The Waldrops are both acclaimed, venerable poets, translators & educators, & have published many journals & books..... More

New York, NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. First Printing. Folded Card Stock. "To view these pictures puts the viewer in the position of the creative observer, who creates by observing. There is a distinct sensation when this creation occurs. One is looking at the picture, then a face, a narrow street filled with red mist, a mineshaft, an area of red huts, swim into view...here is a man pissing against..... More

Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1994. First Printing. Single Sheet. "Genius is not a generous thing/ In return it charges more interest than any amount/ of royalties can cover/ And it resents fame/ With bitter vengeance" (Fragment 1, first stanza) A broadside (appx. 11" x 22") with the title poem by Jim Carroll (1949-2009), the legendary poet, diarist & punk musician who was influenced by William S...... More

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf; Engdahl Typography, 1992; 1998. Advance Uncorrected Proof; Prospectus. Softcover; Single Folded Sheet. "In what would have been Raymond Carver's 60th year, and 10 years after his death, his poems- more than 300 in all- are collected here for the first time. All of Us brings together, in the order of their publication, the early poems of Fires, the mature work of Where Water Comes..... More

Easthampton, MA: Adastra Press, 2019. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Michael Casey. A small broadside (appx. 6&1/4" x 9&1/2") with the title poem by Michael Casey, a venerable American poet who is a Vietnam War veteran & whose first collection of poems, Obscenities (1972), is considered among the earliest to protest the war as it was still being fought. Casey was also born & raised in Lowell, Massachusetts..... More

San Francisco, CA: Features, 1970. First Edition. Stapled Sheets; Single Sheets. An early graphic production by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the great poet, editor & biographer who epitomizes our category of "The Prolific & Underappreciated." A classically produced late Mimeo Revolution production with images of a car going through the stages of washing at a typical American car wash facility. The very sparse text consists of bland captions below some of..... More

Santa Barbara, CA; n/p: University Center Gallery, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1983; Unknown. First Printings. Single Sheets. Both broadsides signed by Tom Clark. "The closer the bone the sweeter the bite:/ Among dark thoughts of slips between/ Cups and lips, afternoon meets night/ In the shadowed Hopper picture window" ("Somewhere in the West- A Riddle," first stanza) Two very rare broadsides by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the American poet, editor, novelist, biographer..... More