New York, NY: RCA, 1974. Special Promotion Edition. Vinyl LP Record in Sleeve. An enormously interesting LP by David Amram (b. 1930), the great American composer, author, arranger, songwriter, & conductor in which he discusses his wide-ranging artistic activities (up to that point) and features samples of his then-new music. Among the intriguing stories Amram tells is one in which Bob Dylan (b. 1941) is living down the road from..... More

New York, NY: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Ted Berrigan to the poet & noted mimeograph revolutionary, Lee Harwood. The debut volume of poetry by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the great American poet, publisher, and mimeograph revolutionary most closely affiliated with the “New York School” of poets. In 1978, while writing to Anne Waldman (b. 1945), Berrigan described the “technical achievement”..... More

New York, NY, USA: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. From the collection of Albert Glover, with his ownership stamp. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Ted Berrigan likes to read a lot. He is smart, as well as being intelligent. I like the way he walks and I like the way he talks. He is a real poet, 24 hours a day, and a wonderful person." (Joe Brainard, from..... More

Canton, NY: Intsitute of Further Studies, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "65 years and 202 days since the Kaliyuga sunk in Lake Huron carrying a load of iron ore and a crew of sixteen. The seventeenth, John Murphy Second Mate had left the ship when it docked at Erie Pa. so that he could visit some friends in Buffalo." (excerpt, epigraph). American poet & translator Michael Bylebyl's (1896-1974)..... More

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. A volume of short stories by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the brilliant & prolific New York School-&-Beyond poet, editor, biographer, novelist & story writer as here, who epitomizes our category of "The Prolific & Underappreciated." With the title story & 23 other varied tales of satire, dead-pan humor, topicality & his particular interests including baseball. We here offer..... More

Brighton, England: Ian Potts, 1975. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by Andrew Crozier to Albert Glover. "Ever since man learned to judge the time of day from length or direction of the sun's shadows, the sun has been the primary standard of time keeping." (Opening sentence to "Introduction To My Sundials"). The poem Seven Contemporary Sun Dials by British painter & poet Ian Potts (1936-2014) is a...... More

Buffalo, NY: Anonym Press, 1968. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by Allen DeLoach. "O Walt the pulse of America's rhythm/ deafens my ears- the sound nocturnal-/ America's bed is becoming a Dracula coffin/ at night her wings fly the earth spilling blood" (Part I, first stanza, unpaginated) A poem by Allen DeLoach (1939-2002), the American author, publisher & editor who was very active in the Beat..... More

New York, NY, USA: The Kulchur Foundation, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. "Rebellious/ students/ Rebellious students/ hurled/ firebombs/ hurled firebombs,/ darts/ and rocks/ darts and rocks.// A billowy/ haze/ a billowy haze/ of sweet/ smoke/ of sweet smoke/ rose/ through the purple/ spotlights" ("Balling Buddha," first two stanzas, pg. 7) An early collection of poems by John Giorno (1936-2019), the innovative & influential New York School-&-Beyond multimedia poet/artiste who was, quite..... More

New York, NY, USA: Dead Language Press, 1962. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Piero Heliczer. "this sphynx white mourning/ a sphynx white after noon// the sphynx breasts and/ sphynx white haunches// and ants running along sphynx lips/ curled softly and eyes/ white/ passport of sphynxes ("Poem Number One," first stanzas, unpaginated) An early collection of poems by Piero (Giorgio) Heliczer (1937-1993), the Italian-American poet, publisher, actor & filmmaker who..... More

New York, NY, USA: Grove Press/ Evergreen Books, 1959. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Ko, or A Season on Earth, is the first poem of epic length and spirit to appear on the American scene in more than 30 years. Following the great comic tradition of Orlando Furioso and Don Juan, Kenneth Koch has written a poem with a subtle interweaving of plots which unfold during one spring season in Cincinnati..... More

Kerhonkson, NY: Poets Press, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. A sui generis volume of so-called “Psychedelic Prayers” by Timothy Leary (1920-1996), the enigmatic-&-notorious subject of “Legend of a Mind” by the Moody Blues (the psych-rock classic of 1968) among several other distinctions. In all seriousness, though: Leary’s legacy is one that’s complexified, not clarified, by the scope of his life and the sum of its elements. We pick up his story..... More

Canton, NY: The Institute of Further Studies, 1990. Limited First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “Sometime after Charles Olson’s [1910-1970] death in January 1970, I told Jack Clarke I wanted to publish some kind of tribute to Olson. He responded by sending me a copy of “A Plan for a Curriculum of the Soul,” which Olson had sent to us for publication in The Magazine of Further Studies No. 5. On..... More

New York, NY: Poets' Press, 1969. Second Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A collection of odes by the American poet, Frank O’Hara (1926-1966). O’Hara, as many Beat-&-Beyonders know, was closely associated with both the New York School and the Beat Generation in New York. The odes collected here are generally either thematically oriented (as in his “Ode on Causality”) or deal with such New York Art World staples as Willem de Kooning..... More