New York, NY: Giorno Poetry Systems, 1979. First Edition. LP. The now-classic LP by William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), our patron saint-demon and the Founder’s Founder of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond, John Giorno (1936-2019); and Laurie Anderson (b. 1947). In 1981, Giorno Poetry Systems — the epochal, multimedia publishing enterprise of noted New York poet & artist, John Giorno — released You’re the Guy I Want to Share My Money With, a...... More

London, England, UK: Industrial Records Ltd., 1981. First U.K. Edition. Vinyl LP Record in Sleeve. "About These Recordings: The recordings on this album have been selected from a large number of reel to reel and cassette tapes stored in the William S. Burroughs Communications Archive in Kansas. Most of the tapes were made on domestic recorders and on some there was large-scale physical deterioration. Hi-Fi quality was impossible and the..... More

New York, NY, USA: Full Court Press, 1982. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Written at a turning point in his life- when he was kicking drugs in Tangiers, writing Naked Lunch, and emerging from the literary underworld, these letters from (William S.) Burroughs to his young friend (Allen) Ginsberg are not only an intimate, diaristic account of who was doing what, with whom and when, but also a record, as..... More

Brighton, England, UK: Urgency Press Rip Off Press, 1972. Limited Pirated Edition. Stapled Sheets. Signed by (pirate) publisher Roy Pennington. In 1965, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), Founder's Founder of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond who is the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise, published TIME, his cut-up parody of the "American Century" 's flagship publication (along with LIFE & FORTUNE), a key work in WSB's life-long effort to subvert the powers-that-be establishment's control..... 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

London, England, UK: Tangerine Press, 2023. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "He took some room with another gentleman. It was a long time ago. My brother he went crazy." "The Medics will look after your brother. We are interested in the other uh gentleman. Could you describe him?" "Well, Inspector, remember a young cop whistling 'Annie Laurie' down cobble stone streets eating an apple twirling his club? One very calm..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sore Dove Press, 2021; 2024. Limited Edition. Sheets in Folio. “In August of 2021 Jack Hirschman died in his sleep. As a way of mourning and healing from this enormous loss, I began drawing his portraits with charcoal on paper. I did a dozen or so from the photos of him that I had taken and a few from other people’s photos I found online. Then I...... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2021. Limited First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. An essay which originally appeared & can still be found on the indispensable website that serves as "A William S. Burroughs Community": Reality Studio (realitystudio.org). The author of this essay, archived under "Editor" on the RS site, is not named. Most probably it is Jed Birmingham, the venerable super-scholar & collector of WSB who is the chief..... More

Berkeley, CA: Joyce Jenkins, 1983. First Printing. Folded Sheets. “The photo on the cover of (Robert) Creeley’s collected poems is raw and suggestive. The editors might have shown him with a glass eye or wearing a raffish patch; instead, Creeley stares out at us with a wounded, empty left socket. It’s a painful image, and it seems to ask if that half of his vision isn’t the true one, looking..... More

Chicago, IL: Big Table Inc., 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "Dear Allen: On my way back to Bogota with nothing accomplished." (William S. Burroughs, pg. 44). The second issue of the renegade publication, edited by Paul Carroll (1924-1996) & created in reaction to the suppression of then-controversial literature proposed for inclusion in The Chicago Review. This issue contains "In Quest of Yage" (pgs. 44-64), the first appearance of excerpts..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Sewn Binding. Signed by Allen Ginsberg at his contribution. "They didn't smoke much of the legal "Ganja" until Mr. Orlovsky & I introduced that western notion & brought to their attention their own indigenous subliterary Shaivite pot-smoking & hymn-singing in the burning grounds as a usable poetic tradition." (Allen Ginsberg, pgs. 117-118). The second number (Cook 49, pgs. 53-54)..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Third Rail, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. "I don't see that writing is going to undergo any drastic changes. It hasn't...and indeed, it's hard to say how this could even happen. The medium has very definite limitations." (William S. Burroughs, pg. 94). Offered today is Third Rail: A Review of International Literature and the Arts No. 6 (Schottlander, C575, pg. 90). Third Rail burst onto the American literary..... More

London, England, UK: Sixpack/Pierre Joris, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. "...She drew her hands together and looked up at the frayed stars." (last sentence, Story, William S. Burroughs, pg. 6). Offered here is issue 6 of Pierre Joris' (1946-2025) Sixpack magazine of London, England, edited by Joris, W. R. Prescott & Victoria Smitter, featuring work from a host of familiar authors & poets known to many fans of the Beat Generation..... More