New York, NY; Urbana, IL: Viking Penguin Inc.; University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Western Lands," published in 1987, is the final volume of William S. Burroughs second trilogy (the "Cities of the Red Night" trilogy) and was preceded by the book that bore that title in 1981 and 1984's "The Place of Dead Roads." In the introductory acknowledgments, Burroughs thanks Norman Mailer & his "Ancient Evenings"..... More

New York, NY: Serpent's Tail, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Well, this is quite a collection--and it's an understatement to say (non-tokenistically, I'll add) that there is simply a ton of writing in here that the Beat Scholar / Beat Enthusiast should be aware of. It can be read as "historical," -- as in, parts regarding Elise Cowen are inseparable from understanding her role in the life of Allen Ginsberg and..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of a compilation of three novels by the late Kathy Acker, the provocative experimental author among whose influences was William S. Burroughs. Consisting of Kathy Goes to Haiti, originally published in 1978 in a limited small press edition; My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini, about the controversial, murdered Italian film director & first published..... More

Sunbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Lettered & Signed by (and with photograph of) Alan Ansen. "When Carl Solomon's Uncle, A.A. Wyn, the publisher of Ace Books, saw three chapters of THE VIGILANTES, he said, 'Ah, a study of the milieu.' The remark irritated me at the time (see the appended Statement); but I am now thirty-five years later inclined to see it as a fair comment..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1990. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Charles Baxter at his preface to James Perrizo. An anthology of poetry & short fiction from the first decade of Passages North, the literary journal "...from the Great Lakes Region (that) has won a national audience and critical acclaim."(from back cover) Edited by Elinor Benedict & with a preface by Charles Baxter. Baxter has signed this copy at his preface..... More

Kryss, Tom. Charlestown, OH: Black Rabbit Press, December 2008. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Small printed sheets bound into large card wrappers, containing 2 stories by John Bennett: The title story, & Yet Again. This item was sent out as a Christmas greeting by poet Tom Kryss to his friends. Artwork by Kryss printed on card stock & affixed to front cover. As New. More

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. "Jane Bowles has long had an underground reputation as one of the truly original writers of the last three decades. It is with special pleasure that we make her work available for the first time in its entirety." (from front flap) The definitive collection of writings by Jane Bowles (1917-1973), wife of Paul Bowles & among the most..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Paul Bowles. "He arrived in Tangier at noon and went straight to the house. In the rain the outer courtyard was uninviting. Several dead banana plants had fallen over and been left to rot on the tile floor. Even as old Amina, seeing him from the kitchen doorway, waddled out into the rain to greet him, he..... More

Zurich, Switzerland: Vittorio Santoro, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. "A query often put to me by journalists unable to invent better questions is: which one of all my stories do I like best. A meaningless question. Still, I reply, always giving the same title: 'The Time of Friendship.' It has neither personalized malevolent thought nor any violent behavior. The violent action is supplied by the approaching war. One is aware of..... More

New York, NY: Targ Editions, 1979. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies signed by Richard Brautigan. A late work by counterculture-cult author Richard Brautigan (1935-1984), direct successor/progeny of the Beat Generation & subject of an extensive recent biography by William Hjortsberg. As stated by the author, "this small collection of short stories was written in Tokyo and Montana between 1977 and 1978. The stories are positioned so as..... More

Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2005. First edition. Softcover. "Though best known as the author of two of the earliest Beat novels (Who Walk in Darkness and The Bold Saboteurs), Chandler Brossard (1922-93) displayed his exuberant imagination best in the shorter works he wrote during the second half of his life, all of which are collected here."(back cover) This volume is edited & with an introduction by Steven Moore, who..... More

New York: Olympia Press, 1970. First Edition. Softcover. A look at the "methedrine universe" of William S. Burroughs Jr., the ill-fated son of William S. Burroughs. A chronicle of the author's experiences, impressions & struggles with the drug which his mother was severely addicted to and passed onto him at birth. A classic work and a cornerstone in any Neo-Beat collection. The true first edition, published by the U.S. branch..... More

Paris, France: Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. "Naked Lunch is a blueprint, a How-to Book...Black insect lusts open into vast, other planet landscapes...Abstract concepts, bare as algebra, narrow down to a black turd or a pair of aging cajones..." (pg. 215) Among the essential primary works associated with the Beat Generation along with Allen Ginsberg's Howl & Jack Kerouac's On the Road, the significance & far-reaching influence of William..... More