New York, NY: Anne Waldman, 1982. First Edition. 45 RPM "Picture Sleeve" Single. Signed by Anne Waldman to Ken Mikolowski, Co-Founder of Detroit's Visionary Alternative Press. In the late 1970s Anne Waldman, Allen Ginsberg & others formed a coalition called the Rocky Flats Truth Force, a grassroots, nonviolent antinuclear group which protested the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant near the city of Golden, Colorado. Iconic photographs of the event were..... More
[Item #2958]
Boston, MA: Boston University, 1975-1976. First Editions. Wrappers. New Series Volume One Numbers 1 & 2; A First International Symposium. Three original volumes from the "New (second) Series" of this most influential literary journal, co-edited by Jerome Rothenberg & published by Boston University. Among the goals of the series was to explore the full range of humanity's poetry, including translations from tribal/oral traditions. Volume One, Number one features, among many..... More
[Item #1640]
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1991. First Edition. Flexi-Disc Record in Paper Sleeve. An old-time "Flexi-Disc" type floppy 7" record with readings of two of his poems by the late, legendary Beat-&-Beyond cult writer Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). The first work, "Love & Fame & Death," was published in Bukowski's 1974 collection, Burning in Water Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973; the second reading may be extemporaneous or unpublished. Originally, this..... More
[Item #3270]
New York, NY: Island Records, 1990. First Edition Cassette. In clear plastic case. Still sealed in shrinkwrap The vintage cassette version of William S. Burroughs' spoken word recording, with many classic routines including excerpts from Naked Lunch, & less well-known pieces. Still sealed in shrinkwrap, with adhesive residue on front & a barcode adhered to the back. They literally don't make 'em like this anymore, an ever-increasingly rare WSB collectible..... More
[Item #1432]
Portland, OR: Tim Kerr Records, 1992. Limited First Edition. 10" LP in Jacket. The only finished collaboration between William S. Burroughs, the foremost figure of the Beat Generation & beyond; & Kurt Cobain, the acclaimed, doomed Nirvana front man & pioneering grunge musician. WSB reads the title short work, originally published in Exterminator! (1973), with Cobain's dissonant guitar accompaniment. As noted in Schottlaender, this is a "10" one-sided EP picture..... More
[Item #3039]
Brussels, Belgium: Sub Rosa, 2013. First Edition Thus. LP. (Schottlaender E5, pg. 108). William S. Burroughs’ “Break Through in Grey Room” consists of mid-60s cut-up tape machine recordings made by WSB in various locations in London, Paris, & elsewhere. As James Grauerholz writes on the back cover blurb of the LP, “…now the wild boys were in the streets, in London and Paris too, and Burroughs was inspired to hope..... More
[Item #4157]
Greensboro, N.C. The University of North Carolina Press, 1999. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "This book chronicles the creative output of a poet and his long-standing relationships with painters and sculptors. Robert Creeley--poet, novelist, short story writer, essayist, editor and teacher...consistently produced books, prints, editions, and sculptures with numerous visual artists. They include some of the art world's most important voices of his generation, as well as subsequent generations..."In Company"..... More
[Item #2805]
New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Two Copies. The third release from one of the formative fathers of the San Francisco Renaissance, Lawrence Ferlinghetti. "These poems of voyage are autobiographical in that they grew out of Ferlinghetti's visits to Chile and Peru in 1960." (back flap) Offered here are two copies of paramount poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Starting from San Francisco." Included with all First Editions of..... More
[Item #2520]
New York, NY: Mercury Records/Mouth Almighty Records, Circa 1989. First Edition. Cassette Tape in Case. An audio recording of Allen Ginsberg's "The Lion For Real," with performances by the iconic Beat-&-Beyond poet of the title work & fifteen others, along with musical accompaniment. More familiar to Ginsberg collectors on LP & CD, this is a "Promotional Use Only" cassette version on Mouth Almighty/Mercury Records. The eventual trade/official versions (including by..... More
[Item #2859]
New York, NY: Mercury Records/Mouth Almighty Records, 1996. First Edition. CD in Case. A recording by Allen Ginsberg of three versions of his title poem, along with "Amazing Grace" (another of his poems, not the traditional spiritual hymn), set to music performed by stellar musician/composers including Phillip Glass, Lenny Kaye & Paul McCartney. Published in July of 1996, this is one of the latest works issued by the founding father..... More
[Item #2861]
n/p: Unknown, 1989. First Edition. Cassette Tape in Case. Signed by Philip Glass on Side 2 label. A cassette with three string quartets by the canonical contemporary composer Philip Glass, who turns 80 years young as we write! The compositions were String Quartets "No. 2(1983- Company)," "No. 3 (1985- Mishima)" & "No. 4 (1989- Buczak)," were performed by L'Ensemble on July 4, 1989, & recorded here. The latter piece had..... More
[Item #2866]
New York, NY: Larry Qualls and Associates/University Arts Resources, 1988. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by Bob Holman to James Perrizo. A collection of poems & other types of writings by Bob Holman, the popular & prolific practitioner of spoken-word performances associated with the St. Marks Poetry Project in NYC. Number 1 in the publisher's "Scripts & Scribbles" series. With 73 pieces followed by a section of notes..... More
[Item #2457]
Connemara, Ireland: Clo lar-Chonnachta, 2002. First Edition. Softcover; Compact Disc; Single Sheet. "Gearoid Mac Lochlainn's poetry is published here for the first time with English translations by various Irish writers and the poet himself. This ground-breaking new poetry explores the shifting relationships and conflicts between the Irish language and the English language in Ireland. His poems, poetic personae and recorded performance raise questions about the role of tradition in urban..... More
[Item #3935]
Santa Monica, CA: Geffen Records, 2000. First Edition. Both Signed by Sonic Youth Guitarist Thurston Moore. NYC Ghosts & Flowers, a 2000 album by Sonic Youth, is mainly a creative reaction to the theft of their instruments in July 1999, in which Irreplaceable guitars and effects pedals with numerous modifications were stolen. It is also the first Sonic Youth album to extensively use prepared guitar since 1985's Bad Moon Rising..... More
[Item #4142]
Ann Arbor, MI: OtherWind Press, Inc., 1989. First Printing. Softcover; Flexible Record Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. This number of the collectible literary journal, published here in Ann Arbor during the 1980s-90s, edited by Pat Smith & Marla Huber Smith, features "A Sequence," a poem by Cid Corman dedicated to the editors "Pat & Marla." Corman (1924-2004), the esteemed poet, editor & publisher, is most famous for his several series..... More
[Item #3304]
Ann Arbor, MI: OtherWind Press, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover; Flexible Record Sheet. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. This number of the noted literary journal published during the 1980s-90s here in Ann Arbor, Michigan, edited by Pat Smith & Marla Huber Smith, features an excerpt of a prose-poem dream-diary, "Our Journey Around the Drowned City of Is," by Clayton Eshleman. By this time (1988), Eshleman resided & taught in Ypsilanti, right..... More
[Item #3300]
Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1977. First Edition. Original Wraps. Book & 7" Record This recording was made live at Johns Hopkins University on April 30, 1976. Includes a ten-page book plus a 6-1/2" 33-1/3 rpm vinyl record of Rod McKuen reading the poem by Charles Plymell. The record has never been played. In very fine condition with only slight smudging on front cover & staples beginning to rust..... More
[Item #1313]
Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press; Fern Hill Records, 2005; 2007. First Editions. Softcover; CD. Book signed by publisher Thomas Rain Crowe. "A hybrid combination of wise old sage and someone teetering on the edge describes Ted Pope in performance. On the page his work, likewise, combines ancient wisdom and that which is out of control. A walking contradiction, he is infused with a kind of charge rarely experienced, either onstage..... More
[Item #4060]
Detroit, MI: Mick Vranich, 1989. First Edition. Cassette in Case. An original cassette studio recording of a reading-performance by Mick Vranich (1946-2010), a workingman poet-musician, somewhat in the tradition of Philip Levine, who was devoted to his gritty city of Detroit & died tragically as the result of a work-related injury. With four original poem-songs, two on each side, featuring Vranich on guitar & vocals; Mark Grafe on bass guitar;..... More
[Item #3156]
New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 1967. First Printing. Hardcover. The classic work of Pop Art in book form by Andy Warhol- silly, surreal & psychedelic. A statement by an enigma defined as much by the entourage at his Factory as by his own blank presence. This hardcover stated first printing contains all ten famous & fragile interior elements: An elaborate pop-up paper castle attached to two pages above the..... More
[Item #1868]