Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 78 enters with an interview of Albert Saijo, friend of Lew Welch, Allen Ginsberg, Joanne Kyger, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, & Jack Kerouac. The issue continues with a valuable interview of Beat poet and social pioneer Ed Sanders, and a speculative take on Kerouac as "Father of the American Haiku." Also jarred within the issue is a.... More about Beat Scene No. 78 (Early Summer 2015

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collection, Burning in Water Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955-1973; the second reading may be extemporaneous or unpublished.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 about Love & Fame & Death; I've Always Had Trouble With Money

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 about Speed

Paris, France: Editions Pierre Belfond, 1969. First Printing. Softcover. This is the first printing of the very first edition of Daniel Odier's interviews with William S. Burroughs, later published in many French & English-language editions more familiarly to WSB collectors as The Job. On the final, colophon page is a printing date of January 17, 1969, & a legal notice of the first trimester of that year. These are among... More about Entretiens avec William Burroughs

New York: Blast Books, Inc., 1991. First Edition. Paperback. An anthology of writings on drug experiences, edited by John Strausbaugh and Donald Blaise. Foreword by William S. Burroughs. Other contributors include Antonin Artaud, Jean Cocteau, Sigmund Freud, Herbert Huncke, Aldous Huxley & many others. A rare and most interesting item, issued only in softcover. Near Fine. More about The Drug User Documents 1840-1960

San Francisco, CA: New College, Circa 1970s. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large broadside-poster (17&1/2"x23") announcing a poetry reading by two legendary poets- Ed Dorn & Ed Sanders. Dorn (1929-1999) is among the most important poets of the Black Mountain School, most famous for his magnum opus, Gunslinger, first published in its entirety in 1975. Sanders is among the key figures in the literary, publishing & musical counterculture of the... More about Poetry Reading Announcement Broadside-Poster

London, England: Love Books, 1965. First Edition. Soft Cover. Long Hair Number 1 was published in 1965 by Love Books in London by Barry Miles, manager of the Indica Bookshop & Gallery in London & later bibliographer & biographer of William S. Burroughs. Featuring contributions from notable Beat, New York School poets and others, Long Hair was one of the first mimeo literary magazines to help pave the way from... More about Long Hair Number 1

Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled. Edited by Allen De Loach and published as part of the Beau Fleuve Series, this scarce booklet features long poem by Peter Orlovsky and back cover photograph of nude Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky by Richard Avedon. In very fine condition except for a very small red felt-tip pen mark on mid-upper right of front cover. Fine. More about Dear Allen: Ship Will Land Jan 23, 58

San Francisco, CA: Anonym Press, 1972. First Printing. Softcover. As stated in the introduction by editor Mark Robison, this is "...a discussion of modern poetry between Allen Ginsberg, Michael Aldrich, Edward Kissam, and Nancy Blecker at Ginsberg's farm in Cherry Valley, New York on November 26, 1968...Ginsberg depicts with minute detail how he implements what could be called a marked vocalization of mind thought and how the actual physical circumstance... More about Improvised Poetics

Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. "In 1981 over seventy writers from various parts of the world and of diverse backgrounds and beliefs gathered together to address important questions facing writers today: What is the writer's role in making the rest of humanity aware of injustice, oppression, and tyranny? Does the writer have a responsibility to society or to art only? How does the writer function under... More about The Writer and Human Rights: In Aid of Amnesty International

New York, NY: Interim Books, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Sheets Bound in Wrappers. Signed by poet Diane Wakoski at her contribution. The third number of a quintessential exemplar of "The Mimeograph Revolution" literary phenomenon during the 1960s. Edited by the prolific longtime poet & publisher Kirby Congdon (whom we believe is still active in Key West at about age 95 as of this writing); & published/distributed by poet-painter Jay Socin... More about Magazine Three

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Ben Pleasants. Signed, numbered, Limited Edition (#76/125). In this undiscovered gem from Kevin Ring's Beat Scene Press, Los Angeles Poet, playwright, & journalist Ben Pleasants delivers an article on the hilarious-yet-inconceivable infighting that ran rampant in the private lives of myriad influential American authors in and around San Francisco in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Rexroth... More about Rexroth, Bukowski and the Politics of Literature

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2009. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Number 20 in the Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series published by Kevin Ring in the UK, this is the transcript of an interview with Carl Weissner conducted by Ring about his experiences with legendary cult writer Charles Bukowski. Weissner translated some of Bukowski's works from English into German (he was also the translator of works by William... More about Charles Bukowski's Secret Agent