Third Mind Books

New York, NY: Coronet Communications, Inc., 1970. First Printing. Softcover. An exemplary softcover-original specimen of commodified radicalism from the 1960s, just as it was beginning to coagulate from peaceful flower-power into stridency (as signified by the cover image of a hippie couple, the woman giving the peace sign while the man raises his clenched fist). With articles & poetry by the now-venerable NYC journalist Nat Henthoff, poet & Warhol "factory"..... More

San Francisco, CA: beatitude Magazine, 1979. First Printing. Softcover. North Beach/San Francisco Poetry. The twentieth anniversary issue of the iconic North Beach-San Francisco Beat journal co-founded by poet Bob Kaufman in 1959. This issue, edited by Neeli Cherkovski & Raymond Foye, features an essay-tribute on Kaufman by Foye, poems by Kaufman, & contributions from an impressive roster of poets including many of the (mostly) then-surviving members of the Beat Generation..... More

Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Ray Bremser to Kevin Guldy & relations. One long, jazz-inflected poem by Beat poet Ray Bremser (1934-1998). Issued as Number Four in the Beau Fleuve Series by the Intrepid Press, published & edited by Allen De Loach, whose legendary series of Intrepid & other journals feature the works of William S. Burroughs & many other iconic Beat figures. One..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1976. First Printing. Softcover. A compendium of excerpts from speeches, press conferences, etc. by California Governor Edmond G. (Jerry) Brown, Jr. from early in his first term. Published by City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's iconic imprint which produced Allen Ginsberg's Howl & so many other Beat Generation classics. Now serving again, Brown was a most iconoclastic political & cultural figure during his first tenure..... More

Miami, FL: Press of the Black Flag, 1970. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Creeley. A broadside (7"x11&1/2") with the short, fierce title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), an affiliate of the Beats, Black Mountain College & in the pantheon of American poets. With his hand-signature above his printed name. No reference to publisher or limitation, but our research indicates this was printed by the Press of the Black..... More

Paradise, CA: Dustbooks, 1975. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed & mostly inscribed by seven Folsom Prison convict-writers. "The members of the Folsom Writers' Workshop gratefully dedicate this book to all imprisoned men and women throughout the world whose voices are still captive." (dedication) A compilation of writings by inmates of Folsom Prison, the foreboding American penitentiary where Johnny Cash conducted his famous recorded concerts. With poetry, prose, illustrations & even..... More

n/p: Unknown, Circa 1960. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11"x14") with an untitled poem (first line: "This is a coop"/) by Jack Hirschman, printed in a facsimile of his handwriting & signature on cream-colored paper. Hirschman's long, prolific career as an acclaimed poet, translator & activist has included his appointment as Poet Laureate of San Francisco & founding of the International Poetry Festival there. He is authentically of the..... More

New York, NY: Random House/Vintage Books, 1969. First Softcover Printing. Softcover. "Abbie Hoffman, Yippie non-leader, notorious dope addict and up-and-coming rock group (the WHAT), is currently on trial with seven others for conspiracy to incite riot during the Democratic Convention. When he returned from the Woodstock Festival he had five days before leaving for Chicago to prepare for the trial. WOODSTOCK NATION, which the author wrote in longhand while lying..... More

Basil King. New York City, New York: Totem Press/Corinth Books, 1961. Seventh Printing (1978). Stapled Wrappers. Signed by the poet to James Perrizo. The first publication by LeRoi Jones, originally issued in 1961 and dedicated to his then-wife, the noted memoirist Hettie Jones (nee Cohen). Totem Press was founded by the poet, & also published works by Ginsberg, Kerouac & others of the Beat Generation. Jones, later known as Amiri..... More

New York, NY: Phoenix Bookshop, 1979. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Numbered Hors Commerce Edition signed by Amiri Baraka to James Perrizo. Issued as No. 20 in the Phoenix Bookshop Oblong Octavo Series, this is an exquisitely produced chapbook in hand-sewn wrappers containing the title poem, a passionate tribute to John Coltrane & other jazz giants, by the late Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones), the early African American member of..... More

New York, NY: Freundlich Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed & dated by Amiri Baraka to James Perrizo. This is the first hardcover edition of the autobiography of LeRoi Jones, later known as Amiri Baraka, among the earliest African-American writers & publishers of the Beat Generation, who died in 2014. This copy is signed not long after publication by the author on the title page to the late James Perrizo..... More

Crumb, Robert. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. A history of SDS in graphic format, written "mostly" by Harvey Pekar & illustrated "mostly" by Gary Dumm. This copy includes a Laid-in signature card with an illustration by R. Crumb and hand-signed by Harvey Pekar. As New. More

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1971. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. A quintessential radical-chic polemic by 1960s countercultural Yippie icon Jerry Rubin (1938 - 1994). Written while incarcerated in the Cook County Jail as a defendant in the infamous "Chicago Seven" trial in the wake of mayhem during the 1968 Democratic Convention, this highly illustrated series of rants is "...dedicated to the Weather Underground." With praise for the Black Panthers..... More