London, England & New York, NY: First Edition, 1970. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Ted Berrigan to Anne & Ken Mikolowski. A collection of poems by the primary New York School/post-Beat poet Ted Berrigan (1934-1983). One very short poem, entitled "Telegram," dedicated to & written shortly after Jack Kerouac's untimely passing, consists entirely of: "bye-bye Jack./See you soon." There are also two poems, "Ann Arbor Elegy" &..... More about In the Early Morning Rain

London, England: John Calder in association with Olympia Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Published only in the UK, this work combines texts from the Olympia Press editions of Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine & The Ticket That Exploded, along with new additional material, cut-up & folded-in to form a new work. A very rare William S. Burroughs collectible item, in exceptionally great condition with the book mint except for slight... More about Dead Fingers Talk

New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983. Limited First Edition. Hardcover in Slipcase, Shipping Carton. One of 300 copies numbered & signed by William S. Burroughs. The second work in the great later trilogy of novels by William S. Burroughs, a founding father of the Beat Generation; a literary-cultural figure of gigantic influence & inspiration. Preceded by Cities of the Red Night (1981) & followed by The Western Lands... More about The Place of Dead Roads

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by William S. Burroughs to Jim McCrary. "With My Education: A Book of Dreams William S. Burroughs pushes on into new territory, once again committing the unspeakable crime of questioning the reality structure. Dreams have always been a rich source of imagery in Burroughs' work. In this book they are a direct and powerful force. Hundreds of dreams-... More about My Education: A Book of Dreams

Buffalo, NY: Duncan McNaughton, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. This vintage literary journal, compiled & published by renowned poet Duncan McNaughton, features contributions by Michael McClure (the two-part poem "Tatagatha Valentines"); McNaughton himself (the short poem "Page for the Buddha of Right Motive"); Charles Olson (a short untitled poem dedicated to Bob Hogg dated October 23, 1967); Edward Sanders (the poem "The Barge of Charles Olson Down River by the... More about Fathar 2, December 1970

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Back Roads to Far Towns After Basho" is an exceedingly rare run of 500 copies pressed on September 1, 1970 "for friends of the author." As the title implies, Ferlinghetti took cues from his study of Haiku masters Basho and others and combined it with his then fully-flowered creative force for this memorable collection of verses. Lawrence... More about Back Roads to Far Towns After Basho

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1977. First Edition. Broadside. Broadside (10 & 3/4" x 17") with: Flyer, San Francisco, N/D. "On September 24, 1975, the South African (Afrikaner) poet, painter, and anti-apartheid activist Breyten Breytenbach was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment under South Africa's "terrorism" laws. The verdict in the Breytenbach case followed Breytenbach's own confused "confession" to the court. The circumstances of Breytenbach's trial are very disturbing, and... More about White on White broadside with: Flyer announcing Reading and Performances

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

Oakland, CA: Archer Press, 1977. Limited Edition. Loose Sheets in Paper Folio. Signed by Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Anne Waldman & Philip Whalen "Five poems: Written out by the poets for lithography, and hand printed in two limited editions: A public edition of 50, and a poets' edition of 25. This folio is number XI/XXV. Charles Gill and John Doane were the printers, at Archer Press Oakland California... More about FIVE/I/'77

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Number forty in the Beat-iconic Pocket Poets Series. Hint of foxing on upper fore edge. Dust jacket is near mint with a slight stain on rear plain white flap. Number forty in the Pocket Poets Series. Overall, a beautiful copy. Very Fine. More about Plutonian Ode and Other Poems 1977-1980

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Charters, Ann. Jack Kerouac: A Bibliography, New York, NY: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1975. A1(a.), pg. 15. This is the first edition of the first published novel by John Kerouac, before he became known to the world as Jack with the release of On the Road seven years later. Written in a relatively conventional style heavily influenced by Thomas Wolfe... More about The Town and The City

San Francisco: Communications Company, 1967. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Kerouac's Copy Mimeographed book. 8-1/2" x 7", stapled pictorial canary yellow card wrappers. An early book of poetry by Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) , author of the cult classic "Trout Fishing in America". This is Jack Kerouac's personal copy from his library in Lowell, Massachusetts, as identified with an official rubberstamp and signed below "John Sampas, Estate of Jack & Stella Kerouac... More about All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

Berkeley, CA: Grey Fox Press, 1973. First Printing. Softcover. "Shortly after we moved into Hyphen-House we heard that Jack was coming to San Francisco from Hollywood where he had appeared on the Steve Allen Show. Then he was there, in the kitchen, seated at the table, with red plaid hunting cap set back on his head, and red check flannel shirt worn with tails out, and dress slacks with creases... More about Trip Trap: Haiku Along the Road from San Francisco to New York, 1959