New York, NY: Portents, 1969. First Printing. Broadside. Issued as Portents 13 by Ann Charters (author of the first major biography of Jack Kerouac), this 6"x15" broadside is a prospectus for a special Herman Melville-related box of which only 25 were produced. "This Melville box attempts to give a sense of Melville's presence in the Berkshires by offering a construct of objects, some contemporary to Melville, others from our own..... More

Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Peter Engstler Verlag, 2008. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 16&1/4" x 23&3/8") promoting the publication of a 2008 German edition of Mary Beach's Electric Banana. One of many iterations of this now-classic work influenced & with an introduction by William S. Burroughs, who collaborated with Beach (1919-2006) & her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002). WSB is briefly quoted here in German translation. Beach's daughter Pamela Beach Plymell..... More

London, England: Trigram Press, 1968. First Printing. Broadside. An oblong broadside (7&3/4"x19&3/4") with illustration & a very short haiku-like poem by Asa Benveniste (1925-1990), poet, publisher (of Paul Bowles among others) & bookseller. Benveniste was born in NYC, moved to the UK early in his life & stayed there for the rest of his life. This exquisite Benveniste collectible was produced in London in 1968 in an edition of unknown..... More

Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, Circa 1976. Limited First Printing. Postcard-Broadsides in Envelope. This is the third in a series of four sets of ten postcards printed by Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop's Burning Deck Press during 1974-1978. This set was designed & printed exclusively by Rosemarie Waldrop as indicated on recto of envelope. The Waldrops are both acclaimed, venerable poets, translators & educators, & have published many journals & books..... More

New York, NY: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 1987. First Printing. Folded Card Stock. "To view these pictures puts the viewer in the position of the creative observer, who creates by observing. There is a distinct sensation when this creation occurs. One is looking at the picture, then a face, a narrow street filled with red mist, a mineshaft, an area of red huts, swim into view...here is a man pissing against..... More

Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1994. First Printing. Single Sheet. "Genius is not a generous thing/ In return it charges more interest than any amount/ of royalties can cover/ And it resents fame/ With bitter vengeance" (Fragment 1, first stanza) A broadside (appx. 11" x 22") with the title poem by Jim Carroll (1949-2009), the legendary poet, diarist & punk musician who was influenced by William S...... More

Cambridge, MA: The Pomegranate Press, 1974. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by illustrator Karyl Klopp A broadside (approx. 12&1/2"x19") with the coarse title poem by Michael Casey, the acclaimed poet born in Jack Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, alongside an illustration by noted artist Karyl Klopp. Hand-signed by Klopp (typically as "K. Klopp") below illustration. One of a limited edition of 180 copies hand printed on thick handmade paper..... More

Santa Barbara, CA; n/p: University Center Gallery, U.C. Santa Barbara, 1983; Unknown. First Printings. Single Sheets. Both broadsides signed by Tom Clark. "The closer the bone the sweeter the bite:/ Among dark thoughts of slips between/ Cups and lips, afternoon meets night/ In the shadowed Hopper picture window" ("Somewhere in the West- A Riddle," first stanza) Two very rare broadsides by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the American poet, editor, novelist, biographer..... More

Louisville, KY: the literary renaissance, circa 1993. First Printing. Broadside. A broadside/poster (11"x17") announcing a reading by Gregory Corso, one of the founding members of the Beat Generation, at the University of Louisville on November 20, (probably) 1993. Reproduction of a photograph of Corso gazing at a large statue of Christ on the cross, taken by Allen Ginsberg, on which text is super-imposed. With quotes about Corso from William S...... More

Vancouver, BC, Canada: Slug Press, 1982. Limited First Edition. Broadside. Signed by Robert Creeley. An exquisite broadside (13"x11") with the title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), among the key figures in the American poetry canon, associated with the Beats & the Black Mountain group. Issued as Number Five in the Contemporary Broadsides series published by the Slug Press, this is one of an edition of 100 numbered & signed by..... More

St. Paul, MN: The Toothpaste Press, 1984. Limited First Edition. Broadside. Signed by Robert Creeley. A small (approx. 6"x9&1/2"), beautiful broadside with the title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), associated with the Beats & the Black Mountain group of poets, & one of the key figures in the American poetry canon. One of a limited edition of 150, this is copy No. 111/150, "printed at Toothpaste Press. Walker Art Center..... More

San Francisco, CA; Cullowhee, NC; n/p: Landlocked Press; New Native Press; Releve Press; n/p, 1978; 1984; 1990. First Printings. Single Sheets. The first of a projected three bundled offerings of rare broadsides by Thomas Rain Crowe, the acclaimed poet & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071, Deluxe Edition..... More

Louisville, KY: The Literary Renaissance, 1993. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large, slender broadside-poster (appx. 11" x 36") which announces & promotes the titled event, a Music & Poetry Festival described as a "59 Hour Non-Stop Insomniacathon" with a total of over 130 poets, writers, bands & musicians at a venue in Louisville, Kentucky which took place during October 7-10 of 1993. The creator-sponsor of this unprecedentedly monumental happening was..... More