Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1997. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 1997 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy section of tributes to Allen Ginsberg, who died that year, by Jim Burns, Michael McClure, Ring, Ron Whitehead & others. Also an interview with photographer Larry Keenan conducted by Ring, illustrated with images of some of Keenan's classic... More about Beat Scene No. 28

Toronto, Canada: The House of Anansi, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed with note by Allen Ginsberg. This is the very first edition of a compilation of journal excerpts written by Allen Ginsberg & described by him in a note preceding them as "...compositions from Journals kept decades 1948-1968, a few solid fragments typed up published out of context, not exactly poems, nor not poems: journal notations put together conveniently, a.... More about Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals

San Francisco, CA: House of Anansi/City Lights Books, 1969. First American Edition. Soft Cover. First published in Canada and exported to the USA where it was seized and destroyed by U.S. Customs, this is the first U.S. edition that escaped the clutches of the establishment. Contains journal excerpts by Allen Ginsberg written from 1948-1968. In near fine condition with only minor wear to covers & spine, small highlighter markings on..... More about Airplane Dreams: Compositions From Journals

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

Lincoln, Massachusetts: Penmaen Press, 1976. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Allen Ginsberg & Richard Eberhart. "An explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication Howl and Richard Eberhart's New York Times article "West Coast Rhythms" together with comments by both poets and relief etchings by Jerome Kaplan."(from title page) This short compilation of writings offers great insight into Ginsberg's poem, a founding document of the Beat Generation, from himself &... More about To Eberhart from Ginsberg

Boulder, CO: City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, 1977. Original Postcard. Single Sheet Card Stock. Handwritten & signed by Allen Ginsberg & Gregory Corso to Beth Biderman. A handwritten postcard, dated July 23, 1977, sent by Allen Ginsberg from the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado to Beth Biderman, the songwriter/producer & daughter of artist/filmmaker Peggy Biderman. With two short messages handwritten in ink by Ginsberg &, below his signature in pencil... More about Handwritten & Signed Postcard

Cambridge, MA: Firefly Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. A slender volume of poetry in the form of earthy, uninhibited song lyrics by Allen Ginsberg, among the great original members of the Beat Generation. This is one of the scarcest rarities in all of the vast small-press Ginsberg oeuvre. One of only 50 numbered copies signed by the poet. This is copy #16/50. With photographs by Rosalie Post, including a tipped-in... More about Old Pond Song

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

Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved Publishers Ltd., 2000. First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Softcover. A rare Hebrew-language edition of Kaddish, Allen Ginsberg's Beat Generation masterpiece alongside Howl. With the iconic title poem, & then a selection of poems through 1984, none of which appear to include those originally included along with Kaddish in the original City Lights Pocket Poets Series edition first published in 1961. With English & Hebrew texts... More about Kaddish and Other Poems (1958-1984) (Hebrew Edition

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2011. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Number 30 in the Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series published by Kevin Ring in the UK, this is an essay-memoir describing highlights of an interview with Allen Ginsberg, primary poet of the Beat Generation, conducted by Jim Burns in London on June 13, 1990. With many Ginsberg quotes in italics. Originally published in a very early number... More about Talking with Ginsberg: An Interview by Jim Burns

New York, NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. "It should be noted...that the work which ultimately led to this volume began as a project to increase and improve the reading habits of the girls in New York City's Elizabeth Barrett Browning Junior High School. In the hope that their responses would help stimulate worthwhile reading, several prominent writers were asked: "Which book or books were your favorites... More about Attacks of Taste

New York, NY: New Directions, 1969. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed by Gary Snyder. From the Collection of Ken Mikolowski, Co-Founder of Detroit's Visionary Alternative Press. Subtitled as "Technical Notes & Queries / To Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries," "Earth House Hold" is a collection of prose jottings and poetic-philosophical musings on a vast array of subject matter, ranging from the literary to the cultural, the anthropological to the ecological. Snyder... More about Earth House Hold with: Alternative Press Bookmark by "Spanky"