Bolinas, CA: Yanagi, Circa 1977. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (25"x19") with the title poem by Louis Patler. With illustration by Dennis Sabra. Published & printed by Yanagi as part of its Yanagi VI Broadside Series, one of an edition of 300 hand-numbered copies. This is copy No. 86/300. No date is noted, but we have seen an unofficial reference to 1977. A beautiful production, & a desirable..... More

New York, NY: Claude Pelieu, 1998. Original Collage Artwork. Single Sheet. Signed by Claude Pelieu. An original, untitled artwork (appx. 11" x 14" in total) by Claude Pelieu (1934-2002), an acclaimed French artist & writer who along with his wife Mary Beach (1919-2006) was at the Paris-based center of cutting-edge cut-up writing & collage art. He was also the stepfather of Pamela Beach Plymell & therefore the stepfather-in-law of Charles..... More

Riverside, CA: University of California, 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Peters & illustrator, his daughter Meredith Peters. A broadside (11"x14") announcing a poetry reading by Robert Peters (1924-2014), the acclaimed, prolific poet & critic. The reading took place at the University of California at Riverside on April 10, 1968. Peters' first published volume of poems, Songs for a Son, appeared only the previous year, famous as his..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Charles Plymell, 2009. Original manuscript. Stapled Sheets. Signed & annotated by Charles Plymell An original printed-out manuscript of the introduction by Charles Plymell for an S. Clay Wilson benefit book that will be published by Water Row Press in 2010. Six pages, signed & dated at upper right corner of first page, "Charles Plymell/'09", & with many handwritten ink notations & corrections by Plymell throughout. A one-of-a-kind..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1971. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (11&1/2"x19") with the title poem in eight numbered stanzas by Tim Reynolds, a noted poet most active from 1955-1980. Issued by the venerable Unicorn Press in an unknown limitation as its Unicorn Broadside Series II Number 10. A bold, beautiful production & a rare Reynolds collectible. In very fine condition with only a few faint creases on surface..... More

n/p: Unknown, 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. Hand-signed (abbreviated) by Edward Sanders. A broadside (11"x17") with an untitled, typically scurrilous poem by Ed Sanders, a key figure in literature, publishing & music (the Fugs) in the countercultural ferment of 1960s NYC & beyond. Issued as "My Dukes 3" as written on an illustration of a crown & clenched fists at lower left below poem, by an unknown printer/publisher. The last..... More

Minneapolis, MN: The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1983. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Edward Sanders. A broadside (approx. 9&7/8"x13&1/8") with the title poem by Edward Sanders, a primary poet, publisher & musician of the 1960s NYC counterculture & beyond, still going strong as of this writing. The poem is Sanders' translation of a work by the ancient Greek poet Sappho. One of 90 hand-numbered copies produced "...on..... More

Edinburgh, Scotland: Morning Star Publications, 1991. First Edition. Sheet. Published as Morning Star Folio Series Number Two July 1991. A large single folded sheet printed on both sides with poems by Kurt Schwitters translated by Jerome Rothenburg and Pierre Joris; "15th Merzgedicht in Memoriam Kurt Schwitters" by Jackson Mac Low; and the song "Country Life" by Christopher Fox. One of 26 lettered copies initialed by publisher and designer Alec Finlay..... More

San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1964. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Gary Snyder. A broadside (9&3/4"x12&1/2") with the title poem by Gary Snyder, among the primary poets of the Beat Generation & beyond. One of 300 copies printed for & sold on the occasion of the "Free Way Reading" at the Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco on June 12, 1964, per John Sherlock's Bibliography of Works By..... More

Arcata, CA: Humboldt State University, 1978. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by poets Gary Snyder, Jim Dodge & Jerry Martien. An oblong broadside (17"x11") announcing "A Reading to Benefit Upriver-Downriver;/A Northern California Regional Newsletter./Tuesday, 10 February at 8 pm in the/(Humboldt State University) Van Duzer Theatre.../With the Sponsorship of the HSU English Dept." featuring Gary Snyder, a primary poet of the Beat Generation & beyond; as well as acclaimed fellow..... More

New York, NY: Samuel Charters, Undated (1960s). Limited Edition. Broadside. 8 ¼” x 18”. Broadside. One of 100 copies (no numbering). Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A broadside featuring a poem by Jack Spicer, a leading figure of the San Francisco Renaissance & the west coast Beat movement. With vivid imagery & vague menace, it is 16th in the Portents series issued by Ann & Samuel Charters. With..... More

Paris, France: Denise Rene Rive Gauche Gallery, c. 1968. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large poster (appx. 22&3/4" x 36&1/4") announcing an exhibition of "Multiples" artworks by Victor Vasarely (1906-1997), the great Hungarian-born French artist who pioneered the "Op Art" movement of optical & geometric effects. The exhibition took place during November-December of an unspecified year which we artfully guess as the late 1960s, at the Denise Rene Rive Gauche..... More

Gresham, OR: Mt. Hood Community College, 1989. First Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside-poster (11"x17") announcing a poetry reading by Diane Wakoski, the venerable & prolific poet who has long resided in Michigan. The event took place at the Visual Arts Center Theatre of Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon during October of 1989, & was part of the College's Mountain Writers Series. With photograph of the poet & uncredited..... More