Third Mind Books

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Well, this is certainly interesting--a biography of the great Hunter S. Thompson from the esteemed Elle Magazine writer and columnist E. Jean Carroll. You may, like your Devoted Assistant Curator & Resident Archivist, have first heard of E. Jean Carroll from her mid-January, 2020 allegation of rape against President Trump--an incident Carroll says happened in a Manhattan department store in the..... More

San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Public Library, 2001. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Gerald Nicosia. On December 5, 2001, a memorial event for Ken Kesey, who had died on November 10, was held at the San Francisco Public Library's Koret Auditorium, hosted by Gerald Nicosia, the acclaimed critical biographer of Jack Kerouac; & Neeli Cherkovski, among the key figures of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance. The..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "Listen to my last words anywhere. Listen to my last words any world. Listen all you boards syndicates and governments of the earth. And you powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what is not yours. To sell the ground from unborn feet forever-" (first chapter "Last Words," first paragraph) The third & final volume in..... More

New York, NY: Semiotext(E), Inc. (Columbia University), 1978. First Edition. Soft Cover. This is the highly sought-after, special "Schizo-Culture" Issue. Contributors include William S. Burroughs (The Limits of Control), John Cage, John Giorno, Philip Glass, The Ramones, Robert Wilson & many others. In near fine condition, with some text highlighted in yellow so perfectly that we believe it is part of the original printed product, not added on by a...... More

Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin International Co., Ltd., 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. A large-format art book-catalog with beautiful reproductions of William S. Burroughs' artworks from two 1990 exhibitions: "Paper Cloud," a series of painted file folders shown at the Seed Hall in Tokyo & Akarenga Hall in Sapporo, Japan during June & July; & "Thick Pages," a series of works on handmade paper with mixed media shown at Steven Lowe's Gallery..... More

Madras, India; New York, NY: Hanuman Books, 1994 (1992). Second Printing. Softcover in Over-wraps. Signed & dated by William S. Burroughs. "I am trying to get the pictures to move. It almost happens: a face comes into almost miraculously clear focus, smiles, snarls, speaks. Then back into the picture, there on the paper, the wood. Look outside at the trees and leaves in front of the bedroom window. They move..... More

New York, NY: Three Rooms Press, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. "The fathers of the Beat movement, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs, converse about deeply intimate and personal history in this free flowing, days-long dialog, edited by longtime Ginsberg collaborator Steven Taylor. Topics include literature that influenced their writing, shamanism and its usefulness in modern society, favorite punk rock musicians, and the need for art to counter oppressiveness. They also..... More

Cambridge, MA; New York, NY: Harvard University Press; Random House, Inc., 1953; circa 1970. First Edition; Later Modern Library Edition. Hardcovers. "This book is the text of six Charles Eliot Norton "nonlectures" which the American poet and painter e.e. cummings gave at Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, during the autumn of 1952 and the following spring. Asserting that he himself- and everybody else; whether everybody else admits or denies it- is..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Panjandrum Press, Inc., 1983. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. A book of two longer poems (the title poem & "the Staked Woman") by Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed poet, translator & educator who has long resided in Michigan. As the poet explains in a foreword & endnotes, these poems were inspired by the ancient cave paintings in south-central France. Although this copy is..... More

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

San Francisco, CA: American Newsrepeat Co., n/d (Circa 1967). First Edition. Single Sheet. A large poster (22" x 28&1/4") with magnified reproduction of a classic photograph of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the great Founding Father of the Beat Generation as both poet & publisher, who is still with us at 101 years old as of this writing! The location of this portrait is obviously City Lights Books, the iconic venue in San..... More

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

San Francisco, CA: Peter Lembecke Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. From September 3-September 30th, 1991, immortal poet-publisher & lifelong painter Lawrence Ferlinghetti provided selections from 50 years of painting at the Peter Lembecke Gallery on the famed Grant Ave. in San Francisco. Ever since his student days at the Sorbonne in France, Ferlinghetti has been ardently consumed by not only his commitment to language &..... More