Third Mind Books

Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Ray Bremser to Kevin Guldy & relations. One long, jazz-inflected poem by Beat poet Ray Bremser (1934-1998). Issued as Number Four in the Beau Fleuve Series by the Intrepid Press, published & edited by Allen De Loach, whose legendary series of Intrepid & other journals feature the works of William S. Burroughs & many other iconic Beat figures. One..... More

Miami, FL: Press of the Black Flag, 1970. First Printing. Single Sheet. Signed by Robert Creeley. A broadside (7"x11&1/2") with the short, fierce title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), an affiliate of the Beats, Black Mountain College & in the pantheon of American poets. With his hand-signature above his printed name. No reference to publisher or limitation, but our research indicates this was printed by the Press of the Black..... More

London, England: Tangerine Press, 2019. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Salena Godden. A large, wide broadside (11" x 24") with the title poem by Salena Godden, the firebrand poet, performance artist-activist & novelist. Born in the UK & of Irish-Jamaican heritage, Godden's work is prolific, provocative & up-to-the-minute topical. This poem describes an encounter with racism & anti-immigrant sentiment which she diffuses with love, transforming hostility to tearful..... More

n/p: The Lost Pleiade Press, 1974. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (8"x11") with an untitled poem (first line: "Time of the people changed to prayer"/) by acclaimed poet, translator & activist Jack Hirschman, former Poet Laureate of San Francisco, where he founded the International Poetry Festival. One of 300 copies, not numbered, printed by Noel Young for The Lost Pleiade Press in August 1974. A handsome production with..... More

Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1970. First American Edition, Revised; Fifth Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Dudley Randall to James Perrizo. A chapbook of poems by Dudley Randall (1914-2000), the venerable African-American poet who graduated from the University of Michigan here in 1951 (the same year as Frank O'Hara- might the two legends have crossed paths?), & was a librarian & Poet-in-Residence at the University of Detroit when this..... More

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. The first volume of Edward Sanders' history of America in verse. One of 26 lettered copies in handbound pictorial boards signed by the author. This is copy "B." With pictorial cloth spine unique to this lettered edition. In publisher's clear dust jacket as issued. The rarest version of this beautiful Black Sparrow Press production, a must for the serious..... More

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. The first volume of Edward Sanders' history of America in verse, one of 125 numbered copies signed by the author. This is copy #69. Handbound in pictorial boards. In publisher's clear dust jacket as issued. As New. More

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Edward Sanders. The second volume of Edward Sanders' history of America in verse. One of 125 numbered hardcover copies handbound in pictorial boards & signed by the author. This is copy #37. In publisher's clear dust jacket as issued. As New. More

Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1970. Second Printing. Single Sheet. A broadside (approx. 12"x16") with the title poem by Gary Snyder, a living legend & among the primary poets of the Beat Generation & beyond. The poem is a fierce statement against Vietnam war-era American policy & upholds Native American/nature-sensitive values. Originally issued in 1967 by the Communication Company in San Francisco; then in two first letterpress editions (signed &..... More

New York, NY: Unmuzzled Ox, 1975. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the venerable literary, art & culture journal edited by the longtime poet-activist Michael Andre, & designed by his former wife Erika Rothenberg, features a wealth of Beat-&-Beyond contributions: A poem by Daniel Berrigan; two by Gregory Corso including a group of five short poems augmented with his drawings of birds & cats, & a photo of Corso..... More