New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1962. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features an essay on nighttime Paris by one of its foremost authorities, the great proto-Beat mentor Henry Miller, interspersed with classic images of the nocturnal city by Brassai (Gyula Halasz), the acclaimed photographer. Also in this issue are contributions of poetry by Beat poet-..... More

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Musson Book Company Limited, n/d (circa 1936). Unknown Edition. Hardcover. "The very thought of the tartan is enough to gladden the heart of the Scotsman in a distant land. Be he Highlander or Lowlander, he feels a glow of emotion when he beholds the dress he may have worn when he roamed the lonely glens or climbed the heathery hills of his beloved Scotland. To the..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1964. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First U.S. edition of Jean Genet's journal of his life among street outcasts in Barcelona after deserting the Foreign Legion. A classic work first published in France in 1949 by a legendary writer whose life paralleled the Beats & later intersected with them, especially when he covered the infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago alongside William S. Burroughs..... More

San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990. Second Edition, Tenth Printing. Softcover. "It burns up. It goes Beatnik in the fifties and crazy in the sixties. It stays elegant throughout. Every city has its stories, but San Francisco seems to have more than most. From Jack Kerouac on working on the railroad...Jack London on the 1906 earthquake to Tom Wolfe on the acid tests of the 1960s, San Francisco Stories collects..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1968. First Softcover Edition, Third Printing. Softcover. The second collection of "Picture Poems" by Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972), the brilliant American poet, artist & pacifist who was an inspiring influence on the Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance & is still revered with a devoted following today. Preceded the previous year (1967) with Hallelujah Anyway (see item No. 4387), which described these unique works of..... More

New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2005. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "In the spring of 1884, Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their lives but the course of American literature. In this bold and colorful narrative, veteran writer Mark Perry reconstructs the heady..... More

London, England: Sick Fly Publications/ Tangerine Press, 2019. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Signed by Joost Halbertsma. A collection of illustrations & short graphic stories by Joost Halbertsma, a young & prolific Dutch artist described as follows in this biography on verso of final page leaf, quoted in its entirety: "Joost Halbertsma was born 1984 in the Netherlands. He earned his art degree in fine arts when he was 21..... More

London, England; New York, NY: The Transatlantic Review, 1966. First Printing. Softcover. A vintage number of the acclaimed literary review, a joint production of the UK & USA chiefly edited by J.F. McCrindle. Featuring a long section of "New Transatlantic Poetry" in separately orange-colored pages (49-96) with contributions by the ancient classical Chinese poet Hsi Niu Chi translated by W.S. Merwin, James Dickey, Giles Gordon, Anselm Hollo, Ted Hughes, Paul..... More