Atlanta, GA: The Coca-Cola Company, 1940; 1941; 1942. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. "Remember, flowers are gay and beautiful. Arranging them should be pleasant. Don't take it so seriously that you cannot enjoy doing it. Study and read about it by all means, but not for fixed rules. Read to learn fundamentals of design, to get suggestions about plants, and, above all, for inspiration. Then with your flowers as material, your..... More

New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. "This volume contains twelve brilliant new stories, all written in the two years following the completion of Waiting for Winter (1966). One of them, "A Few Trips and Some Poetry," is a novel of medium length...The quality of And Other Stories- which contains some of the author's finest work- shows what a great amount of his energy and time has..... More

Sunbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1994. First Revised Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Jack Kerouac died in Florida during the morning hours of 21 October, 1969. The following day, at a small printing shop around the corner from the Phoenix Book Shop in New York City, 300 copies of a short Kerouac poem entitled “Hymn” (see TMB Item #3674; find it using the “Book ID” section under the “Search Inventory” tab on..... More

Plainview, NY: Eugene Brooks, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Eugene Brooks to Erin Black Matson. (Morgan B97, pg. 152). An oddity in the Allen Ginsberg canon, “Rites of Passage” is perhaps the quintessential Ginsberg Family Affair. Written by Allen’s brother Eugene Brooks (1921-2001) and containing introductions by Allen and his father Louis Ginsberg (also a poet), “Rites of Passage” is thus Ginsberg-cubed, Ginsberg-to-the-Third-Power. Have a look at..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Dedicated to Poet’s Poet and Great Friend of Poetry in the Bay Area, the late Ann Menebroker, the prolific Charles Bukowski’s “South of No North” is a book of short stories that many Bukowski initiates feel is among his best. Two fan-&-critical favorites included in this collection are “Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live With Beasts” (originally..... More

St. Louis, MO; New York, NY: Lococo-Mulder, 1993. First Edition. Glued Wrappers. "Only way to see Heaven is from Hell. And Tangier has afforded me vistas of Heaven- blue notes trickling down magic mountains, the Pipes of Pan informing that everything is alive and vitally significant to YOU. Sweeping away the daily abrasive grind. "Who's that at the door? Give him some money. Send him away." Snarling street boys, little..... More

New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. "Readers who question the continued vitality of the novel in America are urged to consider Edward Lewis Wallant. The Pawnbroker, which follows by one year his notable first novel, The Human Season, is a work of far greater scope and impact, and reveals new aspects of an impressive talent. Sol Nazerman, a university teacher from Poland who has..... More

New York, NY: Bouwerie Editions, 1972. Limited First Printing. Staplebound in Folder. "These pages of Robert Creeley's Notebook, 6/7/70-6/19/70, are published here in a First Edition of 350 examples, of which 100 examples are reserved for the poet and publisher." Published in 1972 by one "Bouwerie Editions" (a fun phonetic spelling of "Bowery" a la The Bowery in NYC), this is a textbook (pun intended?) example of how absolutely respected..... More