Cambridge, MA: Pym-Randall Press, 1968. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of only 90 copies hand-numbered & signed by Robert Kelly. An epic cycle of poems by Robert Kelly, the great American poet who was first associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools, & continues to create a distinctive & unique body of work. A stately oblong hardcover production in dust jacket illustrated with reproduction of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs... More about Songs I - XXX
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California, PA: Arthur & Glee Knight, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "This issue is dedicated to Henry Miller, a great artist, on his 81st birthday." (from contents-copyright page) Thus do the late Arthur (1937-2012) & Glee (a/k/a Kit?) Knight state the main theme of this vintage issue of their acclaimed, pioneering series of Beat-related publications under the umbrella title of "The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual." Henry Miller, the great..... More about Tovuti: Happy Birthday Henry (The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, Vol. 2, No. 3
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London, England: Big Venus, 1969. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A chapbook of poems presented as journal entries with dates & places for titles ("11 April 69- Berkeley" etc.) by Robert Kelly, the gifted & prolific American poet initially associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools who has built a unique oeuvre over many decades. All the entry-poems were written between April 11-23 at various locations in California &... More about A California Journal
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New York, NY: Kicks Books, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Charles Plymell at his Foreword. "A lost trove of unpublished end-times poetry and prose is unleashed in Sun Ra's terrifying new trilogy PROPHETIKA. Here, Book One delivers hard-edged poetic predictions and prognostications to mankind from the doomsday pen of visionary genius Sun Ra!" (from back cover) The first (& as yet only that we're aware of) volume of a.... More about Prophetika: Book One
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Storrs, CT: University of Connecticut, 1974. Limited First Edition. Folded Single Sheet. A broadside (8&1/2" x 13") of two poems by Robert Kelly, the profound & prolific poet originally associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools who has created a unique body of work over many years. In vertical order are an untitled poem or fragment noted to be "from a notebook August 74"; & a poem entitled... More about Broadside ("From a Notebook August 74," "The Belt"
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Milan, Italy: Il Ragazzo Innocuo, 2008. Limited First Edition. Bound in Wrappers. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. A chapbook of two poems, "Desire" & "At the Cafe des Poetes" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. At fully a century old as of this writing, Ferlinghetti is truly a living icon of the Beat Generation & (way) beyond. An exquisite, hand-crafted Italian production, with text of both poems in English & Italian translation by Enzo... More about Two Poems of Desire
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New York, NY: Doubleday, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. "Collected here for the first time are the complete lyrics to Patti Smith's extensive catalog. From her legendary album Horses to her most recent work, Peace and Noise, this book charts the lyrical journey of a poet and musician whose words have influenced a generation. Illustrated with nearly 150 photographs as well as original artwork, PATTI SMITH COMPLETE includes previously unpublished work... More about Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections & Notes for the Future
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Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Printing. Folded Sheets. Signed by Robert Kelly. A short story by Robert Kelly, the prolific poet & writer originally associated with the Black Mountain & Deep Image schools, who has built his own unique canon over a long career. Published in May 1978 as No. 68 in Black Sparrow Press's series of monthly periodical pamphlets. Kelly has signed his name in bold... More about Wheres
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1968. First American Edition. Softcover. "Liverpool is at the present moment the center of the consciousness of the human universe" (Allen Ginsberg, quoted on back cover) A landmark collection of interspersed poems, interviews & images of the 1960s "Mersey Beat" phenomenon in Liverpool, the most famous product of which were of course the Beatles, as they cut their teeth at the Cavern Club... More about The Liverpool Scene: Pop Poetry, and Interviews Recorded Live along the Mersey Beat
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New York, NY & Madras, India: Hanuman Books, 1992. Second Printing. Softcover. "I always imagined I would write a book, if only a small one, that would carry one away, into a realm that could not be measured nor even remembered." (from "a bidding," pg. 9) A book of early memories & impressions by Patti Smith, the world-renowned "Godmother of Punk," among the most acclaimed living musicians, poets & memoirists... More about Woolgathering
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Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. An acclaimed collection of early short stories by Sherril Jaffe, the award-winning author & educator. The stories are quite short, most a page or partial page in length, a few consisting of just one short sentence. Many reside between prose & prose-poetry. One of a limited first edition of 200 hardcover copies hand-numbered & signed by Jaffe at the... More about Scars Make Your Body More Interesting
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Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia): Narodna Knjiga, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. A sweeping, eclectic compilation of American poets including the foremost members of the Beat Generation, New York School & beyond- all translated into the Serbian language by editors/translators Vladislav Bajac & Vladimir Kopicl, & published in Belgrade during 1983, then the capital of Yugoslavia, now Serbia. Among the celebrated mid-to-late twentieth century poets whose sample works are included here: Ted... More about TRIP: Vodic Kroz Savremenu Americku Poeziju
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Garden City, NY: Anchor Books/ Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "This book is about the sociology of deviance. The differences among the chapters are in basic approach to the subject as well as in substantive content: One chapter reports on field research that relied heavily on participant observation, and another reports on field research that did not; a third chapter is a study in historical sociology;... More about Hustlers, Beats, and Others
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Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1980. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Robert Hershon to James Perrizo. "In his title poem, Robert Hershon embraces his friends. This collection, which brings together new work and poems from little magazines and small-press books, shows him to be a writer who values friendships...Hershon's voice is filled with humor, compassion, and insight. His zest encircles his readers like a public... More about The Public Hug: New and Selected Poems
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New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Unlike many regional anthologies, Bluestones and Salt Hay is not merely a gathering of writers linked by geographic proximity, but rather an anthology of place and how the poet's vision reflects local history, geography, and culture. Special care was made in the selection of the poetry so that New Jersey is a recurring theme throughout the volume. The Pine... More about Bluestones and Salt Hay: An Anthology of Contemporary New Jersey Poets
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New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers Inc., 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. As a restless kid on Long Island, Sam Kashner lapped up the beauty and madness of the Beats, living vicariously through the novels, poems, and stories of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs. Their words were revolutionary, and they turned their very lives into art. Kashner didn't want to just study the Beats, he wanted to be one... More about When I Was Cool: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School
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Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1976. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "This group of Michigan poets appears to share the current nationwide penchant for open forms, for poems that seek, individually, the shapes of their thoughts and the tones of their voices according to what the poems themselves seem to wish for...They are spokesmen & spokeswomen both for their neighbors and for distant strangers they may never see. They are... More about The Third Coast: Contemporary Michigan Poetry
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New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974. First Edition. Softcover. "The intent of the present exhibition is to draw together a multitude of artistic manifestations of a given moment in order to demonstrate the transformational primal ground which they hold in common, and within this moment to distinguish one particularly important current." (from introductory essay, "Poets of the Cities: Leveling of Meaning" by Neil A. Chassman) Published... More about Poets of the Cities: New York and San Francisco 1950-1965
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n/p: Deodand Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Laurence Goldstein to James Perrizo. An early pamphlet of poems by Laurence Goldstein, Emeritus Professor at the University of Michigan here in our hometown of Ann Arbor; long-time emeritus editor of the respected UM journal, The Michigan Quarterly; & an esteemed author & poet. The mysterious publisher (the poet himself?) notes on copyright page that Goldstein "...published another... More about Riddance from the Sixties with: Ephemera
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Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Numbered and signed by Theodore Enslin. An anthology of selections from the first three decades of works by Theodore Enslin (1925-2011), a most revered & prolific poet who was first associated with Cid Corman's Origin magazine & press, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, & the Black Mountain and Objectivist Schools. Enslin studied music, & his poetry is considered among the... More about The Median Flow: Poems 1943-1973
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New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977; 1986; 1989. First Edition; First Softcover Editions. Hardcover; Softcovers. "At the time we were all writing erotica at a dollar a page, I realized that for centuries we had had only one model for this literary genre- the writing of men. I was already conscious of a difference between the masculine and feminine treatment of sexual experience. I knew that there was a.... More about Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anais Nin, with: Little Birds: Erotica by Anais Nin, with: Henry &...
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Munich, Germany; London, England & New York, NY: Prestel Verlag, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "Taking Shots, its title playing on the symbolic and overt connections between Burroughs the heroin user, Burroughs the firearms obsessive and Burroughs the photographer, is the first major exhibition and publication to explore his photography on its own terms and to examine the ways Burroughs used the camera as an aesthetic and recording device...Our intention in... More about Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs
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New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1974. First Editions. The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 5 inscribed & signed by Anais Nin to Ken & Ann Mikolowski. "The present volume, drawn from the original diaries...extends our total view of the Diary to a period of almost twenty-five years. From this vantage point we can discern the longer lines of growth and development. We can spot more easily the recurring... More about The Diary of Anais Nin, Volume Five 1947-1955 with: A Photographic Supplement to the Diary of...
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Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1972. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Anais Nin to Ken & Ann Mikolowski. "The Paris I loved is not dead...There is a festive air, as with all people in love with pleasure. There is a patina of shared lives, through high literary articulateness. Paris is still the capital of intelligence and creativity, enriched by the passage of all the artists in the... More about Paris Revisited
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New York, NY: Interim Books, 1966. First Edition. Stapled Sheets Bound in Wrappers. Signed by poet Diane Wakoski at her contribution. The third number of a quintessential exemplar of "The Mimeograph Revolution" literary phenomenon during the 1960s. Edited by the prolific longtime poet & publisher Kirby Congdon (whom we believe is still active in Key West at about age 95 as of this writing); & published/distributed by poet-painter Jay Socin... More about Magazine Three
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