1974: The Seabury Press, New York, NY. First Edition. Hardcover. "the accomplishment of American avant garde poetry over the last two decades is now a recognized fact. Much less frequently acknowledged is that its emergence in the 1950s was really part of an unbroken continuum, its roots into the 19th century, its first major period just before and during World War I, and many of its most astonishing manifestations in... More

New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1971. First Printing. Hardcover. "The poem is the record of a movement from per-/ ception to vision./ Poetic form is the pattern of that movement/ through space & time./ The deep image is the content of vision emerging in the poem./ The vehicle of movement is imagination./ The condition of movement is freedom." (pg. 3) A compilation of poems from a key decade by... More

New York, NY: Beatitude East, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Contributor Diane Wakoski. Beatitude East was edited by one Chester Anderson--not a name familiarly recognized in the world of Beat studies. Anderson attended the University of Miami from 1952-1956. He lived in both Greenwich Village and in North Beach, having been impressed by the Beat scene and obviously wanting to become a part of what would eventually be... More

New York, NY: Hawk's Well Press, 1962. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by contributor, poet Diane Wakoski. This fourth issue of Jerome Rothenberg's masterful "Mimeo Rev"-era publication "Poems from the Floating World" advertises on its cover the "Poems of Andre Breton," echoing early Beat-related interest in Surrealism from its grunt-given, fuming Parisian pope, Breton. Rothenberg himself appears in the magazine with selections "From a Shaman's Notebook," and the magazine also... More

New York, NY: New Directions, 1966. First Printing. Softcover. Complete with one-of-a-kind "Olsonite" sticker, this copy of Charles Olson's "Selected Writings" with introduction by Robert Creeley is from the collection of Ken & Ann Mikolowski, co-founders of Detroit's visionary Alternative Press, publishers of many "Beat'/ New York/"Black Mountain School"-affiliated authors. We don't know how the "Olsonite" sticker got there--whether it was an Alternative Press production or a gift from Creeley... More

London, England: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. A primary source book for innumerable mid-century masters & beyond, Charles Olson's monumental "Archaeologist of Morning" can be seen as Olson's 'Collected Poems' outside of his famed "Maximus" series, as it contains all the poems Olson himself actually approved for publication in his lifetime not intended for the Maximus series. As such, it contains "Y & X," "In Cold Hell, In... More

Berkeley, CA: Beatitude Press, 2011. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by H.D. Moe to acclaimed underground printer-publisher Charles Plymell. "Moe's 'Waltzing in the Submarine furthers his long-established zippy breaking of boundaries. These poems show a democratic Whitman broadened across subatomic particle physics and the amped-up scrambling of encoded expectation. This is a victory of the imagination." (Baby Beat poet Roderick Iverson, from back cover). David Moe was part of the... More

New York, NY: Roof Books, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. "I consider Kit Robinson to be one of his generation's most accomplished, innovative, and genuinely witty writers." (Anselm Hollo, quoted on back cover) A collection of poems by Kit Robinson, the acclaimed Illinois-born, San Francisco-centered poet. The imaginative, evocative works range from minimal to colloquial prose-poetry. First trade edition, a softcover original. A desirable Robinson collectible in very fine condition with... More

Lisle, IL: The Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1990. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the venerable literary journal is dedicated to the heroic publisher Barney Rosset & his legendary imprint, Grove Press. Featuring letters by Rosset to Samuel Beckett; reproductions of drawings by Gregory Corso dedicated to Rosset; letters to/from Maurice Girodias, Henry Miller & others; interviews with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Girodias, Michael McClure, Hubert Selby Jr. & others; "Assessments" by... More

New York, NY: Giorno Poetry Systems Institute Inc., 1989. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. John Giorno, the venerable poet-artist-impresario associated with Andy Warhol & William S. Burroughs, presents this catalog from the high-water mark of his multi-media productions & activism. Featuring the first appearance of William S. Burroughs' short story, "Senor Kaposi," which begins on the front cover & is probably WSB's most profound creative response to the AIDS crisis at... More

Ann Arbor, MI: Third Mind Books, 20185. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, Lettered, Limited (1/26) "The seismic cultural impact of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was followed by a series of aftershocks. 'Starting from San Francisco' measures a vital instance of this natural process, the circle of aspiring poets around poet and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe and the resurrected Beatitude magazine in the 1970s who used a small-press explosion to sustain and... More

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. First Printing. Softcover. "...I suggest that Burroughs seeks to reconcile humanity and the natural world more widely in his texts. This manifests in both his narrative practices and the thematic content of his texts, which reveal a lifelong engagement with ecological issues. Thus the essential question of this book is, to what extent can Burroughs' texts be evaluated in an ecocritical framework. Although... More

Detroit, MI: Broadside Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by poet Leslie Reese to James Perrizo. An evocative first collection of poems by Leslie Reese, a Detroit-born African-American poet. With a foreword by Alvin Aubert, Professor of English at Wayne State University. A trade-format softcover original, first edition, first printing as stated on copyright page. With intense, uncredited front cover illustration; photograph of the poet on back cover... More