Third Mind Books

Gloucester, MA: Gerrit Lansing, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "America, you are the end of three months of man. For the third,/ which began when your head was turned, already has changed you,/ you nation of Finks. Let you rule the world. You are a dead hand,/ Man, in his courses, is on the other side: Capricorn is drawing/ the threads" (Charles Olson, "Across Space and Time," final stanza, pg..... More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1973. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. "It had occurred to him quite suddenly and he had acted on the impulse before there was time to ponder the matter." (opening sentence, Killer Cat, pg. 77). Stories of Darkness and Dread is a collection of stories by American writer & poet Joseph Payne Brennan (1918-1990). It was released in 1973 and was the author's second collection of stories..... More

London, England, UK: Daniel Richter, 1966. First Printing. Softcover. "Now look, boys, I'm going to say it simply- country simple. Martin is 'time'. Martin is 'reality'. Martin is blind. Mars Martin is a blind cave organism- old and evil presence from an old and evil cave. He orients himself by radar that is word lines. Shift cut tangle Martin's word lines and he can't find you. He can't find himself."..... More

Devon, UK: Beau Geste Press, 1972. The "Low Cost" Abridged Facsimile Edition. Stapled Sheets. “Parts of a Body House Book was originally published in 1972 by Beau Geste Press, which was run by Felipe Ehrenberg (1943-2017) in Devon, England. […] In the exhibition catalog for her retrospective Kinetic Painting, Schneemann writes, “Parts of a Body House Book (1972) is a prototype for my big book. Each element in this edition was culled..... More

London, England, UK: First UK Edition, 1977. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “Herry Rouclere!!! / ever hear of him? an illuminated man. / yet he traded his magic light for the / life of a flyer. tacked on his wings / and laid his cards on the table. you / gotta hand it to him. his heart was in / the right place. he was quite a man. / But Harry..... More

Portland, OR: Press-22, 1972. Second Edition. Softcover. "When men see Han-shan | they all say he's crazy | and not much to look at - | dressed in rags and hides. | They don't get what I say | and I don't talk their language. | All I can say to those I meet: | "Try and make it to Cold Mountain."" (poem 24). The Beat Genaration's "eco-poet" Gary Snyder's..... More

Llanfynydd, Carmarthen, Dyfed (Wales UK): Unicorn Bookshop, 1975. First Separate Edition. Sewn Wrappers. A scholarly essay on the work of Gary Snyder (b. 1930), the canonical Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance-&-Beyond poet & environmentalist who is still with us at the age of 96 as of this writing, & whose works are now enshrined in the Library of America series, a rare honor for a living writer. Author Kenneth White..... More

Michael Corr. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1979. Second Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Twenty thousand square hill miles of manzanita. | some beautiful tiny manzanita. | I saw a single, perfect, lovely, | little manzanita. | ah." (final stanza, gaia, unpaginated). Songs for Gaia is a short poem sequence by Beat Generation-&-Beyond eco-poet Gary Snyder (b. 1930), illustrated with woodblock prints by Michael Corr (b. 1940) and produced as a...... More

London, England: Aloes Books London, 1969. First UK Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A collection of poems by Jack Spicer (1925-1965), the great American poet most closely affiliated with environmental poetics and the San Francisco Renaissance. After Lorca, the poet’s first book, is in many ways a tribute to a towering influence on Spicer and many in his field, the famed Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), who lived a similarly short..... More

New York, NY, USA: St. Martin, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. "I used to be a conductor on the train that ran back and forth from Milwaukee to Chicago." (opening sentence, pg. 5). My French Whore: A Love Story, American actor, comedian, writer & filmmaker Gene Wilder's (1933-2016) debut novel is a slim, comedic romance set in the final year of World War I. It is sweet, light, and..... More

Madison, WI: The Womens Center, 1972. First Edition. With hand-written letter from Publisher attached to inner front cover. “When she returns from him / And lays pain on you / Will you get satisfaction / From laying pain on her / For laying me? / Men remained in her memory / like a collection of small objects / found in pockets emptied at bedtime. / A few feathers / from..... More

n/p: n/p, n/d. unknown. Single Sheet. Offered today is a poster featuring lyrics from "Redemption Song," a song by Jamaican Reggae Musician Bob Marley (1945-1981), written in 1979. "Redemption Song" is the final track on Bob Marley and the Wailers' twelfth album, Uprising, released by Island Records. The song is considered one of Marley's greatest works with some key lyrics derived from a speech given by the Pan-Africanist orator Marcus..... More

New York, NY, USA: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The fruit of seven years of textual research and editorial labor, this scholarly edition goes to the roots of the text as it traces and records the work's evolution. It is based on a careful scrutiny of (James) Joyce's holograph drafts, fair copies, and typescripts as well as the proofs of the first edition with his numerous corrections..... More