San Diego, CA: David Hunter, 1996. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Hand-numbered & signed by David Hunter. A poster (appx. 14&1/2" x 20&1/2") announcing a New Years Eve concert with a performance by the popular neo-psychedelic surf band The Mermen, during December 31, 1996- January 1, 1997 at the Beach Chalet in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California. The acclaimed American artist Dave Hunter, among the premiere torch-bearers of the exuberant..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Limited Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Signed by Larry Eigner “a hole in the lawn / or the brick steps / robins may eat worms / or fallen leaves / the suns / work / to have a good / time / all / together / a baby comes fictitiously / into the world / he seizes as concrete / Milestones the caterpillar's / inch..... More

Fayetteville, AR: The University of Arkansas Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Twice-inscribed, signed & dated by Billy Collins. "One of the most readable and accessible poets to appear in a long time, Billy Collins strikes at the deepest concerns of the human heart and mind. Frequently- as in such masterful poems as "Plight of the Troubador," "Child Development," "Embrace," The Past," and "My Number"- Collins sets up a premise, based..... More

Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1975. First English Edition. Hardcover. Mexican writer and journalist Fernando Benitez (1912-2000) grew up amid the Mexican Revolution, becoming witness to the establishment of a new nation. His perspective on the Mexican culture of the twentieth century is personally informed and extensively developed through his decades of evaluating cultural shifts and origins. As a young journalist, he founded a supplement to El Nacional, a...... More

Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell, Ltd., 1988. First UK Edition. Hardcover. “Of all our contemporary songwriters, Bob Dylan is the most startling, prolific and controversial. In this book, Aidan Day explores his lyrics and their themes in a way that does justice to their complexity and subtlety — and makes intelligible much that seems obscure and difficult. These lyrics represent a continuation of the experimental poetic practices of modernism. For Dylan..... More

San Francisco, CA: Proletarian Publishers, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. “A bourgeoisie armed against the proletariat is one of the biggest fundamental and cardinal facts of modern capitalist society. And in face of this fact, revolutionary Social-Democrats are urged to “demand” “disarmament”! That is tantamount of complete abandonment of the class-struggle point of view, to renunciation of all thought of revolution. Our slogan must be: arming of the proletariat to defeat..... More

New York, NY: Random House/ The Modern Library, 1950. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 'Virtually the only quarrel among Trollope enthusiasts revolves around the preference between Barchester Towers and The Warden. The editors of the Modern Library serve both factions by including the two novels in a single volume, not so much to placate a host of dedicated Trollopians, but because Barchester Towers is, by the author's own intention, inseparable from..... More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed, signed & dated by co-editor & contributor Charles Baxter. "William Maxwell, who died in July 2000, was revered as one of the twentieth century's great American writers and a long-time fiction editor at The New Yorker. Now writers who knew Maxwell and were inspired by him- both the man and his work- offer intimate essays, most specifically written..... More

London, England: Tangerine Press, 2023. Limited Signed & Numbered Edition. Hardcover. "Keep your / friends close / keep Guffan / closer" ("Opener," pg. 1). “Liar Survivor” is the fourth work by Mick Guffan (1953-2006) to be released by Michael Curran’s Tangerine Press, the others being 2022’s “Bastard Out of Mitchum,” [TMB Item #5018], 2021’s “Bent for the Job,” and 2018’s “Inner London Buddha.” Guffan has received more and more recognition..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1967. First Edition. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14" x 20") announcing a "Sphinx Dance" concert with performances headlined by the (Steve) Miller Blues Band, along with Lee Michaels & the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, during February 10-11 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The great Spanish-American artist Victor Moscoso (b. 1936) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, & "Moscoso" in facsimile cursive..... More