New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. “Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words” (William S. Burroughs, ‘Cities of The Red Night’). William S, Burroughs (February 5, 1914–August 2, 1997) a writer with whom one needs all of their faculties to reckon with, is known for being subversive, dark, and unflinchingly vulgar and..... More

Berkeley: Shaman Drum, 1973. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The Fudo Trilogy” brings together three of Snyder’s best late 60s-early 1970s works, all of which remain popular among Snyder aficionados and collectors. It begins with “Spel Against Demons,” a powerful sociopolitical critique buttressed by (poetic) admonitions. Snyder writes, “The release of Demonic Energies in the name of / the People / must cease / Messing with blood sacrifice in the name..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1997. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the Beat Generation magazine published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a special central section in tribute to William S. Burroughs upon his death on August 2, 1997. This stirring & deeply reflective section in honor of the Greatest figure of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond (& the presiding Icon of our very enterprise) consists of memorial..... More

London, England: Tangerine Press, 2022. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. With "Scrap" from the James Joyce Library Signed by Mick Guffan. “Easy really. / Dollop of sin here / slight paunch there. / Throw in a double-chin / some bitten-to-the-quick fingernails / a lifetime of sleepless nights and / near heart attacks. / Getting there, getting closer… / Burn your birth certificate / (as if you needed to be told) /..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2013. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Book. This forty-first number of the Beat Scene Press Pocket Books series of limited-edition chapbooks published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the transcript of an interview with Herbert Huncke (1915-1996), among the foremost figures of the Beat Generation along with William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg & Jack Kerouac, all of whom he critically influenced (in lifestyle as..... More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. “And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and beheld a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him” (Epigraph, Revelations 6:1-17). Jerusalem, a bedlam of faith and a city steeped in a history both sacred and blasphemous..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. "In the middle of/ a billion nature vibra-/ tions there is sudden-/ ly a typewriter and/ someone is typing the/ words "In the middle of/ a billion nature vibra-/ tions there is sudden-/ ..." " ("In the middle of," pg. 37) The second hardcover collection of poems by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the prodigious poet, editor & biographer who started off..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bill Graham, 1967. First Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&7/8" x 21&3/4") announcing performances by The Doors, The Grateful Dead & Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band during January 13-15, 1967 at Bill Graham's Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Wes Wilson (1937-2020) created the graphics & illustrations that are reproduced on this quintessential & exemplary psychedelic poster that led up to the legendary..... More

Warwickshire, England: Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early issue of Kevin Ring's exceptional Beat Scene Magazine from 1996 begins with an obituary for Herbert Huncke, titled "Huncke the Hipster;" it continues in a somewhat different format for those familiar with the later, or more recent issues of the celebrated Beat-&-Beyond quarterly. We have a "Beats and Co." compilation of recent publications and news related to Beat..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "On the Gowanus Expressway, just before the entrance to the Battery tunnel, there is a sign that says "Last Exit to Brooklyn." Leave the expressway at that exit and you find yourself in a jungle of waterfront docks, factory buildings, shabby bars, slum houses, and towering city apartment projects for the poor. Here live the people Hubert Selby (Jr.) writes..... More