Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 1976. First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. “Buddha in an early sutra sets out one of Whalen’s essential poetic principles: ‘In what is seen there must be just the seen; in what is heard there must be just the heard; in what is sensed (as smell, taste or touch) there must be just what is sensed; in what is thought there must be just the thought.’...Truth, for Whalen..... More

Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 2002. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Secrets of the inner mind, the hidden heart, compulsions and obsessions ... to step/ across the shadows of small trees at night" ("21:v:59," first sentence/stanza, unpaginated) A collection of prose-poetic fragments, untitled but dated between 1958-1963, by Philip Whalen (1923-2002), the great American Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance poet & Zen Buddhist monk. Oblong chapbook in stapled wrappers, one of..... More

N/P: Judith Walker Posters, N/D. First Printing. Single Sheet Framed. "What is Boston to me/ In comparison with eternity/ oh short space of history" (first stanza) A broadside-poster (appx. 13&1/4" x 18&1/2" incl. frame) with the title poem by John Wieners (1934-2002), the Boston-native primary poet of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond who was mentored by Charles Olson & Robert Duncan at the Black Mountain School & was also a key participant..... More

Marlborough, MA: Water Row Books, 2021. Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Charles Plymell. “William Burroughs said it best, of course, “A sure sign that an artist has mastered the craft is when you immediately recognize the work from a single glance or the reading of one sentence,” writes Charles Plymell (b. 1935) in his introduction to “Dear Charlie,” an instant classic-in-correspondence by two Great Americans: legendary literary outlaw, Charles Plymell..... More

Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 2010. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Hand-lettered & signed by A.D. Winans. "Here, in a clear language that "hangs tough" while tipping toward the lyrical, A.D. Winans delivers another surprise. In his life as a poet he has given us the working class blues, poems of protest, the world of jazz, and surrendered to the elegiac, honoring those creative artists, who, like himself, cared little for..... More

North Salem, NY; San Francisco, CA: Bottle Of Smoke Press; Second Coming Press, 2016. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by A.D. Winans to Charles Plymell An exemplary poem by the great American Beat-&-Beyond poet, prose writer & publisher who is so associated with San Francisco & its literary Renaissance(s) that he can indeed proclaim he IS that city. As noted in colophon, this is one of only..... More