Lafayette, IN: English Literature in Transition: 1880-1920, English Department, Purdue University, 1966. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo; & with original typed, hand-initialed letter from Peters to Perrizo. "In the summer of 1884, Edmund Gosse's superiors at the London Board of Trade, where he worked as a translator, granted him a leave of absence in order to make a lecture tour of... More about America: The Diary of a Visit, Winter 1884-1885 with: Ephemera

New York, NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The amazing, sometimes shocking story of the country's erotic, pace-setting area: New York's East Village. The uncensored center of/ HAPPENINGS/ UNDERGROUND MOVIES/ COFFEEHOUSE THEATRE/ DRUGS/ FUGS/ AVANT-GARDE SEX!" (from front cover) A now-classic, thoughtful (albeit sensationally promoted as shown by the above quote) overview of the East Village NYC scene circa 1966, right when the Bohemianism of the Beat... More about The New Bohemia: The Combine Generation

Eugene, OR: Northwest Review Books, 1977. First Softcover Edition Thus. Softcover. A scholarly compilation of archival writings & facsimile manuscript pages by Ken Kesey, the legendary novelist whose Merry Prankster exploits on the "Further" bus with Neal Cassady & co. passed the torch from the Beats to the Hippies. Originally published in two issues of the Northwest Review, this is the first one-volume softcover edition. Edited by Michael Strelow &... More about Kesey

New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. A short, concise & insightful critical biography of Ken Kesey, the great American novelist whose Merry Prankster exploits as Neal Cassady drove the "Further" bus were critical to the evolution from Beat to Hippie culture. Written by scholar-professor Barry H. Leeds as part of the publisher's prolific Modern Literature Series. First hardcover edition in interesting green lizard-textured boards &... More about Ken Kesey

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed By Michael McClure. Signed, numbered, Limited Edition (#92/150). In this 2005 interview, Michigan State University professor, poet, & critical essayist Rod Phillips interviews poet Michael McClure, whose radically presented visionary poems echo the social & environmental concerns so masterfully charted in his work & the work of his internationally celebrated friends Gary Snyder & Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The interview... More about A Fierce God and a Fiercer War

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2012. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Numbered Limited Edition (#46/125). In this candid, historical interview with Philip Whalen, poet David Meltzer catches a still-sharp yet physically-deteriorating Philip Whalen at a crucial point--not long before he became too sick to mine his memory any longer for firsthand biographical glimpses of America's literary past. Whalen recounts his early years with Snyder & Kerouac in San Francisco, and... More about Whatnot: A Talk with Philip Whalen

New York, NY: Hyperion Books, 1992. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. El Hombre Invisible. "Miles traces threads of Burroughs' images from childhood to tough elder genius, isolating sensitive themes, following recurrences & evolution of routines clarifying Burroughs' comic pathetic heroic philosophies & insights into a coherent whole. Miles familiarizes even close readers with a fine map of Burroughs' mind." (Allen Ginsberg, back cover) Book in very fine condition with only minute... More about William Burroughs: A Portrait

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. "City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara" must be regarded as an absolutely seminal resource to all those interested in O'Hara and his inimitable contribution to American poetry. As this tome recounts, O'Hara was at the forefront of the now-canonized New York art & poetry scene of the 1950s & 60s. He was a vibrant, daily presence whose... More about City Poet: The Life and Times of Frank O'Hara

Bolinas, CA: Big Sky, 1978. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Frank O'Hara in others--that is what this book is about. As editors, we have collected the messages, long and short, from many of the people who knew Frank or who otherwise feel some close connection with him through either hearsay or his work or both, and whom we approached, asking them to contribute in the forms of their choice: "How... More about Homage to Frank O'Hara

New York, NY; London, England; Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: Jargon/ Corinth Books; Cape Goliard Press; Grossman Publishers/ The Viking Press; University of California Press, 1960-1980. Second Printings; First Softcover Editions. Four Softcovers; One Hardcover. The Maximus Poems are the Magnum Opus of Charles Olson (1910-1970), the great Black Mountain-&-Beyond poet who was, literally & in literature, a towering figure. His deep, wide-sweeping poems, & ideas about poetry, continue to..... More about The Maximus Poems (Two Editions) with: Maximus Poems IV, V, VI with: The Maximus Poems Volume...

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Iain Sinclair. Numbered Limited Edition (#44/125). In this special, signed limited edition chapbook from Kevin Ring's The Beat Scene Press, poet, essayist & critic Iain Sinclair delivers a sharp & scholastic piece on Charles Olson. Olson is the foremost influential giant of the Black Mountain School, whose larger-than-life character & catalog continue to be mined as an... More about On the Back of the Elephant: Riding with Charles Olson

New York, NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1960. First Edition Thus. Softcover. "From Edgar Allan Poe in the 1830s to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg in 1960, American Bohemianism has had a long, colorful, and usually somewhat fantastic history. This is the only complete record of that story- with hoboes, cranks and starving poets as its heroes; suffragettes and artists' models as its heroines; and banquets, suicides, and ferocious literary rivalries... More about Garrets and Pretenders: A History of Bohemianism in America (Revised Edition

Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed & signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo. "This study is an attempt to rescue from near oblivion Algernon Charles Swinburne's contributions to the aesthetics of his time and to provide a more detailed arrangement and evaluation of his principles of literature and art than have yet appeared. His reputation as a poet has tended to overshadow his abilities as... More about The Crowns of Apollo: Swinburne's Principles of Literature and Art; A Study in Victorian...