Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Trade Softcover Edition; Second Printing. Softcover; Stapled Wrappers. [1] "'Rare Angel' is about the interwoven topologies of reality. It reaches for luck--swinging out in every direction. It is about the explosion going on. / Walking the city streets, the old buildings sink into non-existence and the new buildings rise up. The flow of change is palpable and exciting. It is thrilling to..... More

Italy: News Productions, Circa 2001. First Edition Thus. Single Card. Inscribed & signed by Michael McClure to Kevin Ring. A postcard with photograph on recto of Michael McClure (1932-2020), the great primary poet of the Beat Generation, San Francisco Renaissance & beyond who recently passed away, with his colleague Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation. The image dates to June 1968, & depicts the two legendary poets sitting..... More

New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. "Kerouac and Friends is more than a collection of photos and articles from the 1950s; it's a loving memoir of the wonderful carefree days when I had nothing to do except go to poetry readings, the Artists' Club, the Living Theatre, and the Cedar Street Tavern...Kerouac and Friends is about the vintage years of the beat generation when..... More

Sudbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1986. Limited First Trade Edition Thus. Softcover. "Reprinted here in its entirety, including an introduction by Jack Kerouac, River of Red Wine is sensitive and musical. First published in 1958, Micheline's collection of poems is required reading for anyone who wants to hear a major, if not understood, voice of the Beat Generation." (back cover) A reissue of the now-classic poetry collection by Jack Micheline..... More

Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, 1980-1981. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. “Charley Parker Looked like Buddha / Charley Parker, who recently died / Laughing at a juggler on the TV / after weeks of strain and sickness, / was called the Perfect Musician / And his expression on his face / Was as calm, beautiful, and profound / As the image of the Buddha / Represented in the East, the..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1957. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Is there a "literary underground" in America- a group of undiscovered talents in revolt against mass culture, who are already shaping the literature of the future? This new anthology in the well-known series attempts to answer this question with stories, poems, plays and essays, many of them by new writers." (from back cover) A particularly rare & important number..... More

San Francisco, CA: Gay Sunshine Press, 1977. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "CARNIVOROUS SAINT, a pioneer work spanning 4 decades of erotic gay poems, is the first book of its kind by a major American poet. Norse has developed his own style and vision, "an anguished Whitman reversed, sharing something of Whitman's sense of an encompassing vision. His energies are both Boschian and calming, wild and controlled...a first-rate talent," writes Robert..... More

San Francisco, CA: Four Seasons Foundation, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. "Causal Mythology," if Third Mind Books would have been in charge of assigning a title to the book, would read exactly the way our listing title shows it. At the very least, it would provide some reference to the fact that it holds within its covers a significant lecture delivered by the great-&-powerful Charles Olson (1910-1970). The second thing to..... More

Kyoto, Japan: Origin Press, 1978. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "I did not/ choose to be/ born and I// do not choose/ to die. I-/ as you are-// am one of/ many who/ have arrived." (Cid Corman ("CC"), "The Elite," pg. 64). The third number in the fourth series of the legendary literary journal edited, published & with contribution by the great expatriate American poet & translator Cid Corman (1924-2004). Subtitled..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1965. First Printings. Softcovers. This important vintage number of the legendary literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features contributions by three primary poets of the Beat Generation: "Hop, Skip, and Jump" & "Poem" by Gary Snyder; "What Are You Saying," "Sounds in the Night" & "The Spoiled Son" by John Wieners; & "To the Muse" by Philip Whalen. Also in this issue, an in-depth..... More

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage "Fifteenth Anniversary" issue of the prestigious literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton features contributions by a particularly rich group of Beat Generation, -related & -beyond poets: Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beats ("City Midnight Junk Strains"); John Giorno ("Rose"); Kenneth Koch (five poems including "Ten Films"); Gerard Malanga ("Cold"); Ed Sanders ("Two Poems" sections I & II)..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1956. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. (Cook 3, Pg. 4). "Understand that they were sitting just inside the door / at a little table with two full beers and two empties. / There were a few dozen people moving around, killing / Time and getting tight because nothing meant anything / Anymore / Somebody looked at a girl and somebody said / Great things doing..... More

Brittany, France: Centre Culturel Breton EGIN, 2008. First Printing (Contributor's Copy). Softcover. This number of the French literary & cultural journal features a special section entitled "Charles Plymell: ecrivain de la Beat Generation," dedicated to the great American poet, printer, publisher & Legendary Literary Outlaw. With brief biography, bibliography, interview conducted by Alain Jegou, several poems & an excerpt from his acclaimed novel-memoir The Last of the Mocassins. With a...... More