Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1993. First Printing. Single Sheet. "You cannot write a single line w/out a cosmology/ a cosmogony/ laid out, before all eyes" (first stanza) A large broadside (appx. 24" x 34&7/8") with the title poem by Diane di Prima (1934-2020), primary poet of the Beat Generation & beyond, among the few females in that original group who very recently as of this writing..... More

Germany: Steidl, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. “When I saw the terra cotta depiction of Orpheus at the Getty Villa, I was eager to speak with the sculptor across time. He was clearly drawn, as I am, to the idea of Poet (artist) and Muse. Here’s the delicate guy singing looking love-sick and enchanted by the two sirens looking over his shoulders. My whole life, as a maker of things and..... More

Flint, MI: Bamberger Books, 1993. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed (twice) by Kenward Elmslie to Ken & Ann Mikolowski. "Postcards on Parade explores the glorious traditions of the American musical, gives them a spin, and injects them with surreal pizzaz and linguistic highs in this concept musical for the 1990s. Three gatherings of dealers and collectors of old postcards provide a reality that is constantly confronted and undermined..... More

n/p: Unknown, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet Framed. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. "Does it really matter that his body has disappeared?/ His head, atilt on the pedestal of an open stone collar,/ rests on banyan roots writhing like a fabulous beast body,..." (first lines) A broadside (appx. 9" x 12"; 12&2/3" x 15&2/3" framed) with the title poem by Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed & prolific poet, editor & educator; our..... More

San Francisco, CA: Vojo Skyline Press / Peter Lembcke Gallery, 1991. Limited Lettered First Printing. Single Sheet. "The paintings can't be explained. The best of them have a certain mystery about them that can't be explained... It is a mysterious process, painting. The figures, the creatures, the face appear 'out of nowhere,' so to speak, messengers or harbingers from some other place or time... I only know they exist in..... More

San Francisco, CA: Vojo Skyline Press / Peter Lembcke Gallery, 1991. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. "The paintings can't be explained. The best of them have a certain mystery about them that can't be explained... It is a mysterious process, painting. The figures, the creatures, the face appear 'out of nowhere,' so to speak, messengers or harbingers from some other place or time... I only know they exist in their..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sore Dove Press, 2009. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. “They were putting up the statue / of Saint Francis / in front of the church / of Saint Francis / in the city of San Francisco / in a little side street / just off the Avenue / where no birds sang / and the sun was coming up on time / in its usual fashion /..... More

New York, NY: Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Lightning's blue glare fills Oklahoma plains,/ the train rolls east/ casting yellow shadow on grass/ Twenty years ago/ approaching Texas/ I saw/ sheet lightning/ cover Heaven's corners/ Feed Storage Elevators in gray rain mist,/ checkerboard light over sky-roof/ same electric lightning South/ follows this train/ Apocalypse prophesied- / the Fall of America/ signaled from Heaven-" (from "Part One/..... More

San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Second Printing. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 14&1/4" x 20") announcing a "Dance Concert" with performances headlined by Buffalo Springfield, along with the Daily Flash & the Congress of Wonders, during December 2-3, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The American artist Tom Glass, of whom we have found little-to-no information & who signed his work as "Ned Lamont"..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Occidental College, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large poster (20" x 25&3/4") announcing a lecture series, exhibitions, symposium etc. held during 1986-1987 honoring the centennial of Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962), the iconic American poet & environmentalist who was an inspiration to Charles Bukowski, Gary Snyder & many others. The series of events were sponsored by & mostly took place at Occidental College in Los Angeles, which was..... More

Taos, NM: Voices from the American Land, 2015. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers in Over-Wraps. With loose sheet of hand-written notes by Thomas Rain Crowe. "The Arctic landscape is not for the weak. It's difficult. Dangerous. Possessed of a demanding beauty. Much like the human heart, it is easy to get lost in. Joan Naviyuk Kane's people have lived in the circumpolar north for thousands of years, thriving in the harsh..... More

Portland, OR: The Yes! Press, 1971. Limited First Edition Thus. Single Sheet. "...So whatever plan you have for me/ Splitter of majesty/ Make it short/ brief/ Make it snappy/ bring me home to the eternal mother/ today/..." A beautiful broadside (9" x 11") featuring the title poem by Jack Kerouac, founding father of the Beat Generation. The sadly prophetic poem was originally published during 1959, again anonymously the day after..... More

Marlborough, MA: Water Row Press, 2009. Limited, Numbered First Printing. Single Sheet. Book. Signed & numbered by artist J.D. King. A hand-print (appx. 18" x 19&3/4") by the acclaimed & prolific artist-musician J.D. King. The image depicted is of a semi-abstract Beat Generation-Hipster figure, complete with Beret, glasses & a peace symbol. This image was commissioned by Water Row Press, the imprint of our great friend & mentor Jeffrey Weinberg..... More