Paris, France: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1972. First French Edition. Softcover. Originally published in 1963 as Number Eighteen in the iconic Pocket Poets Series of City Lights Books, this is the first French edition, first printing of March 1972. With English text on left pages, & French text on right pages. The translators are Mary Beach & Claude Pelieu, the important wife-husband team in art, writing & publishing. They knew &..... More
[Item #2240]
Flushing, NY: Drue Heinz, 1993. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the venerable literary journal famously edited by George Plimpton includes a portfolio with reproductions of photographs by Beat Generation founding father Allen Ginsberg, including his trademark hand-written captions in margins below the images, entitled "Cosmopolitan Greetings." The year after this issue (1994), Ginsberg would publish a volume with the title poem of the same name, composed in 1986. The..... More
[Item #2997]
n/p: Allen Ginsberg, n/d. Autograph Letter Signed. Single Sheet. Hand-written & signed by Allen Ginsberg. "Dick= I think this would/ make a very great/ magazine cover- for/ you- Especially if you/ had a great and dead serious (underlined) / issue to go with it- perhaps/ Rosset's idea of The Fall/ of America(underlined) (dead hard)- I/ don't mean this as a joke-/ you'd really get sensational/ attention, once anybody noticed/ what..... More
[Item #4116]
New York, NY: Totem Press/Corinth Books, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed (very uniquely) by Allen Ginsberg. A first printing of Empty Mirror, a compilation of early poems by Allen Ginsberg published in 1961, with an introduction by William Carlos Williams. On the title page is a most bizarrely unique, collectible autograph with citation by the poet: At the upper right corner, in thick black marker, someone has written "To..... More
[Item #2051]
New York, NY: Samuel Pitts Edwards & Jack Rennert, July 1961. First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. The second issue of this important literary magazine, featuring "when the mode of the music changes the walls of the city shake," the first appearance of a prose work by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), described by the great Beat poet in his contributor's blurb as "...not an essay--they're irritable notes written in 1959 at the height..... More
[Item #1676]
New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the literary journal published at Columbia University features five early poems written by Allen Ginsberg in 1948, with an introduction by the poet written when he submitted them in 1961. Ginsberg famously attended Columbia, & some of his earliest published appearances are in earlier numbers of this journal. As he notes in his introduction, these poems..... More
[Item #2052]
London, England: Love Books, 1965. First Edition. Soft Cover. Long Hair Number 1 was published in 1965 by Love Books in London by Barry Miles, manager of the Indica Bookshop & Gallery in London & later bibliographer & biographer of William S. Burroughs. Featuring contributions from notable Beat, New York School poets and others, Long Hair was one of the first mimeo literary magazines to help pave the way from..... More
[Item #1152]
Milan, Italy: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1965. First Edition. Softcover. An early essay on the work of Allen Ginsberg by the great Italian translator, critic & scholar Fernanda Pivano (1917-2009). Written in spring 1964 & published in this stated first edition of December 1965. Pivano translated Ginsberg's major poems into Italian, including Howl, which ushered the Beat Generation into popular consciousness & from which the term "Hydrogen Jukebox" is taken for..... More
[Item #2249]
Pleasant Valley, NY: Kriya Press, 1967. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed & with hand-written information by Bob Wilson. An illustrated broadside (13"x18") featuring a short poem by Allen Ginsberg, composed under the influence as indicated in the title, in June 1966. Ginsberg was in full hippie bloom a decade after his groundbreaking arrival on the scene as one of the most important members of the original Beat Generation. Issued..... More
[Item #2169]
Portland, OR: Dick Bakken & Lee Altman, 1967. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. This issue of the short-lived literary journal from the heyday of the 1960s independent-underground press features the poem "Stotras to Kali Destroyer of Illusions" by Allen Ginsberg, an inspired work composed in Bombay (now Mumbai), India during his famous sojourn there in 1962. Also a poem by Charles Bukowski, "Answer To a Note found In the Mailbox:"; four..... More
[Item #2054]
n/p (distributed by City Lights Books, San Francisco, CA: Beach Books, Texts & Documents, 1968. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Published the year after T.V. Baby Poems (item #1809), this is a facsimile of Allen Ginsberg's original 1961 hand-typed manuscript, with subsequent hand-written corrections & notations, of the first & longest poem in that previous volume, where it is titled "Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber." It is..... More
[Item #1810]
Bellingham, WA: Western Washington State College, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. This second number of the venerable literary journal, published by Western Washington State College under the sponsorship of its Department of English, features contributions of one poem each by Allen Ginsberg & his father, Louis Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg's poem is untitled, with the first line "O Future bards." This poem was later reprinted in the major anthology, Allen Ginsberg: Collected..... More
[Item #2242]
San Francisco, CA: House of Anansi/City Lights Books, 1969. First American Edition. Soft Cover. First published in Canada and exported to the USA where it was seized and destroyed by U.S. Customs, this is the first U.S. edition that escaped the clutches of the establishment. Contains journal excerpts by Allen Ginsberg written from 1948-1968. In near fine condition with only minor wear to covers & spine, small highlighter markings on..... More
[Item #1153]
San Francisco, CA; New York, NY: Bob McNeely; Random House, Inc., 1969; 1972. Original Photograph; First Edition. Photograph over Mount; Hardcover. With description in Allen Ginsberg's hand on verso of photograph. A one-of-a-kind bundle of rarities relating to Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation: (1) an original photograph (appx. 9&7/8" x 7&3/4") depicting Ginsberg (1926-1997) in the company of John Wieners (1934-2002) at the Republican National Convention in..... More
[Item #4059]
San Francisco, CA: Dave Haselwood Books/City Lights Books, 1970. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. A compilation of journal entries by Allen Ginsberg, which he describes as including "...the bulk of writing (except for letters) done by the author during 1962-3 stay in India & are that portion of otherwhere unpublished journals begun in 1945 continuing to present 70's decade..."(from back cover). Now a widely regarded classic of insight into the raw..... More
[Item #2830]
New York, NY: Portents, 1970. First Edition. Stapled Pamphlet. Published as Portents 17 by Samuel Charters. One of 300 un-numbered copies. 4-page stapled pamphlet with the title work, a transcript of Allen Ginsberg’s notes that reads like prose-poetry. Card stock covers with William Carlos Williams 1952 holograph reproduced on the front cover. Oblong format. A beautiful Ginsberg rarity in very fine condition. Very Fine. More
[Item #1154]
New York, NY: Vintage Books, 1970; circa 1997. First Softcover Edition; original ephemera. Softcover. "...the image of the man is so delightfully clear and impressive....That Ginsberg takes the book away from itself is proof of Kramer's skill and Ginsberg's magnificent personality..."(from back cover blurb by John Greenya) Two rarities relating to the early, acclaimed biography of Allen Ginsberg by Jane Kramer: (1) First softcover edition of February 1970 as stated..... More
[Item #2244]
Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled. Edited by Allen De Loach and published as part of the Beau Fleuve Series, this scarce booklet features long poem by Peter Orlovsky and back cover photograph of nude Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlovsky by Richard Avedon. In very fine condition except for a very small red felt-tip pen mark on mid-upper right of front cover. Fine. More
[Item #1156]
New York, NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This is a larger chapbook with the title poem by Allen Ginsberg, produced for NYC's legendary, now-gone Gotham Book Mart by Profile Press in August 1972. First printing as stated. With beautiful black & white photographs by William webb; & a color reproduction of a painting of Bixby Canyon by Emil White, tipped-in to the front cover. The Canyon..... More
[Item #1815]
Bolinas, CA: Grey Fox Press, 1972. First edition. Softcover. A volume of early poetry by Allen Ginsberg, with nascent references to the Beat phenomenon that would explode with the reading & publication of Howl several years after they were first written. This is the earliest compilation of works that are now part of later, much larger complete Ginsberg anthologies. Includes Pull My Daisy, later sung in the seminal Beat short..... More
[Item #1579]
San Francisco, CA: Anonym Press, 1972. First Printing. Softcover. As stated in the introduction by editor Mark Robison, this is "...a discussion of modern poetry between Allen Ginsberg, Michael Aldrich, Edward Kissam, and Nancy Blecker at Ginsberg's farm in Cherry Valley, New York on November 26, 1968...Ginsberg depicts with minute detail how he implements what could be called a marked vocalization of mind thought and how the actual physical circumstance..... More
[Item #1814]
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Cold Turkey Press, 1973. Limited First Edition. Softcover. A magazine-format compilation featuring translations from English into Dutch by Gerard Belart of three poems by Allen Ginsberg, primary poet of the Beat Generation. The three poems originally appeared in English in the City Lights Books Pocket Poets Series volume, Planet News (1968), titled "Television was a Baby Crawling Toward that Deathchamber"; "The Change: Kyoto-Tokyo Express" & "Wales Visitation." With..... More
[Item #2257]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada; San Francisco, CA: The Coach House Press; City Lights Books, 1973; 1974. First Canadian Edition; First USA Edition. Softcovers. We are pleased to offer the first North American editions of Iron Horse, the long & exemplary poem by Allen Ginsberg dated July 22-23, 1966: (1) First-ever edition, from the first printing of 1000 copies, published in Canada by The Coach House Press during January 1973, with date..... More
[Item #3429]
New York, NY: Mulch Press, 1973. First Printing. Softcover. Tom Clark's copy with his ownership signature & marginalia. This vintage number of the venerable literary-critical journal features the first appearance of "The Visions of the Great Rememberer" by Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation. A memoir of Jack Kerouac & Neal Cassady that takes off from the text of Kerouac's then-recently posthumously published Visions of Cody, this is..... More
[Item #3742]
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company; Grove Press, Inc., 1974; 1977. First Editions. Journals Early Fifties- Early Sixties signed & dated by Allen Ginsberg. A bundled offer of two very important rarities (one of them particularly exceptional) by Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation & beyond: (1) Allen Ginsberg Journals Early Fifties- Early Sixties, edited by Gordon Ball. A now-classic, indispensable collection of Ginsberg's original journal entries of..... More
[Item #4081]