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San Francisco, CA: Family Dog Productions, 1966. First Edition, Fourth Printing/Variation. Single Sheet. A poster (appx. 13&7/8" x 20") announcing a concert with performances headlined by the 13th Floor Elevators, along with the Quicksilver Messenger Service, during September 30- October 1, 1966 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The acclaimed American artist Stanley Mouse (b. Stanley George Miller, 1940) created the artwork & graphics reproduced here, in collaboration with..... More

New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed & Inscribed by Edward Abbey. "The Fool's Progress is the story of Henry Holyoak Lightcap's uncertain advance through life, recounted during a 3,500-mile journey from the arid wasteland of Tucson, Arizona, to the "green, fuzzy, mist-infested hills" of a fictional Stump Creek, West Virginia. The journey- Henry is accompanied by his dying dog, Solstice- takes place in April..... More

Elmwood Park, IL: The Dalkey Archive Press, 1989. First Printing. Softcover. This fall 1989 number of the venerable literary journal is partly dedicated to articles by & about Kathy Acker, the late experimental writer often cited as a literary post-punk progeny of William S. Burroughs among other influences. Includes the transcript of a conversation between Acker & Ellen G. Friedman, as well as articles by Acker herself, Naomi Jacobs, Robert..... More

Exeter, UK: Societas, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. "In the summer of 2020, there was an eruption of violence directed towards historical monuments across Europe and North America. Statues were torn down while police watched. Prominent public figures, politicians and even museum directors cheered on the destruction. Supporters claimed it was payback for slavery; critics said it was neo-Marxist activism or sheer vandalism. Can we place the 2020 events in a...... More

London, England: Golconda Fine Art Books, 2018; 2020. Limited First Editions. Stapled Wrappers. Both volumes signed by Alexander Adams. "I have accepted the view that my verse benefits from illustration and that- as an artist- I am well placed to provide that. My verse has appeared in anthologies without illustration, so it seems that the verse is strong enough to function without images. I try to write verse as if..... More

Boston, MA: Virginia Adams, Yosemite National Park and Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Signed by Ansel Adams. "My devotion to photography of the natural scene has drawn me to nearly every section of the United States and to Hawaii and Alaska. The desire to apply my photography to wilderness regions beyond the Sierra Nevada was realized for the first time when I was appointed photomuralist for the..... More

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin / The Riverside Press, 1941 (1960). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "In the summer of 1936, James Agee and Walker Evans were sent on a journalistic assignment to discover and disclose the actual daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the South. They found and lived with three families for one month, and put together words and photographs that were eloquent, original, and devastating. 'Let Us Now..... More

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by Nelson Algren. “Nelson Algren’s first writing was done when he was working as a migratory laborer in the Southwest. His first story was published in ‘Story Magazine’ in 1933, while he was living in an abandoned filling station outside of Rio Hondo, Texas….‘A Walk on the Wild Side’ wasn’t written until long after it had been walked,’..... More

Roseville, MI: Ridgeway Press, 1988. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A slim chapbook of poetry by the Iraqi-American poet Alese Alousi, published by Ridgeway Press. This small press also published writings by F.E. Kerouac-Parker, the late former wife of Jack Kerouac who came from & returned to the Detroit area. Enchanting poems in a unique, colloquial style. A fine rarity in perfect condition. As new. More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2021. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A fascinating, well-researched scholarly essay by Mike Andrews that focuses on the parallel lives & works of respective American literary & musical giants Jack Kerouac & Miles Davis. Direct references to Davis & Co. (esp. Charlie Parker) live & on record in Kerouac's works are noted, & there is a general thread of comparing their separate lives at identical..... More

Schonebeck, Germany; Marlborough, MA: Moloko Print/ Water Row Books, 2022. Limited First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Oliver Harris. "When William Burroughs mailed Alan Ansen a copy of Naked Lunch on its publication in 1959, he dedicated it to "one of the few who understood Naked Lunch before I did," testifying to the unique role ansen played from the start of Burroughs' career as collaborator, promoter, critic, friend and author of..... More