London, England: Paladin Grafton Books, 1986. First UK Edition. Softcover. The first British edition of the hallucinatory novel by Kathy Acker, the late William S. Burroughs-influenced experimental writer. A softcover original issued the same year (1986) & in similar trade format as the first Grove Press/Evergreen US edition. Both editions also have the same bold front cover illustration by Catherine Denvir. "If Miller and Burroughs didn't curl your hair, Acker's..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of a compilation of three novels by the late Kathy Acker, the provocative experimental author among whose influences was William S. Burroughs. Consisting of Kathy Goes to Haiti, originally published in 1978 in a limited small press edition; My Death My Life by Pier Paolo Pasolini, about the controversial, murdered Italian film director & first published..... More

London, England: Aloes Books, 2016. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Alexander Adams. A brief, haunting memoir by Alexander Adams, an award-winning artist, poet & writer, concerning his activities, experiences & impressions of Berlin, where he resided during 2007-2014. The narrator "A." is presumed to be the author. One of a limited edition of 75, this is copy No. 43/75 as hand-noted in pencil on the title page. Also..... More

London, England: Aloes Books, 2016. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed twice by author; inscribed & signed by publisher. An evocative piece of epistolary literature by Alexander Adams, a poet, writer & award-winning artist. Adams is a member of the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu), where he has delivered outstanding presentations at its annual conferences. This writer has had the pleasure & privilege of being a friend &..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2020. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Bill Butler was a six foot five, charismatic, American poet and writer. First published in Beatitude in 1960. He opened the Unicorn bookshop in Brighton in 1967. Unicorn was also a pioneering publisher, including Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs and Bob Dylan. There were several clashes with the authorities. Here is the Unicorn story." (back cover) A fascinating, delightful..... More

Ann Arbor, MI; New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Johnstown, PA: Ann Arbor News; New York Daily News; New York Times; Johnstown Tribune-Democrat; Cleveland Plain Dealer; Columbus Sunday Dispatch, 1969. First Printings. Loose Folded Sheets. "MAN Lands on the MOON," reads the bold headline over a photograph of the planet that takes up the entire front page of the final Daily News: New York's Picture Newspaper edition of July..... More

Munich, Germany; London, England & New York, NY: Prestel Verlag, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "Taking Shots, its title playing on the symbolic and overt connections between Burroughs the heroin user, Burroughs the firearms obsessive and Burroughs the photographer, is the first major exhibition and publication to explore his photography on its own terms and to examine the ways Burroughs used the camera as an aesthetic and recording device...Our intention in..... More

New York, NY: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1981. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the proceedings of the prestigious Academy includes a commemorative tribute by Allen Ginsberg to Henry Miller, who had died the previous year: "He innovated in the courageous mode of spontaneous prose- prose which depends on the energy of the mind moving and the fearless recollection of that energy at time of composition."..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early eighth number of the collectible series of pamphlets published by the venerable Black Sparrow Press & dated May 1973 on front cover, features the title poem (or rather the series of short prose-poem paragraphs) by David Antin (1932-2016), the esteemed & pioneering poet, critic & performance artist. On front cover, as with other issues in this series..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Unicorn Press, 1918 [1970]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Guillame Apollinaire's celebrated, groundbreaking "Calligrams" were first published shortly after his death in 1918, and have since come to be considered an important ancestor of Concrete poetry and a major Surrealist work. The "Calligrams" deal in "...the spiritual drama of Apollinaire's reactions to World War I," his "...total investigation of life," and his all-permeating conviction that he indeed stood..... More

Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1982. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Gogisgi/Carroll Arnett to Thomas Rain Crowe. "grandfather eagle/ which art in heaven/ thou soarest in heaven/ thou makest my blood/ to sing/ sing/ sing" (Eagle Song, pg. 8) A collection of poems by Gogisgi/Carroll Arnett (1927-1997), A Native American poet & professor of Cherokee-French ancestry who at one time was a Deer Clan Chief of the Overhill..... More

Ellsworth, ME; Eugene, OR: Backwoods Broadsides; Mountains & Rivers Press, 2003; 2005. Limited First Editions. Folded Sheet; sewn wrappers. Broadside inscribed & signed by Bob Arnold to Thomas Rain Crowe; chapbook signed by Bob Arnold. "If it just kept on raining/ -far past the notion of an ark/ would we have a new mythology/ to take its place" ("Getting Past the Text," pg. 12, Invent a World) Two collectible productions..... More

Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, n/d (circa 1986). First Printings. Single Sheets. Two broadsides both signed by Clayton Eshleman. Two related oblong broadside-posters, both relating to a literary event held at the Detroit Institute of Arts on November 2, circa 1986 featuring Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed, prolific poet, editor, educator & translator: (1) An approx. 14"x8&1/2" announcement of a multi-media event featuring readings of the works of Antonin Artaud..... More