Boston, MA: Boston University, 1975-1976. First Editions. Wrappers. New Series Volume One Numbers 1 & 2; A First International Symposium. Three original volumes from the "New (second) Series" of this most influential literary journal, co-edited by Jerome Rothenberg & published by Boston University. Among the goals of the series was to explore the full range of humanity's poetry, including translations from tribal/oral traditions. Volume One, Number one features, among many..... 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

Lincoln, NE: Federal Writers' Project, 1939. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. "The present collection continues the recital of the farmers' grievances against the railroads (signalized by Jay Gould, John Thurston, and Mark Hanna) and the banking and political interests allied with them. Through high freight and interest rates, coupled with ruinously low prices for farm products, monopoly and speculation were dispossessing the farmer and arousing him to a reform campaign that..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1984. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1984 number of the distinguished literary journal produced by the Department of English at the University of New Mexico features an item regarding Kenneth Rexroth- a 1947-vintage bibliography of poets & critical writers who were the subject of an academic discussion group lead by Rexroth, a group that included Robert Duncan, Philip Lamantia & others. This issue also..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & Signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo; & signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features an article by the acclaimed, long Michigan-based poet Diane Wakoski, the third in a series where she spotlights poets she felt were neglected. Here, Wakoski discusses the works of Robert Peters..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1986. First Printing. Softcover. This fall 1986 number of the venerable academic journal features essays & articles on Beat-related poets Charles Olson, Kenneth Rexroth & William Carlos Williams, as well as Philip Levine, Ezra Pound & James Wright. With reviews of critical studies of the works of Emily Dickinson & Pound. Another important scholarly collectible in very fine condition, with only a few very..... More

Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 1987. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Voices & Visions is the most ambitious television production ever attempted on American poetry, and the most comprehensive. In 13 hour-long programs, the series traces the course of the art during the last century and a quarter as it was shaped by some of our most important poets. Using vintage photographs and film footage, paintings, newsreels, original manuscripts and archival..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1987. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1987 number of the scholarly journal features two reviews by Randy Roark concerning Allen Ginsberg, a founding father of the Beat Generation: On the Poetry of Allen Ginsberg, a compilation of critical essays edited by Lewis Hyde; & Collected Poems 1947-1980, the door-stopper collection of Ginsberg's poetry. This issue also includes a symposium on the status of American..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Softcover. This winter 1988 number of the distinguished literary journal features a review of a volume of Robert Lowell's collected prose by J. Nelson Hathcock, several reviews of books by & about Kenneth Rexroth (a mentor & collaborator with the Beats), a forum on the poet Louis Zukofsky (co-founder of the objectivist school of poetry) by John Taggart, & more. Another..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990. First Printing. Softcover. This spring 1990 number of the esteemed literary journal features essays on the early poetry of Denise Levertov by Audrey T. Rogers, Thomas McGrath's work by Frederick C. Stern, James Merrill's by Timothy Materer & more. Another collectible issue in very fine condition, virtually mint inside & out except for the tiniest bumps at top & bottom corners of front..... More

London, England: Routledge, 1999. First UK edition. Hardcover. "In AD 69 the Roman Empire seemed endangered by civil war and rebellion. The plebeian and uncharismatic Emperor Vespasian restored peace and confidence and ensured a smooth succession. His reputation in antiquity gained momentum in the medieval and modern era to present a universally acknowledged picture of an emperor who instigated economic advances and improved government which led to the 'Golden Age'..... More

New York, NY: Portents, 1969. First Printing. Broadside. Issued as Portents 13 by Ann Charters (author of the first major biography of Jack Kerouac), this 6"x15" broadside is a prospectus for a special Herman Melville-related box of which only 25 were produced. "This Melville box attempts to give a sense of Melville's presence in the Berkshires by offering a construct of objects, some contemporary to Melville, others from our own..... More

Sunbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Lettered & Signed by (and with photograph of) Alan Ansen. "When Carl Solomon's Uncle, A.A. Wyn, the publisher of Ace Books, saw three chapters of THE VIGILANTES, he said, 'Ah, a study of the milieu.' The remark irritated me at the time (see the appended Statement); but I am now thirty-five years later inclined to see it as a fair comment..... More