New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. "As 1945 opened, America was on surprisingly congenial terms with China's Communist rebels--their soldiers treated their American counterparts as heroes, rescuing airmen shot down over enemy territory. Chinese leaders talked of a future in which American money and technology would help lift China out of poverty. Mao Zedong (1893-1976) himself held friendly meetings with U.S. emissaries, vowing to them his..... More

London, England & New York, NY: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman Publishers, 1970. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Ted Berrigan to Anne & Ken Mikolowski. A collection of poems by the primary New York School/post-Beat poet Ted Berrigan (1934-1983). One very short poem, entitled "Telegram," dedicated to & written shortly after Jack Kerouac's untimely passing, consists entirely of: "bye-bye Jack./See you soon." There are also..... More

Chicago, IL: The Yellow Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & Signed by Ted Berrigan to Anne & Ken Mikolowski. A collection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), among the giants of the New York School & a category onto himself with a most unique, varied style. Ranging from very short, haiku-like pieces to long works that combine poetry & prose-poetry, the contents of this volume exemplify Berrigan's mature forms..... More

New York, NY: Penguin Books, 1994. First Printing. Softcover. "This 'master of pathos," as Robert Duncan called him, who could so move the reader with such unaggressive method and such relaxed and seemingly common language was, in fact, a most subtle and resourceful innovator...."(from back cover blurb by Robert Creeley) A selection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the New York School poet's-poet who has a special, unique place in..... More

Berkeley, CA: Rumor Books/Listening Chamber, 2007. Limited First Edition. Softcover. A slim volume of translations by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the canonical New York School poet's-poet; in collaboration with noted scholar Gordon Brotherston. Among the great poets whose works are translated here are Guillaume Apollinaire, Heinrich Heine & Pablo Neruda. With short introductions by Beat-&-Beyond legend Anne Waldman & the esteemed Finnish-born poet & translator Anselm Hollo (1934-2013). Original languages &..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. "Letters illuminating a legendary literary love affair and the young artists who made 1960s New York the world's cultural capital. Ted and Sandy Berrigan's honeymoon ended when her father...forced Sandy into a mental hospital, had Ted run out of town by the sheriff, and hired private detectives to investigate his friends. These intimate, irresistible letters, written over the course of their..... More

Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed (twice) by John Lane to Thomas Rain Crowe. "On October 24, 2000, twelve students and three teachers from Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky set out into the Red River Gorge for a photography hike. We were led by poet and essayist John Lane and photographer Mark Olencki, both of whom were visiting Sayre as part of the Books Alive..... More

Chicago, IL: Big Table, Inc., 1959-1960. First Printings. Softcovers. Here are all five contiguous issues of one of the most important literary journals ever published: Big Table. A legendary response to censure & censorship by the mid-twentieth century American academic-literary establishment, Big Table was conceived by Irving Rosenthal, the editor of the prestigious Chicago Review. Issues of the review published in 1958 featured writings & excerpts by Jack Kerouac &..... More

Chicago, IL: The Bijou Publishing Empire, Inc./The Print Mint, 1970. Second printing. Stapled Wrappers. The second number of this golden-age exemplar of underground comix features two pages of classic work by Robert Crumb (with Itzy & Bitzy, Mr. Natural, Flakey Foont, Eggs Ackles et al.), Kim Deitch, Rory Hayes, Jay Kinney, Jay Lynch, Jim Osborne, Gilbert Shelton (an early appearance of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers prior to their separate..... More

Boston, MA: George M. Smith & Co., 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. "It is believed that what is herein written will appeal largely to a common experience among soldiers. In full faith that such is the case, they are now presented to veterans, their children, and the public as an important contribution of warp to the more majestic woof which comprises the history of the Great Civil War already written. That..... More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Megan Marshall. "Since her death in 1979, Elizabeth Bishop, who published only one hundred poems in her lifetime, has become one of America's best-loved poets. And yet- painfully shy and living out of public view in Key West and Brazil, among other hideaways- she has never been seen so fully as a woman and an artist. Megan Marshall..... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Limited Trade Edition. Softcover. "Paul Blackburn died on September 13, 1971, at Cortland, New York, in his forty-sixth year. In the months before his death he had prepared a number of manuscripts for publication. The present collection of Blackburn's earliest published work, with unpublished poems of the same period, is as Blackburn arranged it. "The sole basis for this book is the..... More

Seattle, WA: Double Elephant Folio & Quarto Co., Inc., 1969. First Edition Thus. Softcover. A very large (appx. 11&1/3" x 13&2/3") folio with very high-quality facsimile reproductions of engraved illustrations by the iconic British artist, poet & printer William Blake. As explained in colophon, "This book has been printed by photo-offset lithography from the original edition of 1804. It is number three in the Double Elephant- San Vito Press series..... More