Brooklyn, NY: UpSet Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. "The war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it." (Diana di Prima, pg. 221). Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the war in Iraq, and 9/11, A Little History explores the deep politics of memory and imagination while proposing a new paradigm for American Studies. With a preface by editor, publisher..... More

New York, NY: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Ted Berrigan to the poet & noted mimeograph revolutionary, Lee Harwood. The debut volume of poetry by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the great American poet, publisher, and mimeograph revolutionary most closely affiliated with the “New York School” of poets. In 1978, while writing to Anne Waldman (b. 1945), Berrigan described the “technical achievement”..... More

New York, NY, USA: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. From the collection of Albert Glover, with his ownership stamp. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Ted Berrigan likes to read a lot. He is smart, as well as being intelligent. I like the way he walks and I like the way he talks. He is a real poet, 24 hours a day, and a wonderful person." (Joe Brainard, from..... More

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. A volume of short stories by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the brilliant & prolific New York School-&-Beyond poet, editor, biographer, novelist & story writer as here, who epitomizes our category of "The Prolific & Underappreciated." With the title story & 23 other varied tales of satire, dead-pan humor, topicality & his particular interests including baseball. We here offer..... More

Brighton, England: Ian Potts, 1975. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by Andrew Crozier to Albert Glover. "Ever since man learned to judge the time of day from length or direction of the sun's shadows, the sun has been the primary standard of time keeping." (Opening sentence to "Introduction To My Sundials"). The poem Seven Contemporary Sun Dials by British painter & poet Ian Potts (1936-2014) is a...... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, 1963. Advance Review Copy. Hardcover. “The late William Carlos Williams, who read Mr. Field’s work, wrote: ‘I don’t know how the hell old you are or anything about you, but I’m certain you’ve got the stuff: clean, straight writing that knows (or you know) what a poem can be made of. I am much-impressed…I’m talking of an over-all excellence that looks young to me and..... More

New York, NY, USA: Angel Hair Books, 1966. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed, signed & dated by Lee Harwood to Richard Cupidi. "Lee Harwood writes about memories that refuse to fade and dreams that are never nearly clear enough. In responding to these phenomena as if they were identical and simultaneous forms of desire, he declares the sovereignty of the emotional matrix and his own virtual helplessness in its..... More

New York, NY, USA: Dead Language Press, 1962. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Piero Heliczer. "this sphynx white mourning/ a sphynx white after noon// the sphynx breasts and/ sphynx white haunches// and ants running along sphynx lips/ curled softly and eyes/ white/ passport of sphynxes ("Poem Number One," first stanzas, unpaginated) An early collection of poems by Piero (Giorgio) Heliczer (1937-1993), the Italian-American poet, publisher, actor & filmmaker who..... More

Kerhonkson, NY: Poets Press, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. A sui generis volume of so-called “Psychedelic Prayers” by Timothy Leary (1920-1996), the enigmatic-&-notorious subject of “Legend of a Mind” by the Moody Blues (the psych-rock classic of 1968) among several other distinctions. In all seriousness, though: Leary’s legacy is one that’s complexified, not clarified, by the scope of his life and the sum of its elements. We pick up his story..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1964. First Printing. Softcover. (Cook 50, pg. 54). “If I rest for a moment near The Equestrian, / pausing for a liver sausage sandwich in the Mayflower Shoppe, / that angel seems to be leading the horse into Bergdorf’s / and I am naked as a tablecloth, my nerves humming. / Close to the fear of war and the stars which have disappeared. /..... More

New Haven, CT: Totem Press/Corinth Books, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound. "Quips and players, seeming to vend astringency off-hours, | celebrate diced excesses and sardonics, mixing pleasures, | as if proximity were staring at the margin of a plea...." (opening stanza). Second Avenue is a long poem by American writer, poet & art critic Frank O'Hara (1926-1966), written in 1953 and published as a standalone volume in 1960. O'Hara..... More

New York, NY, USA: 1964. Limited First Edition. Stapled Sheets. Signed by Ron Padgett. “From point A a wind is blowing to point B / Which is here, where the pebble is only a mountain. / If truly heaven and earth are out there / Why is that man waving his arms around, / Gesturing to the word “lightning” written on the clouds / That surround and disguise his feet..... More

London, England: Aloes Books London, 1971. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A collection of poems by Ron Padgett (b. 1942), the noted poet, essayist, fiction writer & translator most frequently associated with the New York School. Padgett came up in the 1960s alongside poets like Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), Anne Waldman (b. 1945) & Joe Brainard (1942-1994), many of whom had collaborated with visual artists and were steeped in Marcel Duchamp..... More