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

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

San Francisco, CA: Roxie Theater, 1985. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large (18" x 27") vintage poster announcing the "Gala World Theatrical Premiere and Beat Celebration Party" of the film biography of Jack Kerouac produced & directed by John Antonelli, on July 2, 1985. The film features William S. Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, Michael McClure & many other original Beat figures. The Premiere Celebration at the Roxie... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2007. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by author Gordon Ball. This is Number 13 in The Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series published by Kevin Ring in the UK. The author, Gordon Ball, is a photographer & filmmaker who was a friend & associate of Allen Ginsberg & other Beat Generation literary lights (he was even portentously born in Paterson, NJ, also Ginsberg's... More

Berkeley, CA: Provine Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. "It was, and is, important to me to demonstrate the right use of books, as Emerson called for, the nourishing value of a few crucial writers to the growth of an individual reader. For me, the work of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was the obvious choice...their books are as much a part of my way of perceiving and thinking about life as... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. This volume consists of The Electric Banana by Mary Beach with an introduction by William S. Burroughs, first published separately in 1975; The Gothic Banana, a humorous piece in unique dialect-spelling; & No Eye No Cyclone. Beach (whose illustrious literary family included Sylvia Beach, proprietor of Shakespeare & Co. in Paris & the first publisher of James Joyce's Ulysses) &... More

Paris, France: L'Herne, 1973. First Printing. Softcover. An early French-language study of the life & work of Jack Kerouac by Victor-Levy Beaulieu, the Quebecois novelist, playwright & biographer. A first printing (dated October 26, 1973 on colophon page) of a softcover original in sewn binding, part of the publisher's Les Livres Noirs series. Text in French. A collectible Kerouac rarity with the perspective of an author who shared his subject's... More

Denander, Henry. Stockholm, Sweden: Kamini Press, 2010. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by John Bennett & illustrator Henry Denander, with original watercolor artwork. An exquisite booklet of sharp-edged "shards" by John Bennett, the prolific & profound writer & publisher. Number 7 in the Kamini Press Poetry Series. One of only 25 special numbered copies, signed by Bennett & the front cover artist Henry Denander, & with an original watercolor... More

San Francisco, CA: Second Coming Press, 1987. First edition. Softcover. This copy of John Bennett's book of intense autobiography, observations & commentary once belonged to Charles Plymell, a fellow legend of writing & publishing. It is inscribed by the author on the inside front cover: "To Charlie Plymell-(signed) John Bennett 3/24/97." Also included is a typed letter from the author to Plymell, also dated March 24, 1997 at Ellensburg, WA... More

Dover, DE: Bottle of Smoke Press, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by John Bennett. A small-format jewel of a production from Bill Roberts' Bottle of Smoke Press, featuring six prose-poetic "shards" by the great writer & publisher John Bennett. A post-Beat legend since the 1960s, Bennett is still active from his perch in Washington State & regularly dispatches his jagged, illuminating shards by email to an eager following, including this... More