Andy Warhol. Caen, France: Cahiers de Nuit, 1994. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. A limited edition booklet in dust jacket, illustrated with the famous 1967 banana illustration by Andy Warhol. Text in French. One of 100 numbered copies, out of a total edition of 200. This is copy #7/100. An extremely rare item, with book in mint condition & dj near mint with only very minor rubbing & bumping to top edge. Mint. More

Niigata, Japan: Blue Jacket Press, 1998. First Edition. Stapled. From Japan - the Beat-inspired literary magazine with poems, book reviews and more. Included in this issue are poems by Herschel Silverman, Sam Hamill, George Dowden, Dave Moore, John Bennett, a book review by A.D. Winans about his friend Jack Micheline's latest collection, & more. Text in English & Japanese. As New. More

Milan, Italy: Photology, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Galleria Photology in Milan, Italy in 2005. A beautiful production in large oblong format, with reproductions of many photos, both iconic & less well-known, by Allen Ginsberg, as well as of vintage covers, broadsides, posters, etc. Text, in English & Italian on opposite pages, is by Fernanda Pivano, an important Italian... 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

Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2005. First German Edition. Stapled Wrappers. German translation of Ray Bremser's final volume of poetry, The Conquerors. With an introduction by Charles Plymell, & an afterword by Mikhail Horowitz (an essay in tribute to Bremser written just after his death in 1998). All texts in German. As New. More

William S. Burroughs, 2003. Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizione, 2003. First Italian Edition Thus. Softcover. This Italian translation of The Soft Machine is the first edition issued by this publisher, & is therefore a first edition thus. First published by Olympia Press in Paris in 1961, TSM is another high cut-up production in the wake of Naked Lunch, influenced by Brion Gysin's observation that "writing is fifty years behind painting" in... More

Paris, France: L'Herne, 1969. First Printing. Softcover. A compilation of writings by William S. Burroughs, translated from English into French by Mary Beach & Claude Pelieu. Beach & Pelieu were long-time collaborators with WSB, & important writers, publishers & artists over many years. They were also the mother & stepfather of Pamela Beach Plymell, who along with her husband Charles Plymell also collaborated with & published works of WSB. A.... More

Milan, Italy: Sugar Editore, 1971. First Italian Edition. Signature-bound Softcover. (Maynard & Miles, D37, pg. 195) This is the first Italian translation of the first UK version of William S. Burroughs' The Last Words of Dutch Schultz, published the previous year. Text in Italian. The last 8 leaves of this copy are slightly wrinkled as issued by the publisher, & pg. 88 has discoloration at left margin, also as issued... More

Paris, France: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1972. First Edition Thus. Softcover. This is the first translation from English into French of William S. Burroughs' mid-career work based on the transcribed words spoken by the American gangster Dutch Schultz on his deathbed in 1935, after being ambushed & shot along with his associates. Written as the script of a prospective film treatment, it was first published in a limited edition in the... More

Francis Bacon. Milan, Italy: Sugar Edizioni, 1977. First Italian translation. Softcover. This is the first Italian translation of the second City Lights edition, with additional material. Text in Italian. With a front cover reproduction of a Francis Bacon painting, "3 Studies from the Human Body." A most rare version of a WSB/AG classic, in very fine condition with only minor rubbing to glossy black covers, spotting near lower right edge... More

Paris, France: Pierre Belfond, 1979. First French Edition Thus. Softcover. This is the first printing of the second, expanded French edition of William S. Burroughs' interviews with Daniel Odier, under the title most familiar to collectors, & with WSB as the author. A large-format softcover original with a section of photographs (some rarely reproduced) & additional texts not found or yet produced in the first French edition published a decade... More

Monaco: Editions du Rocher, 1992. First Printing. Softcover. A French-language biographical study of William S. Burroughs. The title translates to "William S. Burroughs: The Poisoned Genius (or "The Genius of Poison"?). Large-format softcover original, first printing (April 1992). On the front endpaper, the author has hand-signed his first name with a greeting, in French. With bibliography, discography & (as is customary with French editions) table of contents in rear. Text... More

Berlin, Germany: Druckhaus Galrev, 1994. First Edition Thus. Softcover. The first German-language edition of William S. Burroughs' classic late work, published two years after the first American trade edition. WSB had a life-long fondness for & deep interest in felines. This writer recalls his furry friends joining me on the couch as I sat opposite the Beat-&-Beyond icon at his home; & we stood at the grave of Ruski, his..... More