Llandysul, Wales, UK: Gwasg Aberystwyth, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume of poetry by Waldo Williams (1904-1971), among the foremost Welsh-language poets of the twentieth century as well as a noted pacifist, anti-war activist & conscientious objector. Small-format hardcover in dust jacket, first edition, presumed first printing, published in Wales during 1956. All text in Welsh. Small-format hardcover in dust jacket, an exquisite little production. Included is a newspaper clipping..... More

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..... 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

Niigata, Japan: Blue Jacket Press, February 2009. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Another issue of the Japanese Beat periodical, with text in English. Featuring a "Beat Roots" section of pieces by Hillel Wright, a special section on Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia with writings by him & a review of his recent book of poems, & more. Also included with this item is an 8-page fold-out pamphlet, "On the Road Guide", with..... More

Tiburon, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1997. First American Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Translator. Rey Rosa's first full-length Novella - Translated from the Spanish & Afterword by Paul Bowles. Bilingual edition with Spanish on left pages & English translation on right pages. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Rey Rosa & Paul Bowles, this is #20/150. Red cloth. Dust jacket has crease on front flap. Near Mint... More

Ostheim/Rohn, Germany: Verlag Peter Engstler, 2009. First German Edition. Softcover. German translation of Ray Bremser's "Poems of Madness & Angel." With an afterword by Charles Plymell, "Bremser's Back Beat." All texts in German. This copy includes a handwritten card from the publisher, Peter Engstler, to Water Row Press publisher Jeffrey Weinberg, about the book. A great Bremser rarity with significant provenance. As New. More

Paris, France: NRF, 1960. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the venerable French literary journal features a translation from English to French of William S. Burroughs' essay, "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness" ("Temoignage a propos d'une maladie"). Published concurrently with the English version in the Evergreen Review, WSB wrote the essay "...to help prepare the way for eventual publication of Naked Lunch in the U.S.A." (Maynard & Miles, C12..... More

Paris, France: Editions Pierre Belfond, 1969. First Printing. Softcover. This is the first printing of the very first edition of Daniel Odier's interviews with William S. Burroughs, later published in many French & English-language editions more familiarly to WSB collectors as The Job. On the final, colophon page is a printing date of January 17, 1969, & a legal notice of the first trimester of that year. These are among..... More

Paris, France: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1984. First edition thus. Soft Cover. The French translation of William S. Burroughs' novel, The Wild Boys. First thus French edition, preceded by a previous 1973 edition (Maynard & Miles D18, p. 186). Translated by Mary Beach and Claude Pelieu. WSB's first linear novel after more than a decade practicing & perfecting the cut-up method for which he is so famous & infamous, The Wild..... 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