London, England: Cape Goliard Press, 1967. First Printing. Softcover. Born in the town of Parral in Chile, Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto--better known to the world as Pablo Neruda--was born on July 12, 1904 in the town of Parral in Chile. At the age of 13, Neruda started contributing articles to a local newspaper, "La Manana," including his first publication "Entusiasmo y Perservancia" and later, his first poem. It was in..... More
[Item #3733]
New York, NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., 1981. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. Signed in English & Hebrew by Yehuda Amichai. "Yehuda Amichai is commonly regarded as Israel's leading poet and one of the major poets of our time. The hallmark of his work is an extraordinary terseness- thought and feeling communicated with a conciseness that cuts to the bone of experience. His tone is colloquial, even casual; a man..... More
[Item #4030]
Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1982. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Gogisgi/Carroll Arnett to Thomas Rain Crowe. "grandfather eagle/ which art in heaven/ thou soarest in heaven/ thou makest my blood/ to sing/ sing/ sing" (Eagle Song, pg. 8) A collection of poems by Gogisgi/Carroll Arnett (1927-1997), A Native American poet & professor of Cherokee-French ancestry who at one time was a Deer Clan Chief of the Overhill..... More
[Item #3751]
Paris, France: La Cinquieme Roue, 2004; 2007. First Editions. Softcovers. Both volumes inscribed & signed by Antoine Bargel to Thomas Rain Crowe. Two petit productions by Antoine Bargel, the acclaimed French poet, prose writer & translator: (1) Silences, a collection of poems, all text in French. Softcover original, first edition published in May of 2004 per colophon. On blank front endpaper, Bargel has hand-written, signed & dated: "Pour Thomas Rain..... More
[Item #3914]
Natal, Brazil: Sol Negro Edicoes, 2012. Limited First Edition Thus. Sewn Wrappers. "Enslav'd, the Daughters of Albion weep: a/ trembling lamentation/ Upon their mountains; in their valleys. sighs/ toward America." (pg. 8) The canonical poem of 1793 by William Blake, the inspired & inspiring British poet-painter-printer, presented here in a bilingual edition, with original English text opposite Portugese translation by Marcio Simoes. An exquisite production in Blake-illustrated attached over-wraps with..... More
[Item #3873]
Greenfield Center, NY: Bowman Books, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Joseph Bruchac to Thomas Rain Crowe, also signed by Jesse Bruchac. "TWO RIVERS is a collaboration that reflects not only our two generations of father and son, but also the flow of language from two different yet deeply connected cultures. The relationship between the European newcomers to the northeast and the Algonquin-speaking first peoples began at least..... More
[Item #4029]![A French-Language William S. Burroughs Bundle: Le Metro Blanc (White Subway), [1] with: Les...](/pictures/medium/4026.jpg?v=1608682630)
Paris, France: Bourgois/Seuil; Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1976; 1984. First French Edition; First French Edition Thus. Softcover. (1) [Shoaf, 26c. p. 39]. Edited and Translated by Mary Beach and Claude Pelieu (and soon after, published) in 1976, “White Subway” was initially published in London by our friend-&-colleague the great Jim Pennington (through his Aloes Books imprint) in 1973. It compiles sixteen short works of imagination by WSB from the late-fifties to..... More
[Item #4026]
Bonn, Germany: Expanded Media Editions, E.M.E., 1993. First Edition Thus/ First German Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. A late prophetic statement by William S. Burroughs, our foremost Beat-&-Beyond figure of literary & cultural influence. Transcript of "Speech delivered 1980 at the occasion of the Institute of Ecotechnics' "1980 Planet Earth Conference" in Aix-en-Provence" as noted after title page. With complete texts in English & German, next to & reversed from each..... More
[Item #2913]
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
[Item #3018]
Prague, Czech Republic: Volvox Globator, 1998. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. My Education: A Book of Dreams was the second-to-last book-length work published during the lifetime of William S. Burroughs (followed that same year, 1995, with the first trade edition of Ghost of Chance). This record of WSB's late dream recollections is of very special significance to this writer- It was one of the books, newly published at the time, which..... More
[Item #3020]
Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizione, 2009. First Italian Edition Thus. Softcover. This Italian translation of The Ticket That Exploded is the first edition issued by this publisher, & is therefore a First Edition Thus. Originally released in 1962 by the legendary Olympia Press in Paris, & with many subsequent editions in the U.S., U.K. & elsewhere, TTTE is a cut-up novel from the period following the breakthrough of Naked Lunch, where..... More
[Item #1610]
Milan, Italy: Adelphi Edizione, 2010. First Italian Translation. Softcover. This is the first Italian translation of "The Yage Letters Redux," first published in the U.S. in 2006, a greatly expanded, reorganized edition, edited & with a lengthy, most skullerly introduction by top WSB authority Oliver Harris. A very rare version of the latest & most comprehensive edition of this WSB/AG classic. Text in Italian, translated by Andrew Tanzi. As new..... More
[Item #1609]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: L'oie de Cravan, 2011. Limited First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Byron Coley to Charles Plymell. A bi-lingual compilation of early letters & musical review writings by Byron Coley, the pioneering American critic featured in Forced Exposure, New York Rocker & other independent magazines that chronicled cutting-edge rock in its heyday. The letters are to his friend Angela Jaeger, & are like diary entries of his..... More
[Item #3497]
Cullowhee, NC; Natal, Brazil: New Native Press/ Sol Negro Edicoes, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Thomas Rain Crowe. "The only way I can think to describe the highlands of Peru, is to compare it to a painting by Chagall. "Chagall goes to the country," perhaps. Everywhere, there are alpacas, burros, and incandescent birds. And, at these heights, everything is a bit off-the-ground, floating, It's very surreal- which you, of..... More
[Item #4105]
Paris, France: Les Editions Aux Forges de Vulcain, 2013. Second French Edition. Softcover. Signed by Thomas Rain Crowe. A collection of autobiographical-fictional stories by Thomas Rain Crowe, the acclaimed poet & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071, Deluxe Edition No. 3075). First published in 2007 as "A House..... More
[Item #4228]
Barcelona, Spain: Ediciones La Cupula, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. “When people say ‘What are underground comics?’ I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved…we didn’t have anyone standing over us…” said Underground Comix extraordinaire Robert Crumb, the seminal guerilla-visionary whose work opened the door to an entirely new style of visual expression during the late 1960s. Offered here is a unique Spanish-language edition..... More
[Item #4272]
Sharon Springs, NY: Black Cat Ventures, 2009. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Inscribed & signed by Antony Daou to Charles Plymell. "Antony Daou, Arthur's eldest son, has continued the family love of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat with this short volume. Using the first 12 stanzas, he illustrates the beauty of Arthur's poetry for the non-Arabic and Arabic reader alike. Each stanza is carefully transliterated and also literally translated." (from back cover) Anthony..... More
[Item #3508]
County Cork, Ireland: Innti, 1996. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Michael Davitt to Thomas Rain Crowe. The fifteenth number of the Gaelic-language poetry journal founded, edited & with contributions by Michael Davitt (1950-2005), considered to be among the finest & most influential modern Irish poets. With contributions by many Irish poets including Davitt & Gabriel Rosenstock. With many artful photographs throughout. All text in the Gaelic- Original Irish..... More
[Item #3813]
La Souterraine & Paris, France: La Main Courante; Sens & Tonka, 2001; 2002. First Editions. Softcovers. Le Livre Chiatique inscribed & signed by Mathias de Breyne to Thomas Rain Crowe. Two collectibles by Mathias de Breyne, the acclaimed French writer: (1) Issue of the French literary journal Litterature en Marche (2002) with de Breyne's article, "The Baby Beats & The Second San Francisco Renaissance." This article features de Breyne's commentary..... More
[Item #3806]
Paris, France: La Cinquieme Roue; Galerie L'Ollave, 2005; 2011. First Editions. Softcovers. Le Mot Strangule inscribed & signed by Mathias de Breyne to Thomas Rain Crowe; Chute/ Chut No. 33 inscribed & signed by Jean de Breyne. An intriguing bundle by two acclaimed French writers who are father & son: (1) Le Mot Strangule, a small volume of poems by Mathias de Breyne. All text in French, first edition published..... More
[Item #3705]
Paris, France: 10/18 (Collection dirigee par Christian Bourgois), 1976. First Edition. Book. A two-volume critical study of modern American literature by noted French scholar Pierre Dommergues, who authored an early study of Saul Bellow. In the second volume is an extensive chapter, divided into sections, devoted to the works of William S. Burroughs & entitled "William Burroughs: La Lutte Contre la Repression." The volumes also relate extensively to Bellow &..... More
[Item #2993]
Llandysul, Wales: Gwasg Gomer, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by Menna Elfyn to Thomas Rain Crowe. "Eyes they are, red/ this host crowded on the ground,/ their hard skins are shining/ though rasped by December's knife." ("Cranberries,' first stanza, pg. 11) A collection of poems by Menna Elfyn, the acclaimed & prolific Welsh poet & children's book author. The poems are presented in the original Welsh & translated..... More
[Item #3875]
Ostheim/Rhon, Germany: Engpol Medien, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed to Mary Beach Pelieu by Peter Engstler. A volume of prose by German writer-publisher Peter Engstler, published in Germany with all text in German. On the title page, Engstler has hand-inscribed & signed in English: "For Mary Beach Pelieu/ Best Wishes/ 20.10.03(October 10, 2003)/ (signed) Peter Engstler." Mary Beach (1919-2006) & her husband Claude Pelieu (1934-2002) were avant-garde writers..... More
[Item #3438]
Tel Aviv, Israel: Am Oved Publishers Ltd., 2000. First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Softcover. A rare Hebrew-language edition of Kaddish, Allen Ginsberg's Beat Generation masterpiece alongside Howl. With the iconic title poem, & then a selection of poems through 1984, none of which appear to include those originally included along with Kaddish in the original City Lights Pocket Poets Series edition first published in 1961. With English & Hebrew texts..... More
[Item #3021]
Cardiff, Wales, UK: Y Wasg Israddol, 1995. Limited First Edition. Sewn Binding in Loose Over-Wrap. Inscribed & signed by David Greenslade to Thomas Rain Crowe. A large chapbook with poems by David Greenslade, the acclaimed Welsh poet, essayist & educator. All text in the Welsh language; with three gatefold illustrations, two by Iwan Bala & one by Lluis Penaranda. Large chapbook in blank wrappers with sewn binding & green over-wrap..... More
[Item #3608]