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Bolinas, CA (?): Yanagi, Circa 1978. Limited First Edition. Single Sheet. A broadside (22" x 21") with the title work, a paneled art & text collaboration between Joe Brainard & Bill Berkson. Brainard (1942-1994) & Berkson (1939-2016) were both very important figures in the New York School ferment of 1960s NYC & beyond. A poetic, whimsical tribute to Willem de Kooning, the modern art titan- the artwork here refers to..... More
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New York, NY; London, England: grove Press; Flamingo/Harper Collins Publishers, 2000. Publisher's Mock-Up Pre-Edition; First Editions; First UK Edition. Three Hardcovers; One Softcover. One of two first editions/first printings inscribed & signed by James Grauerholz to Jim McCrary. In this volume are the last private musings & reflections of William S. Burroughs, written from mid-November 1996 through July 30, 1997- only a few days before his death on August 2..... More
[Item #2869]
London, England: William S. Burroughs, Circa 1965. Original Manuscripts. Single Sheets. Hand-typed manuscripts by William S. Burroughs. "Dear Charles Plymell:/ "Now" is an excellent (magazine) and I thank you for/ sending it to me-- Reading through the issue I typed out passages that/ struck some particular chord of association in one column and in another/ column pieces of dream and text and the last words of Dutch Schultz and/ the..... More
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New York, NY: Scribners, 1963. First Trade Edition & Association Copy. Softcover. Signed & Inscribed by Robert Creeley to Ken & Ann Mikolowski, Founders of Detroit's "Alternative Press"; with Laid-In Handwritten Notation including Additional Signature, Phone Number, & Directions. In the introductory note to "The Island," Creeley states the book's essential allegorical properties & on the page beside it dedicates the work to the poet Charles Olson, the influential giant..... More
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Buffalo, NY: Duncan McNaughton, 1970. First Printing. Stapled Sheets. This vintage literary journal, compiled & published by renowned poet Duncan McNaughton, features contributions by Michael McClure (the two-part poem "Tatagatha Valentines"); McNaughton himself (the short poem "Page for the Buddha of Right Motive"); Charles Olson (a short untitled poem dedicated to Bob Hogg dated October 23, 1967); Edward Sanders (the poem "The Barge of Charles Olson Down River by the..... More
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