Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1975. Limited First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. "The Electric Banana by Mary Beach is a unique auditory experience approaching the actual found sounds of language as it mutters half a street sign repetitive argument overheard conversations bits of pop songs in millions of minds like some gigantic octopus with myriad tentacles..." (from Introduction by William S. Burroughs) The avant-garde stream-of-consciousness cult classic by Mary..... More

New York, NY: The New York Public Library and Granary Books, 1998. First Edition. Soft Cover. Based on the acclaimed exhibit at the New York Public Library, this book offers a glimpse into the Mimeo Revolution focusing on the small press publishing scene in San Francisco and downtown New York City from 1960-1980. These myriad publications feature contributions from Burroughs, Ginsberg, Kerouac & their many successors. A fine reference work..... 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

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1975. First Edition. Stapled. A collection of poems published by Charles Plymell's Cherry Valley Editions. A seminal countercultural figure, Plymell is the pioneering underground publisher of the first Zap Comix featuring Robert Crumb, author of many important works & cohort of the Beats. He & his wife, Pamela Beach Plymell, created this imprint, of which this is an early publication. Very Fine... More

San Francisco, CA: Bricoleur, 1969. Limited First Printing. Wrappers. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski. "The 'bricoleur'...derives his poetry from the fact that he does not confine himself to accomplishment and execution: he 'speaks' not only with things...but also through the medium of things: giving an account of his personality and life by the choices he makes between the...possibilities..." (from editor's Statement, adopted from The Savage Mind by Claude..... More

London, England: Aloes, 1973. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Signed by William S. Burroughs to noted scholar & collector Donald L. Kaufmann. "The white subway gathered silent speed as buildings and landscapes slid by- faster- faster- a blur of film flakes then pictures leaped into sharp focus- mist and frogs in 1920 roads- morning sleep of detour- needle beer in Sid's. He was in a long tunnel of old photos..... More

San Francisco, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1958. First Edition. Periodical. This is the very scarce first issue of Contact, published in 1958. Contributors to this premiere issue include Ray Bradbury, Evan S. Connell, S.I. Hayakawa, William Saroyan, Alan Watts, William Carlos Williams and others. Front & back covers are worn & spine creased, but the inside pages are in very good condition, slightly yellowed with edgewear. Signature-bound softcover. An important..... More

Crumb, Robert. Demarest, NJ: Analecta Press, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Scarce R. Crumb contribution to this book of poetry by Subterranean poetry legend, Douglas Blazek. Front cover and three interior illustrations by Crumb. Frontispiece by Jeff Nuttall. Plus three photo collages by renegade poet and publisher, d.a. levy. A few pages at beginning starting to loosen, with title page present but standing as a single unbound leaf; slight yellowing to..... More

Mexico City, Mexico: The Plumed Horn, 1966. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Clayton Eshleman & Diane Wakoski. "From January, 1962 through July, 1969, El Corno Emplumado / The Plumed Horn was on the cutting edge of independent publishing. The bilingual quarterly, which ran from 100 to almost 300 pages per issue, published some of the best new work to come out of Latin and North America—with occasional sections from Canada..... More

London, England: Big Venus, 1969. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Clayton Eshleman. "It is the record of the first two-thirds of an LSD experience with (the poet's wife) Caryl. More narrative than I usually write, but that was my concern in this piece; to get the experience on record."(excerpt from quoted portion of a letter dated July 26, 1969) Thus does Clayton Eshleman, the acclaimed & prolific poet, describe..... More

San Francisco, CA: Golden Mountain Press, 1961. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A short booklet containing a little-circulated long poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti; poet, publisher, and central organizing figure of the Beat movement. Originally published in October of 1961 in an impression of 1000 copies, this reflective, autobiographical work echoes much of the subject matter familiarly found in the poet's oeuvre: an acute sociopolitical consciousness and a focus on the poet's..... More

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. First softcover edition, the sequel poem to Om Krishna I in 27 stanzas. Inscribed and dated to friend and publisher of New York City literary journal BOSS, Reginald Boss: "Reginald I'm Happy It's You / Charles Henri/ 13 Dec 81." A Cherry Valley Edition published by the author's friend & fellow legend, Charles Plymell. In very fine condition with only..... More

London, England: Love Books, 1965. First Edition. Soft Cover. Long Hair Number 1 was published in 1965 by Love Books in London by Barry Miles, manager of the Indica Bookshop & Gallery in London & later bibliographer & biographer of William S. Burroughs. Featuring contributions from notable Beat, New York School poets and others, Long Hair was one of the first mimeo literary magazines to help pave the way from..... More