Ann Arbor, MI; Columbus, OH: P. Burkovsky; Community Creations, Inc., 1937; Circa 2010. First Printings. Single Sheets. Two wonderful, fascinating map-illustrations of Ann Arbor & its University of Michigan: (1) Illustrated bird's-eye view map of the central campus of UM, titled "University of Michigan Campus in 1937" & with "Copyright April 26, 1937 by P. Bukovsky," "Drawn by P. Bukovsky." With detailed illustration of the campus & its contemporary buildings..... More

Providence, RI: John Hay Library, Brown University, 2000. First edition. Softcover. The Exhibition Catalog for the William S. Burroughs exhibit that took place at the John Hay Library of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from October-December of 2000. With essays by noted WSB critical biographer Jennie Skerl, & others. Extensively illustrated with b/w reproductions of rare WSB publications, manuscripts, letters, etc. A beautiful rarity itself. As New... More

Indianapolis, IN & New York, NY: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. "Detroit Is My Own Home Town is as sprightly a collection of stories and portraits as ever came under the classification of memoirs. Malcolm W. Bingay probably knows more Detroit lore than any other man alive, and it's people he is interested in- not dry dates and statistics. Now editorial director of the Detroit Free Press, the..... More

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Robert J. Bertholf's comprehensive bibliography of works in all categories by the poet Robert Duncan (1919-1988), a major figure in 20th century American letters, associated with the Beats, the San Francisco Renaissance & the Black Mountain School. With a preface by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), Duncan's near-contemporary & also a key figure in the American poetry canon associated with the..... More

Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. First Revised, Expanded Edition Thus. Softcover. "No matter where Jack went he always knew he'd return to Lowell, the town he hated and loved, that he felt secure in, the one place he could never really leave-" (from "Part Three: A Note on Kerouac's City," pg. 59) This is the chronicle by Barry Gifford of his visit to Lowell, Massachusetts, the birthplace &..... More

Sudbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1994. First Revised Edition. S. From the day Kerouac died in 1969 to the present days of Estate controls and continued controversies, true fans of Jack Kerouac's works rushed to the local print shops to bootleg Kerouac works that had never seen print before or had been out of print for too long. This handy bibliography compiled by Kerouac scholar Rod Anstee lists and describes..... More

Delray Beach, FL: Jack Saunders, Circa 1985. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "Be the first in your hometown, college dormitory, barracks, mental ward, prison dayroom, or drying-out farm to have a copy of the Great American Unpublished, or Underpublished, Novel." (from back cover) A particularly obscure production by the cult writer's writer Jack Saunders (1939 - 2018), A U.S. Air Force veteran & technical writer for IBM who wrote prolifically throughout..... More

New York, NY (1) / (2) San Francisco, CA: New York Public Library w/Granary Books (1) / Beatitude Magazine (2), 1998 (1) / 1979 (2). First Trade Edition Softcover (1) / First Printing (2). Softcover (1) / Stapled Wrappers (2). A bundle for the enthusiast, the collector, and the scholar alike: Steve Clay and Rodney Philips' indispensable hybrid reference work/blurb biography "A Secret Location on the Lower East Side: Adventures..... More