Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This latest (as of this writing) number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the deep & analytical critical essay "The Splendid Life of the World" by Jack Foley, originally written & published as a review of a later compilation of poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), in tribute to the great..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1978. First Printing. Softcover. The fourth number of the landmark first series of literary journals published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's iconic City Lights Books imprint, here edited by Mendes Monsanto. With a staggeringly rich roster of poets & prose writers at the forefront of the Beat Generation & San Francisco Renaissance, as well as their progeny-proteges of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance..... More

San Francisco, CA: Vojo Skyline Press / Peter Lembcke Gallery, 1991. Limited Lettered First Printing. Single Sheet. "The paintings can't be explained. The best of them have a certain mystery about them that can't be explained... It is a mysterious process, painting. The figures, the creatures, the face appear 'out of nowhere,' so to speak, messengers or harbingers from some other place or time... I only know they exist in..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. "Unfair Arguments with Existence" marked Ferlinghetti's first published foray into the world of theatre, and featured seven plays reflective of his vision for "A New Theatre." Acknowledging some debt to Surrealist martyr Antonin Artaud among others, Ferlinghetti composed these seven pieces for the stage. This particular copy can be easily identified as the first edition by..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1969. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The Secret Meaning of Things is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's fourth book of poems, and it has all the elements of his earlier poetry: lyrical intensity, wit, social concern, satirical bite, and above all a classical claritas. But it goes much further: there is a deepening of vision and a darker understanding of "our clay condition." " (from back cover) A...... More

London, England: The Bodley Head, 1988. First UK Edition. Hardcover. "Spring 1968: while the streets of Paris reverberate with the student protest which is to sweep through the country in a wave of revolutionary fervour, an unlikely love affair springs up between Annie, an American expatriate painter...and Julian, an affluent middle-aged banker and armchair anarchist. Their relationship matures amidst the heady mixture of anger and euphoria erupting from cafes and..... More

Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1994. First Printing. Single Sheet. "If there had been only/ one Buddha in the woodpile/ In Waco Texas/ to teach us how to sit still/ one saffron Buddhist in the Back rooms/ just one Tibetan Lama/ just one Taoist/ Just one Zen/ just one Thomas Merton Trappist/ just one saint in the wilderness/ of Waco USA" (first lines) A large broadside (appx..... More

Sanjo-Shi, Niigata: Japan: Blue Beat Jacket / Yusuke Keida, 2002. Limited First Printing. String-Bound. "This issue is Lawrence Ferlinghetti special from the Vojo Sindolic Beat Archive, Dubrovnik in R. Croatia. ... Ferlinghetti poems, his photos, drawings & the poet's 'statement for "BBJ" came from Vojo. But we found some of them unpublished so left them off. Last April (of 2001) Ferlinghetti sent us two broadsides with a card (pg. 2)..... More

Orient, NY: The Mediterranean Review, 1971. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. The second vintage number of the acclaimed literary & art journal "...devoted to new literature not only from the Mediterranean area but from the rest of the world" as stated by the publisher, chiefly edited by Robert DeMaria. Featuring an insightful, in-depth interview with primary Beat-&-Beyond author Paul Bowles conducted by Oliver Evans; a diaristic prose-poem essay..... More