San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books/(Various), Circa 1960's-1988. First Edition. Single Sheet. Offered here is an eclectic collection of 13 rare vintage postcards & ephemera from the famed HQ of all-things-Beat, the immortal City Lights Bookstore. Spanning a wide range of years, these postcards contain images of the bookshop in the late 50's-early 60's, the 1970's, and the latest dated postcards among them are from 1988 (as stated). Also included..... More

Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful book in oblong format, with photographs of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, sometimes in the company of Beat luminaries including William S. Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg, interspersed with his poetry. In very fine condition with only very slight rubbing to dj covers & slight scraping of top & bottom board edges at spine. Very Fine. More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1971. First Trade Edition. Softcover. "This single long poem of intimately linked verses is not a translation, although the echoes of Japanese poetry and Tibetan Buddhist texts are many. Starting out after Basho but meeting Milarapa and Dante among others en route, the poet finds his own way, toward a kind of American mantra." (back cover) As the title implies, Ferlinghetti took cues from..... 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

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing (1981) / Southern Illinois University Press (1983), 1981 / 1983. First Edition. Hardcover; Softcover. In 1981, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's longtime publisher New Directions released the first & most enduring anthology of Ferlinghetti's work, "Endless Life." Ferlinghetti, at the enthusiastic approval of personal friend & publishing giant James Laughlin, assembled this canonical collection of masterful verses as introduction & retrospective to potential readers and dedicated scholars..... More

New York, NY: New Directions, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. A sequel to Coney Island of the Mind, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's famous early poem, this "a sequence of one hundred and one related poems with recurrent themes." (from front flap) Red cloth in dj. Book is in unread, very fine condition, except for one very short, closed tear on upper right edge of dj. Very Fine. More

San Francisco, CA: Don't Call it Frisco Press, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. In 1988, Don't Call it Frisco Press released "Inside the Trojan Horse," a slim softcover pocket poets-style volume compiling a total of 4 of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's most lauded pieces from his "All Over the Obscene Boundaries" and "Endless Life" collections. What marks this as an essential tome in the Ferlinghetti oeuvre is the inclusion of a lecture he..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. "Over All the Obscene Boundaries: European Poems & Transitions" is a monumental collection for Ferlinghetti because it is a snapshot of a transitory era & it is implicitly autobiographical in nature & execution, as it draws heavily on his French heritage & experience. He divulges in incandescent detail his excursions & experiences in the 49 poems collected here. Bound in..... More

San Francisco, CA: American Newsrepeat Co., n/d (Circa 1967). First Edition. Single Sheet. A large poster (22" x 28&1/4") with magnified reproduction of a classic photograph of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the great Founding Father of the Beat Generation as both poet & publisher, who is still with us at 101 years old as of this writing! The location of this portrait is obviously City Lights Books, the iconic venue in San..... More

San Francisco, CA: Peter Lembecke Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Single Sheet. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. From September 3-September 30th, 1991, immortal poet-publisher & lifelong painter Lawrence Ferlinghetti provided selections from 50 years of painting at the Peter Lembecke Gallery on the famed Grant Ave. in San Francisco. Ever since his student days at the Sorbonne in France, Ferlinghetti has been ardently consumed by not only his commitment to language &..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. " "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..." The collection "...brings together six long poems with a certain continuity and progression of vision." (front flap) This particular edition is the first regular hardcover edition, pressed in an impression..... More

Vojo Skyline Press, 1991. First Edition Lettered. Broadside. A broadside of remarks about painting by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, painter, poet and proprietor of City Lights Books. Measuring 8-1/2" x 11" - Offset printed on yellow card stock. Reproduced in Ferlinghetti's handwriting. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy "B". With reproduced holograph signature of author. As New. 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