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..... More

Ann Arbor: Third Mind Books, 2018. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The seismic cultural impact of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was followed by a series of aftershocks. "Starting from San Francisco ' measures a vital instance of this natural process, the circle of aspiring poets and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe and the resurrected Beatitude magazine in the 1970's who used a small-press explosion to sustain and move beyond what their..... More

New York, NY: Serpent's Tail, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Well, this is quite a collection--and it's an understatement to say (non-tokenistically, I'll add) that there is simply a ton of writing in here that the Beat Scholar / Beat Enthusiast should be aware of. It can be read as "historical," -- as in, parts regarding Elise Cowen are inseparable from understanding her role in the life of Allen Ginsberg and..... More

Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1985. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & Signed by Robert Peters to James Perrizo; & signed by Diane Wakoski. This number of the prestigious scholarly journal, edited by Lee Bartlett & Peter White, features an article by the acclaimed, long Michigan-based poet Diane Wakoski, the third in a series where she spotlights poets she felt were neglected. Here, Wakoski discusses the works of Robert Peters..... More

Sarasota. FL: Periplus Press, 1970. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This issue of the literary journal chiefly edited & with contribution by John Weber is an especially rich gathering of works by some of the most notable poets of different generations & schools: An early poem by Margaret Atwood ("Lying Here"), who would go on to write the prize-winning & explosively influential The Handmaid's Tale & its sequel;..... More

San Francisco, CA; Cullowhee, NC: Klean Kharma Press; Releve Press; Ken Wainio; New Native Press, 1976; 1977; 1991; 2006. First Printings. Single Sheet; Folded Sheets. A gathering of rare relics relating to the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance: (1) Notes from Syropa, a satirical parody of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado by Neeli Cherkovski. With "Anne Walnut" standing in for..... More

Asheville, NC: ReFresh Press, 2004. First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. "Palmate is not an illustration of understanding. It is a wail of unknowing, with reaches toward sense made through questions, questions that are expressions of unknowing...Palmate is another word for seagull feet...Only after discovering another meaning in a dictionary, "having sections radiating from a common center," did the somewhat flat term sit nicely as the title." (from introduction, "Some First Surf.")..... More

Andy Warhol. Caen, France: Cahiers de Nuit, 1994. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. A limited edition booklet in dust jacket, illustrated with the famous 1967 banana illustration by Andy Warhol. Text in French. One of 100 numbered copies, out of a total edition of 200. This is copy #7/100. An extremely rare item, with book in mint condition & dj near mint with only very minor rubbing & bumping to top..... More

Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Publications, 2000. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "I hit the streets at ten," writes the Hunckean Beat-&-Beyond poet-publisher John Bennett. "Carnival gigs and fruit tramp days. Shady doings in South Philly and Cleveland." Of age to fight in the Vietnam War, Bennett continues: "The army drew me in like a magnet and shot me straight off to Nam. I was only tunnel rat over six feet tall, a...... More

Denander, Henry. Stockholm, Sweden: Kamini Press, 2010. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by John Bennett & illustrator Henry Denander, with original watercolor artwork. An exquisite booklet of sharp-edged "shards" by John Bennett, the prolific & profound writer & publisher. Number 7 in the Kamini Press Poetry Series. One of only 25 special numbered copies, signed by Bennett & the front cover artist Henry Denander, & with an original watercolor..... More

Spartanburg, SC: Holocene Publishing, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Inscribed & signed (twice) by John Lane to Thomas Rain Crowe. "On October 24, 2000, twelve students and three teachers from Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky set out into the Red River Gorge for a photography hike. We were led by poet and essayist John Lane and photographer Mark Olencki, both of whom were visiting Sayre as part of the Books Alive..... More

Grass Valley, CA: Cold River Press, 2011. First Printing. Softcover. Inscribed & signed by David A. Boles to Charles Plymell. A volume with the two title poems by David A. Boles, the prolific alternative poet, publisher & artiste (see his website, www.boles.org), printed back-to-back with covers in two directions (as with the first edition of "William Lee" 's "Junkie" as you Third Minders will recall). With forewords by Boles, cover..... More

N/P: Unknown, N/D. Presumed First Printing. Single Sheet. A large (11' x 14") poster on thick paper stock with reproduction of photograph on recto, blank verso. The person depicted is certainly Joe Brainard (1942-1994), the New York School-&-Way-Beyond, really sui generis writer & artist whose fertile & prolific career was tragically shortened by AIDS at age 42. Among his many acclaimed works is the unclassifiable & profound "I Remember" (which..... More