Unknown: Unknown, c. 1930. Two vintage tally cards with art deco color illustrations and threaded tassles looped through a single hole punch at the top of each. One circular with a dark-haired female figure flailing a floral orange scarf or sheet above her head, yellow thread, handwriting on back fills in "Table No." with "1" and "Couple No." also with "1"; the name at the bottom reads "Dee" though the..... More

New York, NY: Portents, 1969. First Printing. Broadside. Issued as Portents 13 by Ann Charters (author of the first major biography of Jack Kerouac), this 6"x15" broadside is a prospectus for a special Herman Melville-related box of which only 25 were produced. "This Melville box attempts to give a sense of Melville's presence in the Berkshires by offering a construct of objects, some contemporary to Melville, others from our own..... More

Berkeley, CA: University of California at Berkeley, 1965. First Printing. Single Sheet. There is a reason why the Berkeley Poetry Conference of 1965 lives on, spoken of in hushed tones and sunned by the rays of legend. Some events require the passage of time to apprehend their magnitude. Not so with the Berkeley Poetry Conference, where all who attended—lecturers and attendees alike—were quick to speak of it, write of it..... More

San Francisco, CA: Committee on the Breytenbach Case, 1977. First Printing. Folded Single Sheet. Broadside measuring 11” x 17” folded twice into a 5 ½” x 8 ½” pamphlet featuring Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s 1977 poem “White on White” which was inspired by the struggles of Breyton Breytenbach (b. 1939), a South African artist, writer & activist against apartheid who was imprisoned for his activities in 1975 where he smuggled out Afrikaans..... More

Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1998-1999. First Printings. Single Sheets. “there’s a bluebird in my heart / that wants to get out / but I’m too tough for him, / I say, stay in there, I’m not going / to let anybody see / you. / there’s a bluebird in my heart that / wants to get out / but I pour whiskey on him and inhale / cigarette..... More

Providence, RI: Burning Deck Press, Circa 1976. Limited First Printing. Postcard-Broadsides in Envelope. This is the third in a series of four sets of ten postcards printed by Rosemarie & Keith Waldrop's Burning Deck Press during 1974-1978. This set was designed & printed exclusively by Rosemarie Waldrop as indicated on recto of envelope. The Waldrops are both acclaimed, venerable poets, translators & educators, & have published many journals & books..... More

n/p: West Coast Print Center, 1977. Limited First Printing. Broadside. An oblong (16&1/2"x11") broadside featuring a short, dark poem by Jim Carroll (1949-2009), the legendary poet, diarist & punk musician who was influenced by William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith & many others with whom he commiserated in the gritty atmosphere of pre-gentrified NYC. Featuring an image of clay sculptures evoking NYC buildings by Marc Blane. Issued as No..... More

Louisville, KY: the literary renaissance, circa 1993. First Printing. Broadside. A broadside/poster (11"x17") announcing a reading by Gregory Corso, one of the founding members of the Beat Generation, at the University of Louisville on November 20, (probably) 1993. Reproduction of a photograph of Corso gazing at a large statue of Christ on the cross, taken by Allen Ginsberg, on which text is super-imposed. With quotes about Corso from William S...... More

St. Paul, MN: The Toothpaste Press, 1984. Limited First Edition. Broadside. Signed by Robert Creeley. A small (approx. 6"x9&1/2"), beautiful broadside with the title poem by Robert Creeley (1926-2005), associated with the Beats & the Black Mountain group of poets, & one of the key figures in the American poetry canon. One of a limited edition of 150, this is copy No. 111/150, "printed at Toothpaste Press. Walker Art Center..... More

Cullowhee, NC: New Native Press, n/d (Circa 1980s-1990s). First Editions. Single Sheets; Folded Sheet. "May It Continue" Broadside signed by Thomas Rain Crowe. We present the third & final bundled offering of rare broadsides by Thomas Rain Crowe, the acclaimed poet & publisher who was at the center of the Baby Beat Generation/ Second San Francisco Renaissance during the 1970s (see our book, Starting From San Francisco, Item No. 3071..... More

Louisville, KY: The Literary Renaissance, 1993. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large, slender broadside-poster (appx. 11" x 36") which announces & promotes the titled event, a Music & Poetry Festival described as a "59 Hour Non-Stop Insomniacathon" with a total of over 130 poets, writers, bands & musicians at a venue in Louisville, Kentucky which took place during October 7-10 of 1993. The creator-sponsor of this unprecedentedly monumental happening was..... More

Berkeley, California: Oyez, 1968. Limited Edition. Broadside. 20" x 28" Broadside. Signed with citation by Robert Duncan. A large broadside by Robert Duncan, from a limited edition of approximately 100 un-numbered "restricted" copies not intended for sale, published in 1968 (Bertholf, A28(a), pg. 88). Duncan is a major figure in 20th century American poetry, associated with the Beats, the San Francisco Renaissance & the Black Mountain Poets. The text of..... More

Minneapolis, MN: Bookslinger, 1981. Limited First Edition. Quarto Sheet. Signed by Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffrey, BP Nichol & Rafael Burreta Rivera, all of the "Four Horsemen." A quarto sheet (9&1/2"x13" folded) printed on the occasion of a reading by the innovative Canadian sound-poetry group known collectively as the Four Horsemen, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis on April 30, 1981. The Four Horsemen were poets Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffrey..... More