Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski (this being copy number 2). Fine. More about What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
[LA]: Choke Publications, 1977. Oblong 12mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Photographs and texts document Burden's B-Car project where he designed, built, and tested a one passenger car that would achieve speeds over 100 miles per hour while maintaining 100 miles per gallon fuel efficiency. As new and scarce thus. More about B-Car
[NY]: Olympia Press, [1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Cover photo by Ira Cohen. The author's first book, an account of his days as a methedrine addict. Evocative of his father's first book, Junkie. Some wear, very good. More about Speed
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in N.Y.C. in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is in the process of taking a puff on his cigarette. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, stoned, classic Burroughsian look. A shot that epitomizes..... More about Fabulous original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print
NY: High Risk, [1995]. Softbound. "Advance uncorrected proof" in printed glossy wraps. Fine. More about Ghost of Chance
[London]: Picador, [1995]. Softbound. Uncorrected proof of the first British edition. Features Charles Burn's excellent illustration of Burroughs on the front cover. Very fine. More about My Education: A Book of Dreams
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in NYC in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is holding a cigarette at waist level. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, classic Burroughsian look. One of the best shots of Burroughs we've seen..... More about Terrific original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print
London: Aloes Books, [1973]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Prints "Burroughs in Tangier" by Paul Bowles as an epilogue. Presentation copy inscribed by Burroughs to his friend and publisher, Richard Aaron. An outstanding association as Aaron published some of Burroughs' most attractive signed/limited editions, including Letters to Allen Ginsberg... More about White Subway
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1960. Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Cover illustration by Brion Gysin who also contributes. Superb presentation copy inscribed to poet and publisher, Ted Berrigan: "For Ted Berrigan / William S. Burroughs / Dec. 11, 1953 (Burroughs meant 1963) / New York." Also signed by Brion Gysin on... More about The Exterminator
n.p.: Privately published, 1975. The Colloque de Tanger symposium was held in Geneva in 1975 to celebrate the work of Burroughs and Gysin. This poster prints Legarde's The New Reformers photo of Burroughs' and Gysin's heads superimposed on the torsos of two statues (Martin Luther and friend). Printed in black... More about Large poster announcing: ''Le Colloque de Tanger...William Burroughs---Brion Gysin A Geneve du 24...
[NY]: Viking, [1995]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Important presentation copy warmly inscribed by Burroughs to his long-time friend, fellow drug researcher, and counterculture hero, Timothy Leary: "for Tim Leary, who contributed to my education more much more than I realized at the time. We are here to learn!... More about My Education: A Book of Dreams
[NY]: Viking, [1986]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Briefly inscribed by the author. The hardcover printing was small. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. More about The Book of Nods
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. Quarter-bound in leather and paper-covered boards. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author (of a total edition of 226). Very fine. More about If It Please You
[Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988]. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 36 lettered copies specially bound in wraps (of a total edition of 136). Nicely printed. Very fine. More about The Toes
n.p.:n.p., [1982]. 1 page on Syracuse University Department of English letterhead. 8vo. January 27, 1982. In full: "Dear Michael Pettit, Thanks so much for sending on the copy of BWR. And I also appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending a copy to Knopf. I haven't been able to read the magazine... More about Typed Letter Signed to fellow writer, Michael Pettit
n.p.:n.p., [1940]. Carolyn is sitting, shown from the waist up as she looks off to the side looking very beautiful. On the back is this notation in an unknown hand: "Taken by Biton photo student 1940." Carolyn is age 17 here, seven years before she met Neal, Jack, and Allen... More about Original b&w portrait photograph of a young Carolyn Cassady, 1940
London: Tangerine Press, 2015. Hardbound in marbled paper-covered boards with burlap spine. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Childish using his hangman drawing as his signature. A handsome production. Over-subscribed upon publication. As new. More about In the Teeth of Deamons
London: The Aquarium, [2004]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Childish. One of 26 lettered copies with an original signed woodblock print tipped in. As new. More about Sex Crimes of the Futcher
[NY & Cologne: Thea Westreich/Gisela Capitain, 1993]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. A very fine, fresh copy, basically as new. More about Larry Clark 1992
n.p.: Privately published, 1937. A classic, reefer-madness-era anti-marijuana film styled after Reefer Madness and taking its title from a line in a Harry Anslinger article that appeared in The American Magazine that same year. The front cover states: "'Assassin of Youth' Daring Marihuana Expose." The back cover shows a "reefer"... More about Promotional matchbook for the 1937 marijuana exploitation film, Assassin of Youth
n.p.: Privately published, 1937. A classic, reefer-madness-era anti-marijuana film styled after Reefer Madness and taking its title from a line in a Harry Anslinger article that appeared in The American Magazine that same year. The front cover states: "A Puff---A Party---A Tragedy! Assassin of Youth---Daring!" with an ilustration of a.... More about Promotional matchbook for the 1937 marijuana exploitation film, Assassin of Youth
n.p.: Mercury Records, [1959]. LP record in gatefold sleeve. Close and Brent, one playing the straight guy to the other's wild hipster, improvise great riffs about what is cool and uncool with many insider references to the Beat Generation and hipsters. A "Hip manual" booklet is bound-in explaining their concept... More about How to Speak Hip
Kathmandu, Nepal: [Bardo Matrix], 1975. Broadside on handmade rice paper. First edition. Illustrated with charming small woodblock prints. Features poems by John Fungi, Jigme Limpa, Ira Cohen, Angus Maclise, an announcement for an Ira Cohen photography exhibit, and more. The Spirit Catcher Bookshop was started by John Chick and others... More about Spirit Catcher Bookshop Broadsheet
n.p.:n.p., [1971]. Jess used a portion of a cover from The Cat and the Blackbird to make a small, folding greeting card. Jess' message (written in four different colored inks) reads: "To John and Barbara Happy turn of the year full of joys a-bounding! From Jess and Robert" (Robert Duncan..... More about Handmade New Year's card from Jess Collins
NY: Odyssia Gallery, 1971. Features a lovely, intricate collage by Jess. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Jess in pencil in the bottom corner. Very fine (20" x 26"). More about Offset poster announcing Jess' 1971 ''Paste-Ups'' show at the Odyssia Gallery