Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1984. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First trade edition, one of 500 copies. Signed by Bukowski though not called for. Fine. Signed copies of the trade edition are scarcer than the signed limited. More
NY: Privately published by Dan Burley, 1944. Softbound (only issued softbound). Second printing. Illustrations, including the terrific zoot-suit-wearing hepcat cover illustration, by Melvin Tapley. Inscribed by Burley: "To a real hepcat / on the other side / of the big drink / Paul Graae--- / Dan Burley / '48 /... More
[NY: Viking, 1989]. Softbound. Uncorrected proofs. Few faint specks of foxing, else very near fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs, in a suit, is holding his umbrella, his hat is perched on a torso sculpture on the floor next to him. Taken by a friend of Burroughs using Burroughs' camera, ca. 1965. Never published. Fine (8" x 10," b&w). More
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
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
Paris: Christian Bourgois, [1984]. Softbound. First French edition. Translated from the English by Gerard-Georges Lemaire. Important association copy with an exceptional inscription to his long-time friend and collaborator, Brion Gysin: "To Brion Gysin who picture wrote my literary career in France 25 years ago. William S. Burroughs." Burroughs and Gysin... More
[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
[Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 1996]. Softbound, with die-cut holes to the front cover. First edition. Exhibition catalog issued to coincide with a show presented jointly by Track 16 Gallery and the Robert Berman Gallery. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of Burroughs' paintings, with texts by Timothy Leary and others. Very fine. More
[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
[Bolinas]: Yanagi, [1977]. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated by Marc Blane. One of 300 numbered copies. Minute edge tear, barely perceptible touch of toning to right edge, near fine. More
Louisville, KY: White Fields Press, 1994. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Carroll. Prints the poem "8 Fragments for Kurt Cobain," plus an interview with Carroll about the Beats, drugs, Catholicism, and more. Illustrated with photographs. Published as Heaven Chapbook Series No. 50. Very fine. More
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1988. Quarter-bound in cloth and paper-covered boards. First edition. Illustrated with woodcuts by Mary Azarian. One of 26 numbered, hardbound copies signed by the author and the artist (the entire cloth edition). Very fine. More
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
[Geneva]: Gris Banal Editeur, [1984]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Introduction by William Burroughs. Outstanding collection of photos documenting the activities at the infamous "Beat Hotel" in Paris in the '50s, when Burroughs, Gysin, Ginsberg, Orlovsky, Harold Norse, Gregory Corso, and others were living at this bohemian mecca. Essential... More
[NY & Cologne: Thea Westreich/Gisela Capitain, 1993]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. A very fine, fresh copy, basically as new. More
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
NY: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1965. When Conner was commissioned to design the poster for the 1965 New York Film Festival he created "Ten Second Film," a film that he intended to be a television commercial for the festival, and precede the screenings of the films at the... More
[Ashland, MA]: Origin Press, 1959. Sewn Japanese-style in wraps with title label. First edition. Will Petersen's copy with his ownership stamp to title page. Petersen, a Beat artist and printer closely associated with Gary Snyder, helped Corman design the early issues of Origin. He is also the dedicatee of this... More
[NY: Thunder Mouth Press, 1989]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Forewords by William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Corso. Housed in publisher's paper-covered slipcase. Minute bump to one corner of slipcase and book, else fine. More
NY: Doubleday, 1970. Softbound. First edition. "Being a skeletal history and chronicle of the experiences of a single, minor freak connected to a single, minor tribe of acid freaks in California, beginning in the early days of the Psychedelic Revolution." Discrete owner's name to inside corner of front cover, else... More
NY: Falcon Books, [1952]. First edition of this Paperback Original digest. Wonderful, scantily-clad-junkie-woman cover illustration. "Steve's search for Wally's murderer takes him into sordid 'Dream Street,' the world of 'junkies,' murderers, and prostitutes..." One of the half dozen scarcest and most desirable classic drug exploitation paperbacks. Has all the requisite..... More
[NY: Poets Press, 1968]. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by Creeley Cover design by William Katz. Fine. More
[Palma de Mallorca]: Divers Press, 1954. 16mo. Softbound in French fold dust jacket. First edition of the author's first collection of short stories. Signed by Creeley. Touch of sunning to spine, small rubbed spot to front cover, handling indentation to front cover, but a tight, lovely copy overall. This copy... More
[San Francisco: Privately published by the author, 1967]. Square 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Nice photo-documentary of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene in its heyday and one of the scarcer books on the subject. Some light foxing to edge of front cover with a couple of spots on back, bright very good... More
