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
San Diego: Atticus Books, 1981. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by William Burroughs. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Burroughs. Landmark, photo-illustrated catalog of Burroughs items offered for sale. An excellent reference for material not in Maynard & Miles. Fine. More about William S. Burroughs: The Hombre Invisible, Atticus Books Catalog Eight
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...
[San Diego: Phenix Publishers, 1969]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Published as part of the Pleasure Reader series. Cover art by Robert Bonfils showing naked or scantily-clad hippie women dancing around a beach fire and a guitar-strumming hippie guy. "Boppin' barbarians on a passion trip!" Faint reading crease to... More about Acid-Rock Orgy
[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
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 about Poem, Interview, Photographs
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 about The Painter & the Fish
[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
[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 about The Beat Hotel
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
London: BC Studio Editions/L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, 2017. Folio. Hardbound in heavy grey book card, quarter bound in linen with an illustrated plate affixed to the front cover, issued in woodcut dust jacket. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Childish with an original three-color woodcut dust jacket... More about unbegreiflich aber gewiss (unknowable but certain): A Catalogue of Paintings August 2014-January...
Rome & London: Gianenzo Sperone & Anthony d'Offay, 1981. Small folio. Hardbound in illustrated boards. First edition. One of an unspecified number of copies signed by Clemente. A handmade book printed in India. Color plates of Clemente's work interspersed with hand-printed illustrations, with front and back boards that fold out. Fine. More about Pinxit
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
NY & SF: Odyssia Gallery/John Berggruen Gallery, 1989. Catalog with color illustrations, supplementary text by Madeleine Burnside, a chronology, checklist, etc. Fine. More about Tricky Cad
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 about 1965 Lincoln Center Film Festival poster
[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 about The Descent from Daimonji
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 about Be Not Content: A Subterranean Journal
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 about "Junkie!": The Life and Loves of a Drug Addict!
[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 about Hippy Hi
Cleveland: American Greetings, 1966. Features two color illustrations (one on the front one inside) of one of Crumb's trademark buxom women stuffed into a too-small dress. Signed by Crumb on the verso. A year after graduating high school Crumb moved to Cleveland where he got a job with American Greetings... More about Folding greeting card designed by R. Crumb
SF: San Francisco Examiner, 1985. The poster proclaims: "Hinckle Free at Last Only in the Examiner" and reproduces a drawing by Crumb showing Hinckle and his hound dog being dragged away by three burly police officers. Presentation copy inscribed by Crumb to his publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press... More about Poster featuring an illustration by R. Crumb promoting Warren Hinckle's column in the San...
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Features a photo of a surfer riding a wave, printed in dark blue on light blue stock. Early ephemera from the halcyon days of surfing before it went mainstream. As new (approx. 5.5" x 8.5"). More about Flyer for Dale Davis' 1963 surf film, Walk on the Wet Side