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
[Gottingen: Expanded Media Editions, 1973]. Softbound. First edition thus. Fine. (Bilingual English/German text.). More
NY: High Risk, [1995]. Softbound. "Advance uncorrected proof" in printed glossy wraps. Fine. More
[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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
[NY & Cologne: Thea Westreich/Gisela Capitain, 1993]. 4to. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. A very fine, fresh copy, basically as new. More
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
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
NY & SF: Odyssia Gallery/John Berggruen Gallery, 1989. Catalog with color illustrations, supplementary text by Madeleine Burnside, a chronology, checklist, etc. Fine. 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
[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
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
London: Belmont Press, 1999. Hardbound in illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth spine (issued without dust jacket). First edition. Illustrated by Eileen Hogan. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator. Prospectus laid in. As new. More
Paris: Olympia Press, [1960]. Reprint of this title originally published as a Paperback Original by Olympia Press five years earlier as part of their famed Traveler's Companion series. Signed by Donleavy. The author's first book. Barely perceptible foxing to top edge, corner crease to back cover, else a fine, unread... More
np: Sumbooks, 1964. Pamphlet. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed to Duncan's close friends, Ham and Mary Tyler. Beneath the printed dedication, as if a continuation of it, Duncan has written: "and for Ham and Mary too have fun. Robert." Very near fine. More
