Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 2000. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies with an original silk-screen print by Bukowski. Photo postcard of Bukowski laid in. One corner slightly bumped, small indentation to bottom of front board, else fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1994]. A close-up of Buk's granite grave marker with the following words engraved: "Henry Charles Bukowski Jr. / Hank / 'Don't Try' / 1920-1994" with a small image of a boxer in fighting stance. This print was sent by Linda to John Martin, perhaps she sent a few others..... More
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. There are fewer signed copies of the trade edition than the signed limited edition of 400 copies. 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
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
Atlanta: Coca-Cola Co., 1941. Softbound. First edition. The second of three books on flower arranging by William Burroughs' mother sponsored by the Coca-Cola Company! Illustrated with amazingly kitchy color photos of flower arrangements, some posed with bottles of Coke. Interesting item because her middle name "Lee" was the pseudonym Burroughs..... More
No place: Warner Brothers, ca. 1960. 45rpm record in picture sleeve with a photo of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes. Edd Brynes was the heartthrob hipster in the cast of the popular '60s TV show "77 Sunset Strip." Mint record in very good plus sleeve with some rubbing to one corner and..... More
No place: Cab Calloway Inc., 1939. Small pamphlet (measuring ca. 4.5" x 2.75"). First (and only) edition. Illustrated with charming small drawings. Calloway wrote this as a sequel to his classic "The New Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue: A Hepster's Dictionary" published to great acclaim a year earlier. The purpose of this..... More
LA: Synaesthesia Press, [2016]. A "magazine" assembled and edited by Jim Camp in the spirit of Wallace Berman's Semina, this issue done in the style of a small, handsomely printed chapbook. The "Busty Pin-ups!" issue devoted to color collages utilizing images of pin-ups. One of 250 numbered copies (of a...... More
[Berlin: Pogo Books, 2018]. Four separate pamphlets bound together. First edition. Essay by Alexa Hunter. Features Carrithers photographs (many in color) of the people who frequented Club 57, one of the most popular clubs in the East Village and party headquarters for the '80s downtown art scene. Photos include familiar..... 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
San Francisco: Trinity Press, 1974. The "Editor's First Invitational Issue." One of the most illustrious periodicals, or "Dadazines," from the Bay Area Dada scene. Illustrated throughout with photographs and unusual graphics. Barely perceptible touch of toning to spine, else fine (5.5" x 4.25"). More
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
NY: Ecco, 2006. Tall folio. Broadside printing this poem from the concurrently published "Book of Longing." First separate printing. Printed in red and black on white stock, illustrated with a small reproduction of a drawing by Cohen. Limited to 250 copies, this copy signed by Cohen though not called for..... 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
Athens, Greece: Raymond Foye Books, 2019. 4to. Accordion-folded poetry broadside printed on both sides---one side in English the other in Greek. Features four previously unpublished poems from Corso's final manuscript "The Golden Dot" written while he was dying from cancer. Translated by Yannis Livadas. Cover photograph of Corso by Allen..... 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
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
n.p.: Romeo Records, 1957. 45rpm record in photo-illustrated sleeve showing Dean playing a conga drum. Home recording of James Dean in a late-night jam session with L.A. musician, Bob Romeo who plays flute. The actor can be heard talking and laughing with his friends in the background between songs. James..... More
n.p.: Bedstand, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Kooks, Beatniks, and Babes Meet in an Orgy of Summer Lust." Fine. Only three copies on OCLC. More
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/LaSalle Bank, 2002. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Highly accomplished color photographic portraits. As new in publisher's shrink-wrap. 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
[Sarasota]: John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, [1983]. Softbound. First edition. Illustrated in color and b&w. Fine. More
