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
[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, 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"). More
n.p.:n.p., [1966]. Ian Sommerville is standing by the window holding a joint. Taken by a friend of Burroughs using Burroughs' camera, ca. 1965. Never published. Fine (8" x 10"). 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
[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..... More
[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
[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
n.p.: Privately published by the author, 2002. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. One of 75 numbered copies signed by Carroll (of a total edition of 150). Designed and printed by Laura Mendoza. As new. More
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
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
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
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
NY: Pantheon, [1993]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition (issued simultaneously with the Canadian edition). Signed by Cohen (and stamped by him with his interlocking hearts symbol). Some foxing to top edge of text block and book spine, owner's gift inscription and small sticker to f.f.e., else near fine..... 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
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
LA: Ferus Gallery, 1962. The poster is illustrated with a photo of Conner's important early "funk" assemblage "Portrait of Allen Ginsberg" a work that, like many from this period, utilized objects (in this case tin cans) shrouded in tan nylon stockings. This exhibition was an early one for Conner and..... 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: 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: 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