Ascending Over Ohio.
Warren, OH: Fantome Press, [1989]. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ferlinghetti. Fine in the publisher's printed envelope. More
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Moscow in the Wilderness, Segovia in the Snow.
SF: Beach Books, 1967. Large single sheet folded to pamphlet size, but unfolds to 17.5" x 22.5" broadside. Second printing. Inscribed by Ferlinghetti: "To Dan in San Francisco Dec. 77 Lawrence Ferlinghetti." Toned around the edges, price sticker shadow to front cover, very good. More
Handbill issued by Grove Press announcing the availability of The Cockettes' film Tricia's Wedding for rental.
NY: Grove Press, 1971. 4to. Single sheet illustrated with a still from the film. The Cockettes were an LSD-inspired, gay liberation theatrical group of hippie drag-queens, and some women, from the Haight-Ashbury counterculture. They brought their unconventional lifestyle to the stage in the form of various song-filled theatrical productions utilizing..... More
View, February-March 1942, Vol. 1, Nos. 11-12.
NY: View, 1942. A magazine of surrealist art and literature. This issue in early tabloid format (on slick paper). Kurt Seligmann, Henry Miller, Leonora Carrington, and Parker Tyler are among the contributors. Cover sheet split at top and bottom of spine, else near fine. The early issues are scarce... More
Charles Bukowski: A Critical and Bibliographical Study.
Somerville, MA: Abyss, 1969. Thick pamphlet. Second printing. Limited to 300 numbered copies. An important early study of Buk and his work. Very near fine. More
Woodblock print by Paul Frenzeny titled: ''Scene in a Chinese Opium Palace, San Francisco.''
NY: Harper's Weekly, 1980. Shows two reclining smokers being waited upon by an attendant as another man peers around the corner. From an 1880 issue of Harper's Weekly. The print measures approx. 6.5" x 9" and takes up half of a full page. Fine. More
Wives, Wheels, Weapons.
NY: JMc & GHB editions, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A collaborative artists' book printing three excerpts, "Wives," "Wheels," and "Weapons," from Frey's new novel Bright, Shiny Morning. These vignettes are accompanied by a photo-essay by Terry Richardson, and for the hardbound edition Richard Prince has supplied..... More
Like Crazy, Man.
[Chicago]: Newstand Library, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. One of the all-time classic beatnik exploitation novels, with a terrific Robert Bonfils cover illustration featuring a sexy beatnik temptress playing bongos in the foreground as Ted Joans reads poetry in the beatnik coffee house they're in. The inspiration for..... More
Kontextsound.
Amsterdam: Kontexts, 1977. Tall 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. A compilation of sound-poetry, text-sound compositions, poesie sonore, auditive texts, optophonetics, verbosonics, and lingual music. Texts and photos by Bernard Heidsieck, Henri Chopin, Ake Hodell, Franz Mon, Sean O Huigin, Bob Cobbing, and many others. Few faint spots of mottling to top..... More
Poster Dress.
London: Poster Dress, ca. 1968. A paper (actually rayon and nylon) "poster dress" featuring a b&w photo of a hand in a meditative position and printing Ginsberg's poem "Uptown N.Y." Created by British designer Harry Gordon, the dress is enclosed in a plastic bag with cardboard header and a photo-illustrated..... More
Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions.
Edited by Barry Miles. NY: Harper & Row, [1986]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Superb presentation copy inscribed by Ginsberg with a drawing to his old friend, Ed White: "Allen Ginsberg for Ed White in Janne's presence 7/15/95 Naropa Institute Boulder Colorado." Opposite the inscription Ginsberg has done..... More
The Three Angels.
n.p.: Privately published, 2001. 2 LP records in fold-out jacket. In 1990 Ginsberg, Orlovsky, and Corso were invited by friend and artist/sound producer, Jeff Gordon to do a reading in downtown Manhattan. This recording of that event was issued in a pressing limited to 1000 numbered copies that were over-subscribed..... More
Columbia Review, May 1947.
n.p.:n.p., [1947]. Edited by John Hollander with Allen Ginsberg listed as "assistant editor." Prints "A Lover's Garden" and "The Proposal" by Ginsberg. A very early appearance by Ginsberg in the Columbia University literary magazine---this precedes his first book by almost a decade. Modest ring stain to front cover, else very..... More
The Gates of Wrath.
Bolinas: Gray Fox Press, 1972. Softbound. Third printing. Signed by Ginsberg. About fine. More
Howl and Other Poems.
SF: City Lights, 1956. 18mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Number 4 in the Pocket Poets Series. The first major work to define the Beat ethos. Some sunning to spine that overlaps a bit onto the edge of the wrap-around cover label, else very good plus... More
Iron Horse.
Gottingen: Expanded Media Editions, 1973. Square 16mo. Softbound. First German edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author. Photographs by Fred McDarrah, Richard Avedon, and Claude Pelieu. Fine. (German text.). More
Mind Breaths.
SF: City Lights, [1977]. 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Number 35 in the Pocket Poets Series. Inscribed by Ginsberg to Warren Tallman: "Allen Ginsberg / Thanks for your decades / of hospitality, Warren Tallman / August 22, 1979." Unread, solid very good plus. A very nice association sinceTallman had a strong..... More
The Be-Bop Santa Claus.
[SF: X-Ray Book & Novelty Co., 2010]. Oblong 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Designed and hand-printed letterpress by Johnny Brewton under the pseudonym "Skillet Marimba." Prints Gonzales' Christmas story originally recorded in 1954, along with a glossary of slang terms from Bab's be-bop dictionary. Limited to 100 copies given to friends..... More
Rock 'n Roll Trivia.
NY: Popular Library, [1970]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Includes a photo insert. Fun trivia (more than 400 questions and games) covering the '50s and '60s music scene. Near fine (inside of covers and pages slightly toned). More
More of Brer Rabbit's Tricks.
NY: Young Scott Books, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. Signed by Gorey. Very fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More
The Bug Book.
NY: Looking Glass Library, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 600 copies. Very fine. More
Gorey World: Paintings, Drawings & Mysterious Objects.
SF: Cartoon Art Museum, 1996. Pamphlet. First trade edition. One of 600 copies (from a total edition of 776). Fine. More
Les Urnes Utiles.
Cambridge: Halty-Ferguson, 1980. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Gorey (of a total edition of 426). Slight touch of toning to spine and corners of covers, else fine. More
Lucky Little People.
np: Scholastic Book Club, 1973. Square 8vo. First edition. Punch-out, color figures, designed by Gorey, depicting "Rumpelstiltskin and friends." The figures are on a large folding card, with a single sheet of instructions wrapped around. Though known to be Gorey's work, his name does not appear anywhere. Fine, with none..... More
Transfigurations.
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, [2001]. Large 4to. Hardbound in illustrated boards and dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Grey with a drawing of a pyramid-with-third-eye: "To Judy, With love and light. Alex Grey." Grey has elevated metaphysical, psychedelic art to a higher level of achievement. Essays by Albert Hofmann and..... More