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." A nice association. Very near fine... More
n.p.: SOOJ, 2007. Large 4to. Broadside. First edition. Illustrated with a painting by Jeff Gordon. The lyrics to this song by Dylan nicely printed on Arches with Gordon's painting reproduced in color. Published in an edition limited to 145 numbered copies signed by the artist and publisher, Jeff Gordon, this..... More
NY: Gaslight Cafe, ca. 1960. A single wide quarto sheet folded accordion-style. Prints a long text about the history of Greenwich Village bohemianism and the role that the Gaslight played stating that: "Poetry readings in New York originated at the Gaslight. Jack Kerouac, Alan [sic] Ginsberg...found our cellar the ideal..... More
NY: The Bitter End/The Tin Angel, ca. 1965. The two night spots were doing some cross promotion---one side of the card is for The Bitter End and at the bottom it reads: "Before the show, enjoy dinner at (see other side)." The other side of the card is for The..... More
NY: The Bitter End, ca. 1964. A single quarto sheet folded to make four pages. The covers print a poem by Paul Eluard and Benjamin Peret. The Bitter End was one of the primary music clubs and entertainment venues in Greenwich Village during the '60s. During it's heyday it featured..... More
NY: Folkways Records, [1950]. 33rpm record. The record jacket bears Dylan's pencil ownership signature as well as some lyrics from the album that Dylan has transcribed on the front cover. The LP was issued with a postcard that customers could fill out and return requesting additional products. Dylan has filled..... More
Detroit: The Retort, 1964. Original broadside/mailer issued by The Retort, a small, folk music coffee house in Detroit. One side is largely devoted to promoting Dylan's appearance at the Masonic Scottish Rite Cathedral and it features two photos of Dylan including one of him smiling! Also advertises upcoming appearances by..... More
NY: Gerdes Folk City, 1961. 4to. The first in the series of concerts was a long stint by Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey and David Gude playing September 12 through the 24th. From September 26 through October 8th the Greenbriar Boys were playing with Bob Dylan, then entirely unknown and having..... More
NY: Macmillan Co. [1966]. Features the word "Tarantula!" on a glossy, over-size pin-back button featuring the same close-up photo of Dylan that was eventually used on the cover of the published book. However, this button was issued by Macmillan in 1966 when they first intended to release the book, not..... More
NY: Folklore Center, 1962. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Charming cover illustration of a young, corduroy-capped Dylan playing harmonica. First separate printing of a song by Bob Dylan. Depending on exactly when in 1962 this was published, it may also be his first appearance in print. (The only..... More
NY: Harper & Row, [1968]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in crisp, fresh dust jacket with a touch of soiling to edge of back panel and a tiny blemish, but without any fading to the spine. An unusually nice copy overall. More
[Berlin: RE: Surgo!, 2012]. Tall 4to. Softbound. First edition. Full-page, color screenprint reproductions of terrific expressionistic works. One of 77 numbered copies signed by the publisher. As new. More
Warren, OH: Fantome Press, [1989]. Pamphlet. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Ferlinghetti. Fine in the publisher's printed envelope. More
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
[SF]: City Lights Books, [1978]. 16mo. Softbound. First edition. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication to his close friends Janet & Charles Richards. Janet wrote Common Soldiers, a book about the fifties literary scene, and she and Charles were good friends with Rexroth and Ferlinghetti. Couple of..... More
SF: Privately published, 1971. 4to. Single sheet illustrated with a line drawing of the Tinsel Tarts. The Cockettes were a group of LSD-inspired, hippie drag-queens, and some women, from the Haight-Ashbury. They brought their unconventional lifestyle to the stage in the form of song-filled, high-camp theatrical productions utilizing outrageous costumes..... More
[SF: Last Gasp, 1971]. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Drawings by John Flowers. Photographs by Clay Geerdes. Outrageous photographs of The Cockettes, a notorious LSD-inspired, hippie drag-queen theatrical group from San Francisco whose members also included women. These photos were intended to be cut out and made into paper dolls that..... More
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
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
Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1962. A sci-fi mag with a terrific, humorous cover illustration based on Randall Garrett's featured story "The Hepcats of Venus." It shows two shade-wearing, cigarette-smoking beatniks at a table in Venus Club watching two aliens exuberantly play strange instruments that are parts of their bodies. Also includes a...... More
[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
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
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
n.p.:n.p., [1956]. A literary mag from San Francisco. Prints Ginsberg's "Two Trees in Paterson---1952," an early appearance preceding the publication of Howl. Also features two poems by Philip Whalen, an early appearance for him as well. Owner's name, some sunning to edges, smudge to back cover, very good... More
Bolinas: Gray Fox Press, 1972. Softbound. Third printing. Signed by Ginsberg. About fine. More
