SF: City Lights, 1959. 18mo. Pamphlet. Eighth printing---the first unexpurgated printing. The "offensive" words had been deleted from all earlier printings, thus the eighth is bibliographically important. Number 4 in the Pocket Poets Series. Despite a touch of oxidation to the staples, and a minute nick to back cover, this..... More
Hollywood: HiFi Records, 1959. LP record. McKuen reads beat poetry with titles such as "Co Existence Bagel Shop Blues," "Haiku Poems," "What is a Fabian," and "Like," to jazz accompaniment. Terrific cover photograph of McKuen sitting pensively at a table in a Beat coffee house with a wine bottle and..... More
NY: Annina Nosei, 1986. The front of the card features an untitled work by Basquiat printed in gray and black on white stock. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer. She provided him with studio space in her basement, published his first print portfolio, and gave him his first solo exhibition in..... More
NY: Annina Nosei, 1982. The front of the card features one of the works from the portfolio printed in gray and black on off-white stock. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer who mounted his first solo US exhibition the same year that she published this, his first print portfolio. Fine (5.5"..... More
Paris: Galerie Baudoin Lebon, [2000]. 8vo. Softbound. First edition. Signed by Witkin. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. Fine (French/English text). More
NY: Privately published, 1986. Nicely designed printed in black, white, and red against a striking yellow background illustrated with small African motif drawings. Performances by various bands throughout the evening, with art on display by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Futura 2000, Lady Pink, Ero, and others. Couple of small, light..... More
NY: Annina Nosei, 1988. Printed in white against a funereal black background. This show took place just a few months after Basquiat's death and a month after his memorial service. Nosei was Basquiat's first dealer. She provided him with studio space in her basement, published his first print portfolio, and..... More
Portland: Nazraeli, 2008. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Text by Forrest Gander. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Meeks with an original gelatin silver print tipped to the back cover. Features 34 duotone plates. As new. More
Canada: Georgia Straight, 1970. Tabloid, folded as issued. A special issue of Georgia Straight, Canada's preeminent underground newspaper, entirely devoted to this unauthorized printing of the complete text of Dylan's Tarantula. One of the scarcest of the various bootleg versions that appeared prior to Macmillan's publication of the book in..... More
Providence, RI: Brown University, 2000. Softbound. First edition. Catalog for an exhibition of Burroughs material at the John Hay Library, Brown University. Illustrated throughout. Essays by Jennie Skerl, John Tytell, and Robert Jackson. Near fine. 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
Niagara Falls: press today, 1966. Mimeographed sheets of various colored stock stapled at the top. One of the more audacious mags from the Mimeo Revolution not offered for sale and distributed privately. Doug Blazek, Walter Lowenfels, Steve Richmond, Carl Larsen, and Russell Salamon are among the contributors. "Part four of..... More
Koln: Wienand Verlag, 1995. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First German edition. As new. (German text.). More
Zurich: Scalo, [2000]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Female nudes in France and Northern California photographed in natural settings in b&w and color. As new in shrinkwrap. More
[Santa Fe]: Arena, [2000]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Absolutely wonderful work from Evans. As new. More
Milwaukee: Oranje & Singlepress, 2003. First edition. One of 234 copies (of a total edition of 275). A box containing individual poetry broadsides by Steven Bellin, Andrei Codrescu, Robert Creeley, Joel Dailey, Chris Martin, Douglas A. Martin, Caroline Miller, Eileen Myles, Alice Notley, Fred Stonehouse, Stacy Szymaszek, John Tyson, and..... More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 1990. Oblong 8vo. Softbound. First edition. The checklist for a landmark exhibition of Bowles material at the University of Delaware Library. Illustrated with images of some of the items. Fine. More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. Softbound. First edition. Faint foxing to top edge of text block and a few specks to fore-edge, else very fine and bright. More
NY: Wu-Shan Inc. & Sony Music Entertainment, 2011. A boxed set of LP records, CDs, and offset lithographs from a diverse group of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, were associated with, or were inspired by Andy Warhol. One of 1964 copies (there were also 85 deluxe copies)..... More
[Garner Valley, CA]: The Botherhood of Eternal Love, ca. 1968. The card, in the shape of a butterfly, has the top of the butterfly's wings printed in many colors, the bottom features an illustration of stars in a nighttime sky. There is a hole punched through the card to accommodate..... More
[Garner Valley, CA]: The Botherhood of Eternal Love, ca. 1968. The front of the card prints a multicolored, detailed psychedelic illustration of a pastoral fantasy scene encircled by a flame-like mandala motif that includes a long-tailed dragon at the bottom. Above the illustration is printed "Merry Christmas / Happy New..... More
[NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973]. Legal-size sheet of blue stock printed in black. First edition. The event, the first of Patti's "Rock and Rimbaud" performances, took place on the roof of Le Jardin in the Hotel Diplomat. Patti performed accompanied by Lenny Kaye and Bill Elliot, even including songs by..... More
n.p.: SOOJ, 2005. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated with two images by painter Path Soong. One of only 30 numbered copies signed by Patti Smith and Path Soong, the entire signed edition (there were also 200 unsigned copies). Handsomely printed on Arches. The small signed edition was over-subscribed..... More
Pasadena, CA: X-Ray Book Co., 2005. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards (measuring approx. 4.5" x 3"). First edition. One of 26 lettered copies (the entire cloth edition). The first appearance of these previously unpublished poems written by Brautigan in the mid 1950's. Another charming production from Brewton's X-Ray Book Co. As..... More
