Larkspur, CA: Privately printed and hand-assembled by Wallace Berman, 1961. Limited to 200 copies. Folder with an altered photographic still of actress Susan Hayward on the cover. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 18 inserts of various sizes printing photographs, texts, and drawings. This issue is devoted entirely... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
n.p.: Maya Quarto, 1970. 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author. Published as No. 7 in the Maya Quartos series. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Very near fine (hint of fading to edges). More
LA: Kohn Gallery, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Terrific book on Berman profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. More
[SF]: Communication Company, [1967]. 4to. The event was scheduled to take place at the Glide Church in San Francisco, 1967. Richard Brautigan, Lew Welch, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Andrew Hoyem, Ed Bullins, and others, are listed as participants. Features an illustration of a naked man carrying a sheep over his shoulders. This... More
n.p.: Don Allen for the S. F. Arts Festival, 1964. Folio-sized folder containing 10 illustrated poetry broadsides created for the San Francisco Arts Festival. Limited to 300 copies signed by both poet and illustrator (except for David Meltzer who refused to sign his, and artist Phyllis Bailey). Includes the broadside... More
[SF]: Privately published, 1967. 4to. Richard Brautigan, Gary Snyder, Lenore Kandel, and Lew Welch are among those scheduled to read in San Francisco during the "Summer of Love" in support of the Diggers who were instrumental in feeding and informing the influx of hippies to the Haight-Ashbury. Text and design... More
SF: Privately published, 1960. 4to. An exceptionally early piece of Brautigan ephemera. This 1960 reading (where Brautigan received second billing) is the second earliest reading by him that we've ever seen an announcement for. Printed in black on white stock. A fine copy of a scarce, very early handbill. More
[n.p.: Paperbook Gallery, 1965]. Pamphlet. First edition of the author's first book. Introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Bremser was one of the original Beats, and one of the best of the jazz poets. Fine. More
[Germany & CA]: Hatje Cantz/Foggy Notion, [2011]. 4to. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Brilliant photos by Brittin of the LA art scene in the '50s including Wallace Berman and his friends, early shots of the Venice scene, as well as photos from the '60s civil rights struggle, and more..... More
NY: Privately published by Slim Brundage, 1960. 4to. This handbill was the inspiration of Slim Brundage, hobo, Wobbly, writer, and proprietor of the Village coffee house College of Complexes where this convention took place to nominate a Beat candidate for the 1960 election. "Cool delegates wanted to nominate a Beat... More
Middlesex: Penguin, 1969. First paperback edition. Published as Penguin Modern Poets 13. Very fine. More
[Hollywood: Living Color Productions/Jack Stevenson, 1982]. The "Special Family Issue" of this periodical from the publisher who issued Pandemonium. Features an interview with John Waters, five poems by Charles Bukowski, a photo essay on "The Future That Never Came," and more. Very near fine. More
n.p.: Privately published, 1994. White, Anvil brand, large size T-shirt printing drawings by Bukowski of multiple faces and "little man" figures. This quote by Bukowski is printed on the back: "The Difference Between Life And Art Is Art Is More Bearable." Hand-numbered "26" in the collar leading us to believe... More
[Gottingen: Expanded Media Editions, 1973]. Softbound. First edition thus. Fine. (Bilingual English/German text.). More
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
Atlanta: Coca-Cola Co., 1941. Softbound. First edition. The second of three books on flower arranging by William Burroughs' mother. Illustrated with amazingly kitch color photos of flower arrangements and bottles of Coke. Interesting item because her middle name "Lee" was the pseudonym Burroughs used for his first book Junkie. She... More
NY: High Risk, [1995]. Softbound. "Advance uncorrected proof" in printed glossy wraps. Fine. More
Santa Barbara: Am Here Books, 1982. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Landmark catalog of Beat, avant-garde, and modern literature offered for sale, with commentary by Burroughs, Creeley, Clark, et al. Lacks the Burroughs record. Few handling impressions, very good plus. More
[NY: Viking, 1989]. Softbound. Uncorrected proofs. Few faint specks of foxing, else very near 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
NY: Grove Press, [1962]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a few short tears (and a small piece of tape internally reinforcing top of spine). The jacket has none of the usual spine-fading and is very bright overall. More
NY: Grove Press, [1962]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition in later printing dust jacket (with roman numerals and zip code on back panel). Fine in about fine dust jacket with a touch of fading to spine. A nice bright copy. More
