n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in NYC in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is holding a cigarette at waist level. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, classic Burroughsian look. One of the best shots of Burroughs we've seen..... More
NY: Grove Press, [1967]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition, revised. Unusually fine. More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1978. Folio. Broadside. First edition. Prints an excerpt from Cities of the Red Night. A handsome production illustrated by James Silke. One of 26 lettered copies signed by the author and the artist (of a total edition of 126). A couple of small, faint corner..... More
London: Aloes Books, [1973]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Prints "Burroughs in Tangier" by Paul Bowles as an epilogue. Presentation copy inscribed by Burroughs to his friend and publisher, Richard Aaron. An outstanding association as Aaron published some of Burroughs' most attractive signed/limited editions, including Letters to Allen Ginsberg..... 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
n.p.: Privately published, 1975. The Colloque de Tanger symposium was held in Geneva in 1975 to celebrate the work of Burroughs and Gysin. This poster prints Legarde's The New Reformers photo of Burroughs' and Gysin's heads superimposed on the torsos of two statues (Martin Luther and friend). Printed in black..... 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: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Hardbound in plain white dust jacket. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the editors. A collection of essays from various writers about their early literary influences. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Saroyan, Tennessee Willliams, Anais Nin, and Ralph Ellison are among the..... More
Berkeley: Creative Arts, 1976. Softbound. First edition. The basis for the film Heart Beat starring Nick Nolte, and an excellent insider's account of life with Jack and Neal. Reading crease to front cover, else near fine. More
NY: Phoenix Bookshop, 1967. Softbound. Revised (preferred) edition. Includes commentary by Kerouac. Fine. More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Lively and well-researched overview of the Beat scene including much first-hand material from interviews with the Beats. An unusually fine, fresh copy. More
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1974. 4to. Pamphlet, stitch bound. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Published as Strastreams Poetry Series No. 1. Slip laid-in listing the cast for the first, and only, performance of this poem/play in Kathmandu, Nepal. The cast members included Ira Cohen and Angus MacLise both..... More
Woodstock, NY: Hanuman Books, 1995. Broadside poem. First edition. Features a wonderful colorized photo by Allen Ginsberg of Corso in the Beat Hotel in 1960. Fine. 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
n.p.:n.p., [1978]. Corso is shown sitting with a bandana around his head talking to an unidentified man. Taken by Leonard Buschel with his sticker to verso. Very fine (8" x 10"). More
SF: City Lights, 1969. Softbound. First edition thus. A facsimile reprint of the author's first book. Signed by Corso. About fine. More
SF: City Lights, 1969. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition thus. A facsimile reprint of the author's first book. Inscribed by the publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti on behalf of Corso: "To Ted / for Gregory / Lawrence Ferlinghetti / January 1969." Trivial sunning to spine, else fine... More
Woodstock, NY: Raymond Foye, 2002. Broadside poem. First edition. One of 300 copies printed on the occasion of the John Wieners Memorial Reading at St. Mark's Church in the Bowery. Fine. More
LA: Paper Boat Press, 1989. Pamphlet. First edition. Signed by Crimmins on the title page and beneath his signature Allen Ginsberg has inscribed it "Best Wishes / Allen Ginsberg / 2/25/89 / McCabe's" (though Ginsberg has no connection to this book he met Crimmins in LA and signed this book)..... More
[San Francisco: Privately published by the author, 1967]. Square 8vo. Pamphlet. First edition. Nice photo-documentary of the Haight-Ashbury hippie scene in its heyday and one of the scarcer books on the subject. Tiny sepia stain to bottom edge that shows some gentle rippling, else very good or better... More
Buffalo: White Pine Press, 1984. Printed folded containg 12 postcards printing interesting and sometimes experimental photographic portraits of Burroughs, Creeley, di Prima, Duncan, Ferlinghetti, Snyder, Ginsberg and Orlovsky, McClure, and others. Fine. More
n.p.: Romeo Records, 1957. 45rpm record in photo-illustrated sleeve showing Dean playing a conga drum. Home recording of James Dean in a late-night jam session with L.A. musician, Bob Romeo who plays flute. The actor can be heard talking and laughing with his friends in the background between songs. James..... More
London: Consul Books/World Distributors, [1963]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "A startling novel of life as it is lived by Chelsea's beatniks horrifyingly revealing." Occasional scattered foxing, toning to inside edges of covers, very good minus. One of the scarcest novels set in the beatnik milieu... More
n.p.: Bedstand, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. "Kooks, Beatniks, and Babes Meet in an Orgy of Summer Lust." Fine. More
