Allen Ginsberg in the Sixties.
Brighton: Unicorn Bookshop, 1972. Softbound. First edition. Fine (minute tear to corner of back cover). More
Beats
Weep Not My Children.
n.p.: n.p., n.d. [ca. 1959]. Pamphlet. First edition. Preface by Thomas Albright. Padriec's "answer to the 'Beat Generation'... a voice from the 'Beat Generation' telling the image makers that the 'Beat Generation' does not exist." Inscribed by the author on the inside of the front cover. Interesting Beat-era zeitgeist momento..... More
The Poet's Eye: A Tribute to Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Books.
Berkeley: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1997. Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Contributions by Hoyem, Micheline, Kyger, McClure, Brautigan, et al. Issued as number 43 in a series of keepsakes for friends of the Bancroft Library. Illustrated with photographs. Fine. More
The Detriot News Michigan, February 19, 1989.
n.p.:n.p., [1981]. Supplement to The Detroit News printing a photo-illustrated cover story about Kerouac's first wife. About fine. More
Handbill anouncing a poetry reading by Stuart Perkoff at 425 Ocean Front Walk in Venice.
Venice: Privately published, 1973. Perkoff was the preeminent poet and an influential presence during the Venice Beat scene from the '50s through 1974 when died at age 44. In Lawrence Lipton's 1959 book, The Holy Barbarians, a fictional depiction of the Venice Beat scene, Perkoff appears under his own name..... More
How it Is, Doing What I Do.
[Denver]: Black Ace, [1976]. Softbound. First edition. Illustrations by Perkoff, one of the original Beat poets in Venice during the fifties. Limited to 500 copies. Published as Bowery 21. Few tiny spots to cover, top edge foxed, else fine. More
Visions for the Tribe.
[Denver]: Black Ace, [1976]. Softbound. First edition. Perkoff was one of the original Beat poets in Venice during the fifties. Limited to 350 copies. Published as Bowery 25. Foxing to top edge, else near fine. More
Poetry Readings in the Cellar with the Cellar Jazz Quintet.
[SF]: Fantasy, [1957]. LP record. First printing, second issue (on lighter vs. dark red vinyl). Classic early Beat poetry readings accompanied by jazz. Fantasy promo sheet laid in. Very good plus. More
Handbill announcing two momentous events in the history of the Lower East Side counterculture of the '60s---the opening night party for Ed Sanders' legendary Peace Eye Bookstore and the world debut of The Fugs.
NY: Fuck You Press, 1965. 4to. "THE WORLD PREMIER OF THE FUGS! an unbelievable group of singers featuring Tuli Kupferberg on farto-phone, Brillo Box, finger symbols, & various percussion instruments; Ed Sanders on organ, sex-organ, & harmonica...dirty folk spews, rock & roll, poetry, Amphetamine operas and other freak beams..." The..... More
Mimeo handbill designed by Ed Sanders announcing an appearance by the Fugs at The Orb Theater in San Francisco, 1965.
SF: Privately published, 1965. 4to. "This weekend The Fugs! zany, satirical, beatnik, loud, rock 'n' roll group! on the West Coast only a month---see them now!" This was The Fugs first West Coast visit, the last stop on their "Fugs' Cross Country Vietnam Protest Caravan." In the Bay Area they..... More
Peace Eye.
Buffalo: Frontier Press, 1965. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Prefatory poem by Charles Olson. Presentation copy inscribed by Sanders with a small drawing of a penis to poet, Will Inman dated the year of publication. White covers slightly toned, touch soiled, else near fine. More
The Poem Beginning.
n.p.: Bookslinger, 1983. Broadside poem. First edition. One of 90 numbered copies signed by Sanders. Published on the occasion of a reading by the author at the Walker Art Center. Fine. More
Jack Kerouac: An Illustrated Biography.
[Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 1999]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Foreword by Carolyn Cassady. Lots of rare photos not seen elsewhere. Fine. More
Life Is a Lousy Drag.
SF: Unicorn, 1958. Pamphlet. First edition. Schock takes us on a cynical tour through the Beat haunts of '50s North Beach making snide observations about the habitues. Illustrated with accomplished, evocative and lovely illustrations of beatniks at poetry readings, jazz clubs, etc., by Trubee Campbell whose drawings are much more..... More
Suzuki Beane.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961. 4to. Hardbound in pictorial boards with dust jacket. First edition. Drawings by Louise Fitzhugh. A children's book with illustrations and text about a beatnik baby growing up in Greenwich Village. Ownership signature, else near fine in spine faded, very good dust jacket with an inconspicuous..... More
Poster announcing a performance by Patti Smith and Herbert Huncke as part of the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival, 1995.
n.p.:n.p., [1995]. Features a photo of Patti and Herbert. Printed in black and red. Fine (20" x 16"). More
Poster announcing a performance of poetry and music by Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye in Central Park, 1995.
n.p.:n.p., [1995]. Features a photo of Patti and a quote from "Paths that Cross." Printed in purple and green. Fine (22" x 14"). More
Going Under.
n.p.: SOOJ, 2006. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated by painter Path Soong. One of 110 copies signed by Patti Smith and Path Soong. Handsomely printed on Arches. As new. More
Paths That Cross.
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
Poster announcing "An Evening of Poetry and Music in Memory of Todd Pollard Smith.''
n.p.:n.p., [1995]. The performance took place at the Theater of Living Arts in Philadelphia, 1995. Features a color photo of Patti on stage and a quote from "Paths that Cross." Fine (20" x 16"). More
Psalm 23 Revisited.
Woodstock, NY: Hanuman Books, 1995. Broadside poem. First printing. Handsomely printed by Leslie Miller of the Grenfell Press. A poem written for William Burroughs, illustrated with Burroughs' self portrait. Fine. More
A Small Entreaty.
Woodstock, NY: Hanuman Books, 1995. Broadside poem. First printing. Handsomely printed in two colors by Leslie Miller of the Grenfell Press. A poem written for the Dali Lama, illustrated with an antique engraving of Tibetan sacred eyes. Fine. More
Axe Handles.
SF: North Point, 1983. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Signed by the author. Fine (tiny bit of fading to top of book spine). More
The Earth's Wild Places.
[Sacramento: Ellen's Old Alchemical Press, 1976]. 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Originally issued as part of the journal Hard Pressed, but here offered separately. This is one of a limited number of copies printed in silver ink on purple paper for the author's private use. Fine (touch of fading to..... More