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(NY: The Poetry Project, Feb. 1971). Ed. Larry Fagin. 4to. Wrps., mimeo, stapled. Unpaginated. Cover by Aram Saroyan. Contributors include Joe Brainard ("Twelve Works"); Clark Coolidge ("Three Works"); John Giorno (from "The American Book of the Dead"); Bernadette Mayer (from "Moving"); Aram Saroyan (from "The Letter Book"); and others. White... more
NY: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. Ed. Larry Fagin. 4to., mimeographed, stapled. Illustrations by Bill Brodecky. Prints poems by Joe Ceravolo, Frank O'Hara and Bill Berkson, and John Godfrey, and lists details of pamphlets 1970-1973, a title in collaboration with Angel Hair Books, projected titles for 1974, and out-of-print and available... more
London: Trigram Press, 1966. First edition. 8vo. White cloth, lettered in gilt. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author (from a total edition of 550). "This cycle of eight poems traces my trajectory through different phases of the psychedelic drug experience. It contains all I have been able... more
Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 1976. First edition. Decorated dark blue cloth-covered boards, with paper spine label. Attractively printed, with reproductions of the publisher's printed ephemera, and a full-page 3-colour reproduction of a calligraphic drawing by Brion Gysin. Colophon states: "Somewhat less than 500 copies printed on a variety of presses".... more
Cambridge, Mass.: Credo, nd. LP record (Credo 1). Album cover and design by Eric Von Schmidt. Author photo by Roy Hyrkin. Sleeve notes by Robert Lewis Shayon. Recorded At WFMT, Chicago's Fine Art Station in 1961. Near Mint in Near Fine sleeve. ... more
Np. (London): November 1963. 4to. Different colour papers, stapled at side, enclosed in blue folding outer wrapper. States "artwork by Mal Dean", though there are no drawings. The contributors are Libby Houston; Spike Hawkins; Rab Spall; Johnny Byrne; Paul Pignon; and Roger Jones. Lightly worn. Very Good plus. ... more
Np. (NY): no pub. (Adventures in Poetry), nd. (1974). First trade edition. 4to., mimeographed, stapled. Cover by Joe Brainard. A homage to Arthur Rimbaud, "drawn" by Joe Brainard. Small ink (mimeo?) splatter to upper right corner of front cover. Very Good plus. ... more
4to. Stapled, mimeographed, printed on rectos only. Also contains an interview with Anselm Hollo. This copy bears an inscription from Alpert to James Schuyler: "Ted thought you might like to see this. He also suggested I feature you in a forthcoming issue of Vort. Does this seem conceivable." Seven further... more
NY: Granary Books, 1998. First edition. 72pp. Introduction by Lewis Warsh. Features 27 'literary pictures' - previously unpublished collaborations by Berrigan and painter George Schneeman in the late sixties, plus numerous anecdotes and comments from many of Berrigan's friends and publishers, including Anne Waldman and Ron Padgett. One of 26... more
NY: Totem Press, 1960. First edition. Photo-illustrated wrps., stapled. The poet's second book. Fine. ... more
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix/Starstreams, 1976. First edition. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. Illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece photograph and woodblock prints. Printed on handmade Nepalese paper. Cover verifax by Maya; frontispiece collage by Dana Young; title page illustration by Sidney Hushour; Bone Ship Passing by Petra Vogt; skull colophon by Lee... more
Santa Barbara, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1981. Double LP record (FPV47423). Recorded by the author in 1978 in Tangier. Linen-covered sleeve designed by Graham Mackintosh. Front cover reproduces a watercolour painting by Brion Gysin. One of 100 numbered and signed copies (this one #31). The enclosed colophon sheet prints an introductory... more
Bolinas, CA: Big Sky Books, 1971. First edition. 4to., wrps., stapled. Brainard's third book, an illustrated account of his stay in Bolinas, with everyone from Ted Berrigan, Diane di Prima and the Creeleys passing through. Faint stain to upper wrapper, o/w Near Fine. ... more
NY: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. 4to., mimeographed, stapled. Cover art and drawings by Brainard. Includes "Babe Rainbow", a short poem on smoking by Ted Berrigan; "Cigarette Butt Drawings" by Legér, Stuart Davis, De Kooning, and Brainard; "Inhaling" by James Schuyler; and other contributions from Ron Padgett, Kenward Elmslie,... more
NY: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition, regular issue (there were also 26 lettered and signed copies). 4to., mimeographed, stapled. Cover art by Brainard, who has signed this copy on the title page. A banana-themed collection of drawings, quotes, cartoons, cooking recipes and homoerotic imagery. Crease with short, associated tear... more
NY: Siamese Banana Press, 1972. First edition. 4to., mimeographed, stapled. Cover art by Brainard. A collection of aphoristic quotations. Light rubbing to wrappers, o/w Near Fine. ... more
Los Angeles: Harvest Records, 1969. LP record (ST-424). Cover photo by Edmund Shea. Brautigan reads selections from his work (except "Love Poem", read by Michael McClure, Bruce Conner, Ianthe Brautigan, Imogen Cunningham, Herb Caen, Peter Berg, Don Allen, Price Dunn, among others). His only record release (it was scheduled to... more
London: Cape, 1975. First UK edition. Near Fine in minimally edge-worn dw. ... more
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1976. First edition. Fine in Near Fine dw. ... more
London: Cape, 1978. First UK edition. Top edge slightly spotted, o/w Near Fine in dw. ... more
4to. Stapled wrps. The first, and only, issue. Prints a short story ("Coffee") by Brautigan. Other contributors include Robert Duncan, Philip Whalen, Joanne Kyger, and co-editor Ron Loewinsohn. Cover photograph of Brautigan with Loewinsohn. Robert Duncan's copy, with his mailing address written out on the back cover. Upper wrapper pulled... more
London Magazine Editions, 1971. First UK edition (published as "Troia: Mexican Memoirs" in the US). 192pp. The author's account of her life as a prostitute in Mexico, where her husband Ray was imprisoned, with descriptions of magic mushroom and peyote trips. Fine in very Near Fine dw. ... more
NY: Tomkins Square Press, 1967. First edition. Clothbound. Introduction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Written during one night spent in solitary confinement. Publisher's promotional sheets laid in, incl. Ginsberg quote. Fine in the fragile tissue dw. One of 974 copies (from a total edition of 1000). ... more
SF: The Nova Broadcast Press, 1968. First edition. Wrps. First in the Nova Broadcast series. Near Fine. ... more
Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First edition. Pamphlet (no.4 in the Beau Fleuve Series). Photo of the author by Allen De Loach to lower wrapper. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (from a total edition of 1000). Very slight age-toning to edges of wrappers, staples lightly rusted,... more
Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1978. First edition. Wrps., 80pp. Short edge-crease to upper wrapper, o/w Near Fine. ... more
London: Fulcrum Press, 1969. First edition. 48pp. Cloth-covered boards. Title page artwork by Mal Dean. One of 75 numbered copies signed by Brown. Fine in Near Fine clear acetate dw. ... more
(Los Angeles): Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Green wrps., designed and handsewn by Barbara Martin. Published for distribution gratis as a New Year's Greeting from the Press. One of 100 copies numbered and signed by the author, from a total edition of 400 (actually 450). This was Black Sparrow Press's second... more
(Detroit): Alternative Press, (1970). Poetry postcard (16.5x10.2cm.), with the tail edge marbled by hand in green and yellow. Printed area for stamp to verso. Near Fine. Approx. 400 copies printed. ... more
(Los Angeles): Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Poetry broadside (37.4x22.2cm.). Tan laid paper, printed in black, red and orange. Light handling wear to extremities, o/w Near Fine. ... more
Pasco, WA: Nitty-Gritty Goldermood Rainbow Press, (1975). Poetry broadside (41.9x26.7cm.). Tan paper printed in brown. Illustrated with a drawing of Bukowski drinking a beer. Though not called for, this copy has been signed by the author. The title derives from an American slang term originated during the Prohibition era, meaning... more
Salt Lake City, Utah: Litmus Press, 1975. Pale blue photo-illustrated wrps., 46pp. Signed by Bukowski on the upper wrapper. The colophon states "First edition with correspondence second printing", though second printing probably means second edition (ie. following the original 1968 edition). Mild age-toning to spine, o/w a tight, Very Good... more
Np.: The Old Marble Press (ie. Black Sparrow Press), 1975. Poetry broadside (35.6x21.6cm.). Printed in black and red on goldenrod paper. Fine. ... more
Los Angeles: Takoma Records, 1980. LP record (TAK 7073). Album cover painting by the author. Bukowski recorded reading his poetry before a San Francisco audience in 1972. The City Lights-sponsored event was his biggest live reading to date. Mint in opened but still shrinkwrapped sleeve. ... more
Minneapolis: Bookslinger, 1981. Small poetry broadside (16.5x11.4cm.), printed by the Toothpaste Press in white on stiff black paper. Fine. Approx. 1000 copies printed. ... more
LA: Freeway Records, 1985. LP record (FRWY 1058). Cover photo by Michael Montfort. Sleeve notes by Kenneth Funsten. Recorded live during a reading at the Sweetwater, Redondo Beach, California, April 1980. Excellent in Very Good plus sleeve (remainder notch). ... more
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1990. Wrps., stapled. Bukowski has signed this copy on the upper wrapper. Published for distribution gratis as a New Year's Greeting from the Press. Very faint stain to lower wrapper; mild creasing along spine; o/w Near Fine. ... more
(Santa Rosa): Black Sparrow Press, 1991. Poetry broadside (33.1x22.7cm.). Printed in 3 colours by Graham Mackintosh. Published for the friends of the San Francisco Bay Area Book Festival. Light handling wear to edges, o/w Fine. ... more
![The Wormwood Review Vol. 21, Numbers 1-2 [#81/82] (Stockton, CA: 1981).](/beatbooks/images/items/100x160/30136.jpg "The Wormwood Review Vol. 21, Numbers 1-2 [#81/82] (Stockton, CA: 1981).")
Wrps., 48pp. Ed. Marvin Malone. Bukowski contributes a 20pp. central section, "Good-By to Hollywood (Plus Four Drawings)", along with front cover drawing. One of 700 numbered copies. Fine. ... more
![The Wormwood Review Vol. 28, Numbers 2&3 [#110/111] (Stockton, CA: 1988).](/beatbooks/images/items/100x160/30137.jpg "The Wormwood Review Vol. 28, Numbers 2&3 [#110/111] (Stockton, CA: 1988).")
Wrps., 88pp. Ed. Marvin Malone. Bukowski contributes the cover art and the journal's entire contents ("Beauti-Ful & Other Long Poems"). One of 700 numbered copies. Fine. ... more
NY: 'C' Press, 1965. First edition. 4to. Wrps. Burroughs' own version of Time magazine, including a Time cover collaged over with a reproduction of a painting, four drawings by Brion Gysin, and 26pp. of typescripts comprised of cut-up texts and various photographs. One of 886 trade copies. Spine edges slightly... more
NY: Grove Press, 1967. First US edition. A rearrangement of the Olympia text, with additions and expansions, plus "The Invisible Generation". Unobtrusive closed tear to upper edge of lower dw. panel, o/w Near Fine in dw. ... more
NY: Grove Press, 1970. First edition (revised and enlarged from the earlier French edition). Black cloth. Wide range of topics covered, including sex, law enforcement, drugs, and literary techniques. Review copy, with publisher's printed slip laid in, alongside 2pp. typed review by Raymond Nelson. Offsetting to front endpapers from laid... more
Cambridge: Blackmoor Head Press, 1971. First edition, trade issue in wrappers. Sm. 4to. An important Burroughs text (a discourse on tape cut-ups), with French translations by Jean Chopin. One of 450 numbered copies (from a total edition of 500). Cover by Brion Gysin. Publisher's prospectus for the book loosly inserted... more
London: Calder & Boyars, 1972. First UK edition. Near Fine in dw. (red lettering to spine panel faded). ... more
London/Ollon: Covent Garden Press/Am Here Books, 1973 (stated, though not published until 1975). First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Burroughs. Cream boards, edges, and rear endpaper slightly spotted, o/w Near Fine in dw., housed in lightly soiled publisher's cream paper-covered card slipcase. ... more
SF: City Lights, 1984. First edition. Black cloth. 228pp. Introductory essays by James Grauerholz, Paul Bowles, and Alan Ansen. Includes "The White Subway", and prints facsimile pages from Burroughs' cut-up scrapbooks, "The Book of Hours", "John Brady's Book", and "The Old Farmer's Almanac". Fine in dw. One of only 300... more
Portland, OR: T/K Records, 1985. 12" EP record (9112001), blue vinyl. A 4-track collaboration between Burroughs and Van Sant: "Burroughs Break"; "Word Is Virus"; "Millions Of Images"; and "The Hipster Be-Bop Junkie". Near Mint in lightly rubbed sleeve. ... more
London: John Calder, 1985. First edition. Fine in dw. (slightly sunned at spine panel). ... more
NY: Seaver Books, 1986. First US edition. Includes "Bugger the Queen", omitted from the original UK edition. Fine in slightly age-toned dw. ... more
Np.: Les Temps Modernes, 1986. LP record (LTM V:XX). Burroughs reading from a selection of his routines and books (incl. "The Wild Boys"; "Exterminator!", "Nova Express", "The Naked Lunch", and others). Cover photos by Brion Gysin and John Hopkins. Near Mint in sleeve. ... more
Brussels: Sub Rosa, 1986 (released in 1987). LP record (Sub 33005-8). Cover photograph of Burroughs by Harold Chapman. Includes cut-up tapes by Burroughs and Ian Sommerville; an excerpt from a tape by Brion Gysin made at the BBC in 1960; an excerpt from a radio talk by Burroughs in 1961... more
NY: GPS/Mouth Almighty/Mercury, 1998. 4-CD box set (314-536-700), with lavishly illustrated book featuring texts by John Giorno and Burroughs, incl. his short story "Señor Kaposi". Pink and yellow cover label. A collection of Burroughs' performances recorded over 35 years (1959-1995), from his earliest sound experiments to his first public performances.... more
Liverpool: Audio Research Editions, 2007. Triple CD set (ARECD301). An anthology of Burroughs' cut-up tapes originally created in Tangier, London and New York in the early '60s, containing rare and unpublished material of over 3 hours duration. Includes a photo-illustrated booklet featuring an introduction by Colin Fallows and a detailed... more
Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books Catalogue Five, 1981/1982. A Collection of Post-Modern Poetry Books, Manuscripts & Letters. 4to. Stiff glossy wrps. A catalogue of modern literature offered for sale (more than 2000 items), with commentary by Burroughs ("The Last Words of Hassan-i-Sabbah", which runs through the catalogue as a... more
London: John Calder, 1979. First UK edition. 194pp. Illustrated. Material on cut-ups, fold-ins, tape recorder experiments, and film. Originally conceived in the Chelsea Hotel in 1964-65 and published in French as "Oeuvre croisée" in 1976. Near Fine in dw. ... more
London: Writers Forum Poets No. 19, 1966. First edition. 8vo. Duplic., unpaginated. Silkscreened cover from a design by Sams. Signed and inscribed by the author "For Jeff" (Nuttall), dated "Sept. '66". One of 220 copies (incl. 50 numbered and signed). Very Good plus. ... more
London: Paul Breman, 1972. First edition. 8vo. Wrps., 12pp. Wrappers slightly rubbed. Very Good. ... more
NY: Boke Press, nd. (1965). First edition. 4to. Printed wrappers, unpaginated (108pp.) Ed. Joe Brainard. The second volume (of two) printing Brainard's comic-strip collaborations with poets Ted Berrigan, Frank O'Hara, Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, John Ashbery, Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch, Peter Schjeldahl, James Schuyler, Barbara Guest, Tony Towle, Dick Gallup,... more
NY: The New York Public Library & Granary Books, 1998. First edition, softcover issue. Sq. 8vo. 342pp. 200+ b&w illustrations. Pre-Face by Jerome Rothenberg. Documents the small press publishing scenes in San Francisco and downtown NYC, with descriptions and checklists for over 80 little magazines and presses. An indispensable... more
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix/Starstreams, 1975. First edition. 4to. Black, blue and red woodblock and letterpress printed on beige rice paper. The second volume in the Starstreams Poetry series. Consists of 14 poems in a folio enclosed in a folder with a pocket sewn inside the back cover. Woodblocks based on... more
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1977. First edition. 4to. Wrps. Printed on handmade Nepali paper. Drawings by Jimmy Thapa. Limited to 500 copies (this one unnnumbered/unsigned). Near Fine. ... more
Rotterdam: Cold Turkey Press, 1972. LP record (6802 944). One of 500 copies issued to coincide with the 1972 Rotterdam "Poetry International Festival". Edited by Gerard Bellaart & Carl Weissner. Contents include a 10min. reading by Charles Bukowski ('A Report Upon the Consumption of Myself', 'Something for the Touts, the... more
London: The Matrix Press, 1961. First edition (issued under the aegis of Outburst). Wrps., (16pp.). Printed in different colour inks. Contains imaginary interviews on a contemporary dispute in London between minicabs and taxis, co-authored by Gregory Corso, Anselm Hollo, and Tom Raworth under the pseudonyms "de la rue, sykes, and... more
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix/Starstreams, 1974. First edition of the first publication from this small press. 4to. Stitched paper wrappers. Printed on handmade Nepalese paper. Though not called for, this copy has been signed by the author on the title page. Corso's text (more play than poem), which dates from the... more
Louisville, KY: White Fields Press, 1993. First edition. 8vo. Saddle-stitched wrps., unpaginated (6pp.). Issued as #18 in the Heaven Chapbook Series. Back cover photo of Corso by Allen Ginsberg. #2 of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this copy signed again by Corso on the title page. Wrappers slightly... more
London: Roger Roughton/ Contemporary Poetry and Prose Editions, 1936. First edition. 8vo. Cream boards printed in blue. The author's first book to be published in the UK (not published in the US). Boards rubbed and slightly soiled; spine worn. Good. ... more
London: Trigram Press, 1973. First edition. Sm. 8vo. Green patterned paper boards stamped in silver on spine. Cutler's first published poetry collection. One of 100 copies specially bound, numbered and signed by the poet. Near Fine in clear acetate dw. ... more
(London): Stream Records, nd. (ca. 1968). LP record (P 1206). Silkscreen sleeve. An insert printing the contents and note was produced, but is not present here, and it seems possible that it was not included with all copies. Limited edition of only 50 (the original retail price was an impressive... more
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. 4to. Leather-backed decorated gilt boards. Illustrated by Jess with four full-page drawings, as well as several others in the text. Number 231 of 250, out of a total edition of 276, signed by the author and artist. Fine in clear acetate dw.... more
NY: The Viking Press, 1983. Reissue of Fariña's first and only novel, with new 10pp. introduction by Thomas Pynchon in which he discusses their relationship at Cornell and afterward. Qtr. cloth with blue paper-covered boards. Pages edges slightly tanned, o/w Fine in very Near Fine dw. Small print run in... more
Np. (SF): Fantasy, nd. (1958). LP record (Fantasy 7004). Original issue in translucent red vinyl. Sleeve notes by the author. Disc excellent in lightly worn sleeve. Quite scarce in the original pressing. ... more
NY: New Directions, 1961. First edition. Sq. 8vo. Pictorial boards. 80pp. A collection of poems based on the author's travels in South America and Europe. 7" vinyl 331/3 rpm recording of Ferlinghetti reading 3 poems from this book during a reading at UC Berkeley on April 22, 1960, enclosed in... more
London: Better Books, 1965. LP Record (16158/9). Front cover portrait of Lawrence Ferlinghetti by Alan Aldridge (not credited). 14 poems, one of which was recorded in San Francisco (August 1965), another at a private party in London (June 1965) with guitar accompaniment by Julie Felix. Limited edition of 99 copies... more
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1988. First edition. A novel set against the backdrop of the events in Paris, May 1968. The author's own copy, with his ownership initials in black marker to front free endpaper, and several pencilled emendations throughout the text, possibly in preparation for the Bodley Head edition. Subsequently... more
Np. (SF): Fantasy, nd. (1957). LP record (Fantasy 7002). Original pressing in red vinyl. Sleeve notes by Ralph Gleason. Original folding lyric sheet enclosed. Excellent in Near Fine sleeve. ... more
![Fix #1 (Hayes, Middx.: [Poet & Peasant], nd. [1974]).](/beatbooks/images/items/100x160/30175.jpg "Fix #1 (Hayes, Middx.: [Poet & Peasant], nd. [1974]).")
Tall 4to. Stapled wrps., upper half of front cover consisting of two photos of Bob Dylan sellotaped to lower half. Inserts and mimeographed sheets of varying sizes. Contributors include Tom Raworth; Jeff Nuttall; Ulli McCarthy; Carlyle Reedy; and others. Very Good. Together with: FIX 2, Part 2 (Np., nd.). 4to.,... more
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix/Starstreams, 1974. First edition. 8vo. Stapled wrps., 20pp. Printed on Nepalese paper. Original b/w photograph of the author by Ira Cohen mounted to upper wrapper, showing him "wearing goat horns tied to his head with a chiffon scarf and looking every bit the Surrealist High Priest of... more
Paris: Olympia Press, 1960. Second edition of this classic depiction of the bohemian homosexual underground of Greenwich Village (originally published by the Obelisk Press in 1933, and banned soon after by British and American censorship). Green wrps. (no.80 in the Traveller's Companion Series). Dw. photo by Herbert List. Blurb by... more
NY: ESP-DISK', 1966. LP record (ESP-1028). B/w cover design by Bill Beckman, second state with the three Jim Nelson b/w photos to back cover in a horizontal line. The Fugs' second album, including Tuli Kupferberg's "Kill For Peace", and "Doin' All Right" with lyrics by Ted Berrigan. Extensive sleeve notes... more
London: Better Books, 1965. LP record (16156/7). Front cover portrait of Ginsberg by Alan Aldridge (not credited). This June 1965 reading was recorded on a Ferrograph by Ian Sommerville at Better Books, and among the audience were Andy Warhol, Gerard Malanga and Edie Sedgwick. Limited edition of 99 copies (100... more
NY: Atlantic Recording Corp., 1966. LP record (Atlantic 4001). Front cover photo of the poet by Richard Avedon. Back cover prints ten lines of Ginsberg's handwritten manuscript of "Kaddish". Two-page statement by Ginsberg entitled "How Kaddish Happened" printed inside the gatefold sleeve. Near Mint in sleeve (stamped 'DJ Copy/For Promotional... more
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth-covered boards. A collection that overlaps slightly with "Planet News". Includes "Television Was a Baby Crawling Toward That Death Chamber", Ginsberg's vision of global madness. 400 copies printed. Near Fine in slightly rubbed dw. ... more
SF: City Lights, 1974. First US edition. Wrps., 56pp. Signed by the poet on the title page (dated in 1994), with his 'AH' mantra. A long poem based on a train ride, July 22-23, 1966. Near Fine. ... more
SF: City Lights, April 1975. First edition. 4to. Wrps., 74pp. Contains the complete verbatim text of Ginsberg's memorable testimony in the 1969 'Chicago 7' trial. Front cover reproduces a colour cartoon drawing of Ginsberg by Pat Ryan, with Ginsberg chanting "Om" and the judge saying "The language of this court... more
NY: Lospecchio Press, 1986. First edition. Wrps., sewn. Tipped-in colour illustrations by Larry R. Collins. Limited edition of 150 numbered copies signed by both the author and artist. Fine. Scarce (the book sold out on publication). ... more
NY: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition. 4to. Deep red cloth, with decoration to upper board and lettering to spine stamped in gold. 194pp. Ed. Barry Miles. One of 250 specially bound numbered copies, signed by the poet. Ginsberg's original typescripts, along with revisions and later drafts of each section... more
Front cover collage by Barry Miles. The album has no obvious title; front sleeve features only the names of the contributing poets, who were recorded on 15th June 1965 at the Architectural Association on Bedford Square, London. Lovebooks was formed by Miles and Hoppy with the intention to publish alternative... more
NY/London: High Risk Books, 1994. First edition. Wrps., 192pp. Introduction by William Burroughs (6pp.). Signed and inscribed "To Ira" (Cohen) by the author, dated "2/15/94". Includes Giorno's recollections of his friendships with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring. Near Fine. ... more
Brighton, Sussex: Dead Language/London: Matrix Press, 1963. First regularly published edition. Narrow 4to. Wrps., 20pp. Cream wrappers unevenly darkened and slightly soiled. Faint dampstain at tail of spine. Crease near top edge of lower wrapper. Good plus. ... more
London: Trigram Press, 1967. First edition. Cloth-backed boards. Letterpress, with silkscreen dustwrapper. Heliczer's first large collection of poems, featuring illustrations by Andy Warhol, Wallace Berman, Ferro, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Jack Smith, Harold Chapman, and others. Slight offsetting to purple endpapers, as usual, o/w Near Fine in dw. slightly faded along the... more
London: Trigram Press, 1969. First edition. Sm.4to. Quarter cloth and buckram. Three tipped-in prints by Wallace Berman. One of 100 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author. Hirschman's collected poems, published in collaboration with the Phoenix Bookshop in New York. Fine in clear acetate dw., as issued. ... more
London: Trigram Press, 1969. First edition, trade hardcover edition. Three tipped-in prints and dustwrapper cover illustration by Wallace Berman. Near Fine in slightly rubbed dw. ... more
NY: The Kulchur Foundation, 1982. First edition. Sm. 4to. Illustrated laminated boards. 191pp. + full-page colour reproductions of "Twelve Paintings in My Collection" (incl. Warhol, Wesselmann). Cover art by Susan Hall and Jennifer Bartlett; photography by Gerard Malanga. Includes essays on Ted Berrigan, John Wieners, The Jack Kerouac School of... more
NY: Kulchur Press, 1966. First edition. Sm. 4to. Illustrated boards. 114pp. Includes contributions from Diane di Prima; John Wieners; Gerard Malanga; John Sinclair; Ray Bremser; Robert Kelly; and others. Top edges and spine slightly spotted, o/w Very Good plus in clear acetate dw. ... more
Hayes, Middx.: Poet & Peasant Books, March 1974. First edition. 8vo. Stapled wrps., unpaginated (16 leaves printed on rectos only). Signed and inscribed by the author on the front cover, dated "25/5/74". 7-line blurb on back cover by Ted Berrigan. Wrappers lightly soiled, o/w Very Good plus. ... more
