San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1960. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated with drawings by Robert Ronnie Branaman. One of 750 copies. This copy is signed by Marshall at the first blank, and scarce thus. First edition of the author's first book, one of the most unusual books of poetry... More
New York: Carp & Whitefish, 1967. First edition. 3 1/2 x 6 5/16" card, offset lithograph, reproducing a work by William Heine at recto, and publication information at verso. The announcement for the first book published under the C & W imprint, which was created by Irving Rosenthal in his... More
Niagara Falls: Press Today, 1966. First edition. 32mo, [12] pp, mimeographed and stab-stapled in unprinted brown wraps purposefully trimmed smaller than the text block. One of 150 copies published by D. R. Wagner. Light offsetting from the wraps to verso of final leaf, else fine. More
np: nd. 4.25x5.5", artists' postcard, offset printed on recto on blue cardstock; verso ruled in marker. Fine. More
![Bastard Angel 1-3 [Complete]. Harold Norse, ed.](/pictures/thumb/26687.jpg?v=1538597236)
San Francisco: Bastard Angel, 1972-74. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Each issue profusely illustrated. A complete run of this early 1970's little magazine. With contributions across the numbers from William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Bob Kaufman, Michael McClure, Diane di Prima, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Mohammed Mrabet... More
New York: Tibor de Nagy, 1965. First edition. Square 8vo, bound in decorated wraps designed by Fred R. Siegel. The first edition, regular issue, one of a limited edition of 500 copies. The first edition of the poet's last book to be published in his lifetime, a collection of love... More
New York: Tibor de Nagy, 1965. First edition. Square 8vo, bound in decorated wraps designed by Fred R. Siegel. One of only 20 signed and numbered copies of the special edition, this copy also housed in an unprinted glassine wrapper, which we've not previously encountered. The first edition of the... More
New York: Jargon / Corinth, 1960. 8vo, 160 pp, bound in full cloth with illustrated pastedowns to panels and spine. Limited edition, one of 75 numbered hardcover copies - there were also 26 lettered and signed copies. The first complete edition of Olson's work. Glover A15. Offsetting to endpapers, as often... More
New York: Jargon / Corinth, 1960. 8vo, 160 pp, bound in full cloth with illustrated pastedowns to panels and spine. Limited edition, one of 26 lettered copies signed by Olson, this being copy "X". In addition, Olson has added the note "Footprints" to the colophon page, in reference to three... More
np: Pacificmoonplanet Ecological Theatre, nd. 8 1/2 x 11", mimeographed from typescript on yellow paper. A poetry broadside. We can find no reference to the group, though we've seen other broadsides signed by the project, all with a similar poetic voice with heavy use of portmanteau word constructions. Very good with moderate creasing. More
San Francisco: City Lights Books / Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition. 4to, side stapled into printed covers. Translated into American by Mary Beach. The title page (designed by Ed Sanders) states that this book was published by the Fuck You Press - Fug Press "in close and evil association, collusion... More
Approximately 9 1/2 x 15", ink and watercolor on paper. Inscribed "to A + D" at lower left hand corner in pencil, and signed "Christopher" in the lower right and corner. A striking and mysterious drawing by Christopher Perret, who was at one time associated with Leni Sinclair, and whose... More
Vancouver, BC: Bed, nd [1975]. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and stapled at upper left hand corner into illustrated card covers. Debut issue of this scarce 1970's little magazine out of Vancouver, B.C., that was edited by poets close to Jack Spicer, and which is very much in... More
Moordrecht: ‘uitgave bobvandenberg’, 1964. Subtitle varies. 4to, each issue mimeographed on rectos only and stab-stapled into rubberstamped covers, with additional rubberstamping of the title to title page and various internal pages. The first four issues, on an unknown number published, of this beautifully designed and lively little magazine devoted to... More
New York: New Directions, 1959. First edition. 8vo, 246 pp, bound in blue cloth. Illustrated dust jacket designed by Donn Devita. Association copy, inscribed by Rexroth at the first blank in the year of publication to Charles Richards: "Happy Birthday Dear Charles. Kenneth Oct '59." A good association - Charles Richards... More
New York: Macmillan, 1940. First edition. 8vo, 83 pp, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. With mimeographed errata slip taped down onto verso of last leaf. Association copy, inscribed boldly by Rexroth at the first blank to Charles and Janet Richards. The poet's first book, an... More
New York: Living Theatre, 1951. First edition. 8vo, 16 pp, saddle-stapled in thick textured yellow card wraps. The program for this very early production by the Living Theatre. It includes texts by Harold Norse and Paul Goodman, and a poem by Oscar Williams. Tiny nick to back wrap, else fine. More
Black Mountain, NC: Black Mountain Print Shop, 1947. Loose leaves, letterpress printed in Futura on various types and dimensions of paper. Provenance: from Serendipity Books, with research notes and correspondence by Peter Howard laid in. Mary Caroline Richards, a graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, joined the Black Mountain... More
np: The Pick Pocket Series, 1976. First edition. 12mo, wraps. Illustrated with drawings by Jean Cocteau. Association copy, inscribed and signed (with an "S") by Rodefer at first blank to fellow poet Gene (Frumkin). The second book in the Pick Pocket Poet series which appropriated the design of the Pocket... More
![Surrealism & Revolution [With] Broadside Announcing the Publication of Surrealist Insurrection. Franklin Rosemont, ed.](/pictures/thumb/24794.jpg?v=1483824735)
[Chicago]: Ztangi: Distributed by Solidarity Bookshop, 1966. First edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript and drawing. Stab-stapled in illustrated, mimeographed card covers [front cover from art by Max Ernst, and the back cover by Siné]. With folded, mimeographed sheet entitled "The Revenge of Emiliano Zapata" laid in, announcing the future publication... More
San Francisco: Free Print Shop, 1981. First edition. 16mo, 32 pp, printed wraps. First edition of this acerbic prose polemic on poetry, publishing and careerism in late capitalism, with particular reference to many of the poets of the Beat Generation. "Poets in America and other overdeveloped countries generally start off... More
New York: Fuck You Press, 1963. First edition. 4to, 46 leaves mimeographed on rectos only from typescript and drawing [with the exception of the final leaf, which is mimeographed on verso]. The magazine of skin pop! This issue includes contributions from the editor and Allen Ginsberg, Robert Kaye, Isis, Tuli... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1963. First edition. 8vo, 27 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. The first edition of the poet's first book, written while incarcerated due to his participation in the Polaris protests. Some faint spots of foxing to wraps, else fine. More
New York: [1966]. 8 1/2 x 11" flyer, mimeographed from holograph and drawing on blue paper. Flyer for an appearance by Ed Sanders, speaking as part of an anarchist discussion group at CCNY. Though the flyer is illustrated with an Eye of Horus and is similar in design to various... More
