Detroit: [White Panther Party], [1970]. 8 1/2 x 11" broadside, mimeographed from typescript on recto only. A broadside issuedas protest against the CIA raid of the White Panther House on June 22, 1970. After a poem by Anderson, the broadside announces a "PAPER RADIO PAPER RADPAPER RADIO PAPER RADIO PAPER... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, nd. Paperback. 5 x 8" sheet of blue paper, folded once, with bird device to front panel. Some faint handling creases else fine. An advertising leaflet offering the services of the press, suggesting that they can produce a wide variety of material, from stationary to reproduction... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1964. Approximately 11 1/2 x 17 1/2" sheet of Curtis rag, letterpress printed in two colors in Caslon types, with a black Van Aver bird with a red background, and ornamental borders in red and black. Beautifully printed poster announcing forthcoming works by Diane Di Prima... More
Los Angeles: Mermaid Tavern, 1973. 8 3/4 x 10", offset lithograph. Photographically illustrated with a self-portrait of Berman. The poster for Wallace Berman's one day exhibition at the Mermaid Tavern, perhaps the rarest printed item designed by Berman, for one of his most enigmatic shows. The poster is illustrated with... More
San Francisco: Batman Gallery, 1961. 15 x 20", lithograph in two colors on beige paper. The striking poster designed by Wallace Berman, for an exhibition by George Berms at Batman Gallery in San Francisco. This was the first poster to be designed by Berman, and features a photograph by him... More
New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1966. First edition. Foolscap format, 31 pp., mimeographed, stab-stapled covers. The 13th and final regular issue of the seminal little mag of the second generation of the New York School. This issue includes work by Joe Brainard, Ted Berrigan, William Saroyan, Dick Gallup, Pierre... More
New York: [1964]. 8 1/2 x 11", mimeographed from stencil drawing and holograph. Poster designed by Joe Brainard. The poster for this very early reading at the famed downtown poetry venue Le Metro. According to the Poetry Project website, Ted Berrigan, in his diaries, notes that this was the first... More
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1963. First edition. Foolscap, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and stab-stapled into an offset printed cover by Joe Brainard. Collated and complete against Birmingham. With some minor ink corrections to the Harry Fainlight contributions, likely in the editor's hand. Conributors include John Ashbery, Ron Padgett... More
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1963. First edition. Foolscap format, mimeographed on rectos only; stab-stapled. With single word holograph addition"and" in pencil to Ted Berrigan's poem "Sonnet XXXVI". Early number of the little magazine, which was of of primary importance to the formation of the second New York School. Early issues... More
![C: A Journal of Poetry Vol. 1, No. 2 [with an Unpublished Holograph Poem by Berrigan]. Ted Berrigan, ed.](/pictures/thumb/20315.jpg?v=1515623718)
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1963. First edition. Foolscap format, mimeographed on rectos only; stab-stapled. Early number of the little magazine, which was of of primary importance to the formation of the second New York School. Early issues are increasingly uncommon. This issue includes contributions from Berrigan and Sandy Alper, J.... More
New York: C Press, 1965. First edition. Foolscap, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, stab-stapled into an offset printed cover sheet by Joe Brainard. Collated and complete against Birmingham. Contributors include Aram Saroyan, Edwin Denby, Kenneth Koch, Barbara Guest, Kenward Elmslie, others. Some toning and light soiling to cover and... More
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. First, and much scarcer issue of the two issues of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill... More
Paris: [Surrealist Group], [1933]. 8 7/8 x 12 1/4", letterpress in red and black. Surrealist manifesto denouncing Louis Aragon and Romain Rolland for their support of the Communist party, and also the League of Nations conference. 1" closed tear to left margin, some faint toning and vertical bend to left margin, else clean and very good. More
np: Tangram, 1999. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stitched in handmade paper with a title label pasted down onto the front panel. One of 150 copies, the entire edition. Association copy, inscribed by Corman to Jerome Rothenberg on the dedication page; "For another Jerry - [illegible] CC." The book was dedicated to... More
Paris: Dead Language Press, 1959. First edition. 12mo, three folding leaves printed by letterpress, with a photographic print (a portrait of Om, aka Olivia de Haulleville) tipped onto the final leaf, as issued, housed in a woodblock printed folding sleeve. Laid in is a two sided flyer, folded once, illustrated... More
[San Francisco]: [1969]. 17 x 22", offset printed in color on recto, and in b/w on verso. No imprint or authorship information; date and authorship attributions from OCLC. The verso is taken up with a striking psychedelic drawing in color; the verso prints a long single poem, along with an... More
San Francisco: Cranium Perss, nd. 5 1/2 x 13" broadside, letterpress. Illustrated with a single footer image of a train going over a bridge. A type specimen sheet advertising different fonts available at the press. Includes typesettings of quotes rom Plato, Palissy, Heraclitus and Eugen Gomringer, and, a quote from... More
Bolinas: 1973. 5 x 8", broadside, letterpress on cream paper. This, an undistributed copy without the wrappers which were present on distributed copies. Fine. More
np: nd. 4to, [28] pp, xeroxed in b/w, stab-stapled and tape bound at spine. With the rubberstamp of the San Francisco Poetry Center to covers and first page. A collection of poems by the anarchist, poet and member of Provo - some of them from work connected with the One... More
Poughkeepsie & Silverton: Division Leap / Fast Books, 2018. First edition. Dodd, John P. My Funny Valentine. Poughkeepsie & Silverton: Division Leap / Fast Books, 2018. First edition. Small 4to, 120 pages, offset printed in color, with one folding plate tipped-in by hand. One of a limited edition of 250... More
Kent, OH: [Zephyrus Image], [1974]. First edition. 7 x 11 3/4" broadside, letterpress printed on Curtis Gallo Utopian laid paper. Decorative linocut borders in green by Michael Myers. A broadside issued by the Zephyrus Image for the Kent State Arts Festival. Also issued as part of a portfolio, but some... More
![Roots and Branches [Inscribed with Drawing]. Robert Duncan.](/pictures/thumb/20429.jpg?v=1465001695)
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1964. First edition. 8vo, wraps. 176 pp. Title page inscribed "Robert Duncan/ at Lawrence/ May 1965" with full-page drawing by the poet. Some light creasing to front wrap and at spine. Minor tidemarking to back cover. Faint droplet stain ghosts to foreedge. Crease to last... More
Black Mountain: Divers Press, 1955. 6 1/4x 8 3/4" sheet, folded once. Illustrated after a collage by Jess, with facing text printed by letterpress from Duncan's holograph. The rare prospectus for this early collaborative work, with Jess still usingthe last name he would soon drop. Short light crease to fore edge, else fine. More
San Francisco: M, [1962]. First edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript and stab-stapled. First issue of the little magazine published from Gino & Carlo's Bar, where, submissions could be dropped off. Only two were published. The magazine bears some similarities with Open Space and J, and share many of the same... More
![[Funeral announcement for Paul Eluard, addressed and mailed to Lucien Scheler]. Paul Eluard, Le Comité National des Ecrivains.](/pictures/thumb/26497.jpg?v=1532387705)
Paris: Le Comité National des Ecrivains, 1952. Bifolium, 10 5/8 x 16 6/16", printed on rectos only with a black funeral border, and folded once (inner panels blank). Folded once, as mailed, and housed in the original mailing envelope, bordered in black, and addressed to Lucien Scheler, with stamp and... More