Three poetry chapbooks by John (Jack) Mueller (d. 2017), one of the founders of the Union of Street Poets in San Francisco. All three chapbooks are inscribed. --What Can I Say. Berkeley: Artaud's Elbow, 1981. Small Octavo, unpaginated, in stapled wrappers. Inscribed to Nathan May, the editor..... More
Six poetry titles by Howard Hart (1927-2002), all inscribed to Nathan May, the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32, the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. Hart wrote poetry and plays and was an accomplished jazz pianist and drummer. In the late 1950s, Hart, Jack Kerouac, Philip..... More
[Santa Barbara]: No Publisher Stated, 1970. Single yellow sheet measuring 8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (213 x 139 mm), printed in black, featuring an illustrated silhouette of Allen Ginsberg. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Kenneth Rexroth. A rare handbill for a poetry reading at the..... More
San Francisco: Harwood Alley Monographs, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm), [20] pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED on the title page to San Francisco poet Kirby Doyle (1932-2003). A chapbook containing 16 poems, mostly from 1983. Cherkovski (b. 1945) has been a...... More
La Souterraine, France: La Main Courante, 2005. First Edition. Small Quarto (9 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches; 245 x 168 mm), 268, [4] pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Neeli Cherkovski, and Jack Hirschman, three of the poets featured in this bilingual English-French..... More
Paris: Louis Carré, 1956. First Edition. Small Quarto (10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 275 x 192 mm), 67, [9] pages, sewn into printed wrappers with the original glassine dust jacket and with a "compliments" card laid in from the gallery. A sumptuous catalogue for an exhibition of..... More
San Diego: Avant Books, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 15/16 x 6; 227 x 151 mm), vi, 66 pages, in perfect-bound illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED on the title page to Nathan May, the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32, the San Francisco magazine of Beat poetry. A collection of 43..... More
North Beach [San Francisco]: Greenlight Press, 1980. 12mo 7 3/8 x 6 inches; 187 x 150 mm), (52] pages, string-stitched, in illustrated wrappers (softcover). SIGNED on the colophon pages by the author, Neeli Cherkovski, and the publisher of Greenlight Press, Kaye McDonough. One of 26 copies lettered A...... More
San Francisco: Editorial Poco-Che, 1980. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 209 x 132 mm), 138, [4] pages, in red photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED by Roberto Vargas on the front end paper: "To all people in struggle / Love, Roberto '81." And a bonus..... More
[San Francisco]: Beat Poetry and Arts/BEST of San Francisco, 1994. Small Quarto (9 x 7 1/4 inches; 228 x 184 mm), 121, [1] pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Jack Hirschman (page 15) and Lawrence Ferlinghetti (page 119). An anthology featuring numerous San Francisco poets. Besides..... More
San Francisco: Beatitude Magazine, 1979. Small Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches; 278 x 213 mm), 83, [1] pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Neeli Cherkovski on the title page. The 20th anniversary issue of Beatitude, "the most important Beat-associated little magazine..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First Edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 225 x155 mm), 111, [7] pages, in black and yellow boards, titles to spine and to label attached to upper board, in a printed dust jacket. Three one-act plays for Black actors written..... More
Brussels: Éditions Nicolas Flamel, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches; 265 x 215 mm), 36 pages, in original orange wrappers, titles to upper wrapper in black, and housed in a black slipcase. INSCRIBED by Belgian Surrealist artist and writer E.L.T. Mesens..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo (6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 159 x 125 mm), 94 pages, in photo-illustrated wrappers (soft cover). INSCRIBED on the title page to Nathan May, the editor and publisher of Beatitude #32, the San Francisco magazine of..... More
New York: Marston Remedy Company, 1905. Revised Edition. 16mo (6 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches; 162 x 113 mm), 32 pages, in stapled wrappers. Pamphlet from a company offering "medicated" suppositories and contraptions that purportedly treat men's sexual, nervous, and urinary disorders. One "treatment"..... More
New York: [Arthur Hammerstein], [1928]. Quarto (11 5/8 x 9 inches; 295 x 225 mm), [16] pages, in beautifully illustrated wrappers (soft cover). A rare souvenir program for the U.S. première of "The End of St. Petersburg," a silent film by the Russian director Vsevolod Pudovkin (rendered..... More
![Titres et Pains Perdus [Lost Titles and Loaves]. INSCRIBED, Pierre Alechinsky](/pictures/thumb/2314_1.jpeg?v=1614093549)
Paris: Éditions Denoël, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 16mo (6 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches; 175 x 190 mm); [128] pages, in plasticized illustrated boards issued without a dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Pierre Alechinsky on the title page to Jan Cox and Yvonne Van Ginneken: "à Jan..... More
Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1982. Patricia Nedds. Single sheet of cardstock, intricately cut and folded to create a book of [12] panels, each measuring 8 3/4 x 6 inches (222 x 151 mm). SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by Jerome Rothenberg and inscribed..... More
Den Haag: Galerie Nova Spectra, 1981. Oblong Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches; 220 x 165 mm), [16] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). SIGNED on the front cover by Karel Appel, who has also drawn a bird on the cover. Rare catalogue of a solo exhibition..... More
San Francisco: Self-published, 1972. Bill Kwong. First Edition. 16 mo (6 3/4 x 6 inches; 172 x 152 mm), [144] pages, in illustrated wrappers (soft cover). A collection of prose poems, one of 2,000 copies self-published by Diane di Prima (1934-2020), who was long associated with the Beats and whom she..... More
New York: Wickwire Spencer Steel Company, 1944. Oblong Small Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 190 x 140 mm), [48] pages, in stapled wrappers (soft cover). Anti-Axis caricatures by Boris Artzybasheff (1899-1965) for Wickwire Spencer Steel Company. He imaginatively uses Wickwire's products in his surreal, grotesque images..... More
Chicago: Socialist Party of America, [1930s?]. Single sheet folded to create four panels measuring 9 x 6 inches (228 x 153 mm) when folded. Leaflet advocating taxation of "unearned income," defined here as property income and proceeds from "gambling" on the stock market. The cover features a cartoon showing two well-dressed..... More
![Is There a "Red" or "Pink" Cell Operating In Our Own [Presbyterian] Church? Glenn O. Young](/pictures/thumb/2306.jpeg?v=1614093484)
Sapulpa, Oklahoma: Men's Bible Class, First Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), [1951]. 3rd Printing. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 217 mm), 11, [1] pages, in stapled wrappers. An "analysis" of Presbyterian literature in which the author suggests Communists are waging a war against Christianity from within the church. "The disclosures..... More
New York: I. Reed Books, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo (7 3/4 x 5 1/8 inches; 195 x 130 mm), 106 pages, in illustrated green wrappers. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka on the title page and dated 04. A play about a West Indies actor who comes to America..... More
![Intrepid No. 5 [March 1965, 1st Anniversary Issue]. Allen De Loach, William Burroughs, Allen...](/pictures/thumb/2303.jpeg?v=1612750568)
New York: Intrepid Press, 1965. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 8 3/4 inches; 280 x 220 mm), [39] mimeographed leaves, printed rectos only, in illustrated stapled card wrappers. The first anniversary issue of Allen De Loach's mimeo poetry magazine, Intrepid, with a cover illustration by Brion Gysin..... More