[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: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. An important Kerouac biography. Octavo, 419 pages. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ivory-colored front board a bit smudged. Dust jacket shows slight edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. 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
A collection of nearly 60 flyers and handbills for tributes and readings by poets associated with the San Francisco Beat scene. Most are from 2007-2017, and many of the events took place at San Francisco's legendary City Lights Books. Eight are signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, including one for..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, Publication Date Not Stated. Later printing. 16mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches / 124 x 159 mm), 105,[7] pages in wrappers. A Fine copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page as "Ferlinghetti, editor." A collection of poems by Beat poet Gregory Corso (1930-2001)..... More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Small Octavo (7 x 7 3/4 inches/ 178 x 197 mm). Four etchings in four different colors plus a colophon leaf housed in a red cloth box stamped Ferlinghetti on the front. Red ribbon attached inside. Each etching..... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corp. 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 185 x 241 mm), xxiii,464,[6] pages in boards with a pictorial dust jacket. Small remainder mark on top edge, leaving an ink smudge, corners bumped, especially rear top corner along the..... More
Berkeley, California: Crosscut Saw Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 218 x 140 mm), 111, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg, with his East 12th Street, New York, address and phone number on the verso of the front wrapper. At..... More
New York: Hyperion, 1999. Later printing. Octavo, 452 pages. First edition, later printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and scuffing. A collection of writing, photographs and drawings of the Beats (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and many others). More
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. Oblong 16mo (6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 167 x125 mm), [14] pages, in saddle-sewn cream card wrappers covered by a wrapper made from brown rice paper. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg on the title page and dated '73. A single poem inspired..... More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches / 245 x 308 mm), [26] loose leaves housed in a red cloth box lettered in black. Black ribbon attached inside the box. SIGNED by Jack Hirschman on the title leaf..... 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
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
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: Totem Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 145 mm), 8 pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Michael McClure on the title page to book editor William Targ: "This copy for Bill Targ / and / all..... More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995. First Edition. A comprehensive Whitney Museum catalogue of a traveling exhibition on the Beats. Large Octavo, 280 pages, soft cover. Near Fine, with slight edge wear. No dust jacket. 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
Amsterdam: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm), 9 leaves plus cover sheet, printed rectos only, stapled twice along the left margin. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the last page, one of only 25 copies. Ferlinghetti describes this..... 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]: A Midnight Special Edition, 1986. Jack Micheline. First Edition. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 220 mm), unpaginated, comb-bound in white plastic. SIGNED by Jack Micheline (1929-1998) on the cover, the title page and at other points in the book. A limited-edition handmade book..... 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
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto (10 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 260 x 207 mm), 226 pages, in quarter-cloth and boards, titles in silver to spine, in a photo-illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by both the author and photographer on..... More
Chicago: The Poetry Foundation, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (5 1/2 x 9 inches / 140 x 227 mm), [6],311-415,[13] pages in illustrated wrappers. Slight soiling to the white covers, corners bumped. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the beginning of a section featuring..... More