Beat Generation

Highlands: Jonathan Williams, 1958. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, regular issue. Tall octavo. Fine in wrappers in near fine dustwrapper with light wear at the crown. One of 450 copies. An early collection of poetry by the author.

Santa Barbara, CA: Bradford Morrow, 1979. Limited/Numbered . Soft cover. VG+. Published by Bradford Morrow on the 20th anniversary of the original appearance of The Naked Lunch, consists of 324 numbered copies in wrappers... cast in Monotype Baskerville and designed and printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh in August 1979; this copy is out of series and numbered 399. Title on cover states: A variant passage from The Naked Lunch, with a new introduction by the author. 8vo, french folded wraps, 42 pages, frontispiece drawing by K. Anders after Egon Schiele's "Kummernis." Condition is VERY GOOD+ : very slight edgewear and very slight tanning to spine. A very nice copy.

Sudbury MA, Water Row Press, 1986, hardcover, 49 pp, Deluxe Limited Edition, #17 of 100 hardcover copies Signed by the Author on the title page, Fine condition in red cloth-covered boards with original illustrated wrappers bound in, spine lettered in gilt, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. First published in 1958, Micheline's collection of poems is required reading as a major voice of the Beat Generation. Introduction by Jack Kerouac. From the Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature sold Mar. 9, 2006 at PBA Galleries, San Francisco to benefit Gypsy Lou Webb, publisher and widow of the late Jon Webb, whose New Orleans home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. ISBN 9780934953054

Kerhonkson, NY: The Floating Bear, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good. 4to, 16pp self-stapled. A choice association copy, bearing its original mailing label addressed to Ed Sanders. This 1966 issue of The Floating Bear features a cover by Robert Branaman, plus writing by Yvonne Rainer ("On Improvisation"), Michael McClure, Allen Ginsberg, Clive Matson, Sherri Martinelli, et al. Good copy, the last leaf (with mailing label) is loose, light yellowed patch and some wear & small holes to cover.

Brisbane, Australia: Xochi. Fine. (2001). First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Appears to be new book in as new condition. First edition limited to 123 copies. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 58 pages .

Almost fine copy in dust jacket of an author's presentation copy ( slip included ), additionally signed and inscribed to "Burt" of the Strand Bookstore fame.

Berkeley: Contour, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. The scarce third issue of this short-lived underground literary magazine edited by poet, future filmmaker, and eventual speed casualty Christopher Maclaine. Unmarked copy, a little staining to front cover and light general wear.

San Francisco: Beatitude, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 250 stated copies. Nice copy of this mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a range of contributors. Unmarked copy with minor damp staining to top and left margin.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to only 75 copies. The present copy is number 41 signed by the author and with a hand-colored image by Bukowski of Theodore's kiss of Lilly that haunted Margie. Illustrated by the author. Hand bound in 1/4 purple and red floral designed cloth over yellow paper covered boards, lettered in outline in red and purple, central line drawing executed by Bukowski within a brown frame, and with an original ink drawing on upper board by Bukowski signed, red endpapers, deckled fore-edges, yellow paper spine label lettered in black, in yellow dust jacket lettered in an outline of purple and red with brown separating rule. A fine copy. [Krumhansl 61b].

houston, texas: published by students of the rice institute, 1960. !st edition. saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers. 32 pp. saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers. published by students of the rice institute, houston, texas. Very scarce 8vo 8.5" - 11" tall; 32 pages . Signed by Larry McMurtry by the headline of his article with the following inscription "For Matthew-I can't remember this at all-it is almost my first effort, Larry McMurtry". Contributor William Corrington has also signed his piece. Early ruminations by McMurtry on beat literature. Small chip at bottom edge of rear cover, some scratches and scuffs; very good. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.

Palma de Mallorca, Spain: Divers Press, 1955. Original Wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cover: Dan Rice (designer), Arthur Okamura (artist). First Edition of Blackburn's first collection of poetry. Fragile illustrated wrappers screenprinted over newsprint are rarely seen in this condition. Paul Blackburn was a poet, involved with Beat poets, as well as a translator of Latin American literature by Octavio Paz, Federico Garcia Loca, Julio Cortezar and Pablo Picasso. Blackburn was a strong and active supporter of poetry and poets, especially fledgling poets. His influence on the poetry world and Spanish/Latin American literature (from the 1950's to his death in 1971) is immeasurable. 8 x 6½". 24 pp. Very minor chipping to top and bottom tips of cover, some offset toning to end pages, else a Near Fine copy.

New York: The Floating Bear, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 10pp (mimeographed). This issue of the seminal sixties underground periodical Floating Bear was guest-edited by Billy Linich (Billy Name) of Andy Warhol's Factory; many contributions from and references to the 1962 artistic avant-garde. Brief pieces by Ray Johnson and George Brecht; quotes attributed to Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, Larry Rivers, and others appear in a parodic collection of art-world sayings. Issue also includes a brief advertisement for the Fluxus Anthology (available from LaMonte Young) as well as one for a tape of Young with Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad, and Marian Zazeela. This copy, addressed to Canadian poet David Cull, is sound with a bit of edge wear and soil.

Minneapolis, MN: Region, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers (plus 4-page 4to insert, folded once). Scarce mimeographed little magazine from 1963 Minneapolis, includes very early writing by John Sladek. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Advocate, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Rare Beat-era literary journal, includes Who Him? Dont Let Him Out Here by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C56; Shoaf III-45), plus work by Mailer, Everson, Irby, et al. Unmarked copy, light stain to covers (mainly back), back cover has some lamination-type residue (as if something was so treated on top of it).

New York, Quill, 1967, trade paperback, 222 pp, First Edition, First Printing by numberline, Near Fine condition, no dustjacket as issued, Signed and inscribed by the Author as Amiri Baraka on the half-title page "To Youxie Unity + Struggle Amiri Baraka 1982". Straight, tight and clean, slight wear to spine ends and edges, touch of soiling to textblock edges, a few tiny dots to top edge. A collection of essays and critical reviews by the contemporary poet publisher, playwright, editor, and educator focusing upon the lives, styles, and performances of black jazz musicians including John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sonny Rollins, Thelonius Monk, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Archie Shepp. Illustrated with 4 pages of black-&-white photographs. Appended: A Brief Discography of New Music, Index. ISBN 9780688243449