V.p. S.i., 1963-1971. 1. TLS from Kurt Vonnegut to Bill Corrigan, June 24, 1963. 1 leaf, recto only, signed "Kurt" in pencil; with original mailing envelope, franked, postmarked June 25, 1963. Vonnegut thanks Corrigan for coming to see his play, which he expects to overhaul completely and open with a.... More about EIGHT TYPED LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM KURT VONNEGUT TO WILLIAM CORRIGAN
Lawrence, KS: T. Williams, Publisher, 1967. First Edition. Broadside printing a poem written by Ginsberg at midnight, February 12, 1966, on his way to Kansas. Lino-cut of the title, Ginsberg's name, and his trademark three-headed fish uncredited. Morgan AA7. Original illustrated broadside, offset printed in black on light brown wove... More about ENTERING KANSAS CITY HIGH
San Francisco: Cranium Press, [1967]. First Edition. Attractive broadside featuring a beatific Ginsberg holding a pair of tablets, containing the text of his poem "Who Be Kind To," written in 1965 prior to a poetry reading at Royal Albert Hall. Designed by American artist Wes Wilson, best-known for his work... More about WHO BE KIND TO
[San Francisco: S.i., ca.1959]. Large, early photographic portrait of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, taken in the basement of his City Lights Bookstore a few years after it opened. Ferlinghetti is seated on a stool, a shelf of books in the background (including Kerouac's Mexico City Blues), pointing at a door painted with..... More about ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI IN THE BASEMENT OF CITY LIGHTS BOOKSTORE
Cleveland: S.i., 1967-1969. First Editions. Substantial run of this important, short-lived Cleveland newspaper, compiled and edited by d.a. levy prior to his death and continued according to his wishes by his friend Steve Ferguson. The paper reflected the interests of the emerging counterculture in Cleveland (sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll), and..... More about THE BUDDHIST THIRD CLASS JUNKMAIL ORACLE
Madison, WI: The Red Ozier Press, 1978. First Edition. Chapbook containing two poems which first appeared in Gay Sunshine, "I Lay Love On My Knee" and "Love Replies." Printed for the benefit of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Association copy, inscribed... More about CARELESS LOVE - INSCRIBED TO JONATHAN WILLIAMS
Sacramento: Open Skull Press, 1970. First Edition. Attractive copy of this collection of poems by Blazek, most of them drug-induced or sexual in nature. With early cover art by R. Crumb. One of 200 copies. Quarto (28cm); pale yellow mimeographed sheets, side-stapled and glue into illustrated card wrappers; [60]pp. Light... More about ZANY TYPHOONS
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Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. Complete run of this poetry journal called "the overseas wing of the New York School...The magazine was definitely "no nonsense" from the beginning, presenting no manifestoes or editorial statements, just high-quality literature - simply and elegantly presented with care and respect"..... More about LOCUS SOLUS I-V [COMPLETE RUN
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Madison, WI: Quixote Press, [1972]. Second Edition. Attractive portfolio of levy's work, which he produced during a one month stint in October, 1968 as the "Free University Poet-in-Residence" at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Two editions of the portfolio were assembled and produced by levy's friends and fellow poets... More about QUIXOTE - VOL.4, NO.6 [THE MADISON POEMS
Carmel, CA: Brent Enterprises / Granger Graphics, 1967. First Edition. Humorous collaborative work, an illustrated volume featuring hippies and narcs as the central characters, written in the style of "See Spot. See Spot Run" ("See the hippie chick. See the hippie chick bake cookies. See the hippie chick eat the... More about THE HIPPIES
[Cleveland]: Renegade Press, 1967. First Edition. The concrete issue, with statements by B.P. Nichol and d.a. levy, followed by contributions by T.L. Kryss, levy, Julian Kallander, David W. Harris, Russell Atkins, B.P. Nichol, Adam Kadmon, "Linda", E.S. Harmon, Bill Bissett, E.R. Baxter, Robert J. Sigmund, D.R. Wagner, and Mara. Taylor..... More about THE MARRAHWANNAH QUARTERLY - VOL.3, NO.3
Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1967. First Edition. Scarce, collaborative work by these two prominent Cleveland poets. Contents consist of a series of letters from Wagner to levy, all written from Niagara Falls, and all deeply steeped in Buddhist/Egyptian/Jewish mystical language. With a lengthy introduction by T.L. Kryss, and a preface..... More about THE DAY IS A PRAYER THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND!
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1966. First Edition. The first of Miller's two exquisitely produced volumes by Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb's Loujon Press. The text of Order and Chaos was originally written in Paris in 1937-38, a book "penned without carbon & gifted as a long intimate book letter to... More about ORDER AND CHAOS CHEZ HANS REICHEL - CRIMSON OASIS ISSUE, 1/26 COPIES
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition. Attractive copy of O'Connor's second book and first collection of short fiction, gathering ten stories written in the Southern Gothic style, examining questions of morality and ethics. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black boards, with titles stamped in pink and yellow on... More about A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND AND OTHER STORIES
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992-1998. First Editions. Attractive, signed set of McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy - his first encounter with mainstream success after writing five novels between 1965-1985. The first volume (All the Pretty Horses) won both the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award in... More about THE BORDER TRILOGY: ALL THE PRETTY HORSES, THE CROSSING, CITIES OF THE PLAIN - SIGNED &...
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. The author's debut novel, a semi-autobiographical work examining the role of the Pentecostal church in the lives of African Americans, both as a source of repression and inspiration. On a more subtle level, the novel examines racial injustice in the United States... More about GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN - ADVANCE COPY
Demarest, NJ: Analecta Press, 1968. First Edition. Substantial collection of poems by Blazek, many of which first appeared in the pages of various little magazines. Cover and three cartoons by R. Crumb, three collages by d.a. levy, and a frontispiece by Jeff Nuttall. Foreword by Brown Miller. Octavo (23cm); illustrated... More about ALL GODS MUST LEARN TO KILL
Glendale, CA: Poetry X/ChangE, 1967. First Edition. Anthology containing the best poetry culled from the eight issues of Olé. Includes contributions by Charles Bukowski, d.a. levy, Harold Norse, Steve Richmond, Marcus Grapes, William Wantling, Gil Orlovitz, Kent Taylor, Larry Eigner, T.L. Kryss, D.R. Wagner, Charles Plymell, Al Purdy, Don Cauble..... More about OLÉ ANTHOLOGY
San Francisco: Open Skull Press, 1967. First Edition. One-off little magazine "dedicated exclusively to correspondence between writers as a more natural outlet for the flow of their ideas & experiences." Contains correspondence to Blazek from William Wantling, Pat Coffey, T.L. Kryss, Don Cauble, Eric Oatman, and Dan Georgakas; letters to... More about OPEN SKULL 1
Pittsburgh: The Andy Warhol Museum, 2002. First Edition. Catalog reproducing a significant collection of Smith's artwork, along with her poem "Babelfield." With essays by David Greenberg and John W. Smith. A nice association copy; during her early years in New York, Smith found steady work at Scribner's Bookshop, The Strand... More about STRANGE MESSENGER: THE WORK OF PATTI SMITH - INSCRIBED TO CRAIG ANDERSON
Los Angeles: Laugh Literary, 1971. First Edition. Final issue of this short-lived little magazine dedicated to poetry, prose, and artwork, intended as Bukowski's alternative to the Black Mountain Review. He despised the Black Mountain School, going so far as to reproduce the following manifesto on the cover of Issue No.1... More about LAUGH LITERARY AND MAN THE HUMPING GUNS - VOL.1, NO.3 (FEBRUARY, 1971
[New York: The Gotham Book Mart], 1973. First Edition. Early broadside by Smith, consisting of her poetic version of Édith Piaf's 1961 song "Mon Vieux Lucien," and an illustration of a woman lying her head down on folded arms. Printed and distributed by The Gotham Book Mart, the total edition... More about MON VIEUX LUCIEN - ONE OF 50 COPIES, SIGNED
[New York: The 57 Club, 1978]. Attractive poster for a set of performances of Cowboy Mouth, from October 19-21, 1978, at The 57 Club, a New Wave nightclub in the East Village. The play was co-written in a week in 1971 by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith, while they lived... More about ROCK & ROLL THEATER PRESENTS: COWBOY MOUTH, A PLAY BY SAM SHEPARD & PATTI SMITH
[Los Angeles: Privately Printed by Ray Bradbury, 1992]. First Edition. Christmas-themed poem, and annual tradition, sent by the Bradbury's to friends and family. Provenance: through the trade, from the estate of William Safire. Broadside, with text printed in red in two columns on white laid paper, measuring 8.5" x 11"... More about A CHRISTMAS WISH 1992 - INSCRIBED TO WILLIAM SAFIRE
Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. First four issues of this poetry journal called "the overseas wing of the New York School...The magazine was definitely "no nonsense" from the beginning, presenting no manifestoes or editorial statements, just high-quality literature - simply and elegantly presented with care and..... More about LOCUS SOLUS I-IV