New York: Basic Books, 1961. First Edition. A thoroughgoing attempt, not entirely sympathetic, at a socio-psychological examination of the Beat lifestyle, by two Bay Area psychiatrists. Chapter 9 comprises a brief anthology of Beat literature, mostly poetry; this section includes 3 works ("23rd Raga / For Tina;" "14th Raga /..... More

New York: New Directions Books, 1952. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-192pp. Light wear to spine ends and lower board edges, a few tiny tears to crown, with subtle tanning to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped..... More

New York: Grove Press, 2001. First Thus. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 289pp. Fine, unmarked copy in fine, unclipped dustwrapper. "Corrects numerous textual errors accumulated over the years...[and] incorporates Burroughs's own notes on the text, all the accompanying essays that he added to later editions, and...an appendix of abundant..... More

San Francisco: X-Communications, 1972. First Edition. First printing. Oblong quarto; unpaginated [144pp]; illus. Minuscule bumps to wrapper edges at upper and lower corners, else a tight, Near Fine copy. Uncommon collection of concrete, visual, and computer-generated poetry by the celebrated San Francisco multimedia artist. About as pretty a copy of..... More

Knotting, Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press, [1974]. First Edition. Limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 99. Octavo (21cm.); original lavender printed staplebound wrappers, French flaps; unpaged. Light fading to spine edge, else Fine. Printed by Skelton's Press. More

San Francisco: Foot Magazine, 1962. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 80pp. Slight external wear; internally clean and unmarked; Very Good. Holograph correction to imprint on copyright page, presumably in an editor's hand. Somewhat uncommon San Francisco little mag; contributions by Philip Whalen (who also contributed a number of illustrations)..... More

Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. First, Limited Edition. One of 125 numbered copies, signed by William Everson. Quarto; 3/4 wood grain paper over boards, quarterbound in tan leather with titles stamped in gilt on spine; 22pp. Some trivial rubbing along lower board edges, else Fine. More

[New York]: New Directions Book, [2001]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth-backed boards in blue pictorial dust jacket; [2],ix,[1],94pp. Near Fine. More

New York: New Directions Books, 1967. First Expanded Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [4],5-64pp. Some trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. Sharp copy of this enlarged edition of Ferlinghetti's third collection of poetry, first published in 1961. LEPPER, p.198. More

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1968. First Edition. Issued as no.23 in the City Lights Pocket Poets Series. MORGAN A15.a1.1. First Printing, one of 25,000 copies. Octavo (15.75cm); black and white card wrappers; 144pp. Light sunning to spine, pinpoint wear to extremities, with a sprinkle of foxing along upper edge..... More

New York: McCall Publishing Co, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Inscribed presentation copy, "for Sam and Hilda Wilcox, very best regards from Spencer Holst," undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo; cloth-backed, patterned cloth over boards; dustjacket; 87pp. About fine, in original jacket, price-clipped, with rubbing and a few closed..... More

San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1963. First Edition. First printing, wrappered issue (there was a simultaneous case-bound issue of 35 copies). Octavo (22cm); printed laid-paper wrappers; [32pp]. Limited to 750 copies. Gentle aging to wrappers, still Near Fine; this copy inscribed by Hoyem on the colophon to San Francisco poet Ron..... More

San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. First, Limited Edition. Regular issue of 973 paperbound copies from a total edition of 1000 (there were also 27 signed and specially-bound copies). Quarto. Purple card wrappers; 61pp. Usual uneven fading to the wrapper margins, else a tight, Near Fine copy. With a fragment..... More