n.p. n.p., [1972?]. In August 1963, Thomas Trantino and Frank Falco ambushed and killed two police officers in Lodi, NJ. Falco was later killed in a shoot-out with police and Trantino was sentenced to death. His death sentence was later commuted when the death penalty was abolished and Trantino ended..... More

[London]: John Lehmann, 1947. First British edition. Twelvemo. Light green cloth with gilt and black-stamped spine; vii, 46, [1] pp.; dust jacket. An about Near Fine copy with some slight toning to board edges; thin boards a trifle bowed; some offsetting from newspaper obituary to front endpaper. In a Very..... More

High Tide Press, 1981. First edition. 8vo; stapled, printed wrappers, 46 pp. With contributions from the reclusive outsider poet, Alfred Starr Hamilton, the gay activist, Louie Crew, Lyn Lifshin, Sheila Murphy, Susan Wood, and many others. Some toning to pgs 14-15. NF. More

n.p. n.p., ©1978. Limited Edition. An uncommon little book of poetic gallows humor courtesy of writer, poet, and artist David Cundy. This copy is stamped ‘No Commercial Value’ and signed by the author. Hand-numbered 43/100 and 31 out of 78. Perfect-bound, black covers stamped in gilt, unpaginated, grotesque color plate..... More

New York City: The Writers Workshops of Arts, Sciences & Professions, 1954-59. An early - and nearly continuous run - of the literary magazine associated with Joseph Friedman’s writer’s workshop in NYC. Friedman published the magazine from 1954-1960 before becoming an English literature professor at Long Island University. He taught..... More

New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, 1984. First edition. Octavo; brown boards printed in gold to spine; x, 198 pp.; dust jacket. Scarce critical biography of the Indian writer, Bhai Vir Singh, who was a mystical poet, novelist, playwright and biographer. Includes a chronology and bibliography. Some bubbling to cheap binding material..... More

Brooklyn: Hanging Loose, 1972. First edition. Thirty-six loose sheets making 72 pp. housed in the original printed envelope. Timothy Aurthur contributes a poem "To Bayard Rustin; other contributions from Gordon Bishop, Harley Elliott, John Eskow, Claudia Lee Gary, John Gill, Ben Goldberg, Jim Hawks, Halvard Johnson, Susan Cartoun Juhasz, Jim..... More

Providence: Burning Deck, [1974]. First edition. Octavo. Plain wrappers in purplish, letterpressed dust jacket; unpaginated. Limited edition of 300 copies letterpress printed and designed by Rosmarie Waldrop. This copy 1/7 review copies that were sent out. Sunning to spine, else Fine. More

n.p. n.p., [ca. 1964]. Patriotic, right-wing doggerel courtesy of Alan McIntosh, the long-time editor/publisher of the Rock County Star-Herald published in Luverne, Minnesota. The poem first appeared as an editorial in 1964 and was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The edition we’re offering appears to be the only one..... More

New York: Boss Books, 1968. First edition. The third book of poems and one-liners which Mead began publishing in 1961 as "The Anonymous Diary of a New York Youth." Octavo. Perfect-bound paperback with photo-illustrated wrappers; 251 pp. Mead has INSCRIBED the front endpaper to G--- and W--- with the valediction..... More

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. First edition. Octavo. Green, black-stamped paper over white cloth; xvii, 135 pp. Some regrettable foxing to spine cloth, else about Fine; offsetting between pastedown and front endpaper. O'Neil (1896-1940) was a poet and playwright and later went to Hollywood to pen screenplays before dying..... More

Long Beach, CA: William J. Robson, 1974. An issue of this small press publication featuring an interview with “Queen of the Small Presses,” poet Lyn Lifshin, followed by many of her poems. Also included are poems by Tony Quagliano and reviews of other small press publications. Side-stapled 11” x 8..... More

New York: The Dick, 1967. A one-off tabloid “created, published & edited by an anonymous spurt-phantom at a secret location in the Lower East Side.” The anonymous spurt-phantom was Ed Sanders, with contributions from Leonard Lyons and poet Michael McClure. Content includes a 13-point Statement of Purpose (all related to..... More