The brainchild of Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, and John Kelly, BEATITUDE was originally conceived as a weekly newsletter for the North Beach literary scene, publishing the first issue in April 1959.

An idiosyncratic letterpress edition of Bukowski poems, published early in his career when he was still "essentially unknown" (Weddle, BOHEMIAN NEW ORLEANS, 105).

Lovely early Bukowski collection, printed by the idiosyncratic Loujon Press of New Orleans (operated by Jon and Louise Webb) and distributed by Lyle Stuart.

Burroughs' newspaper-style cut-up, including "On The Back Portch Of His Farm," "Waiting The Survey Line Quite Some Years," and "Sad Servant of the Inland Side."

Later printing of the novel, originally published under the name "William Lee" in 1953, with the original lurid drug-pulp wrappers updated to a picture-perfect 1970s Young Adult Novel troubled-teen cover aesthetic.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica, 1996, presented jointly by the Track 16 Gallery and the Robert Berman Gallery. Texts by Timothy Leary and Benjamin Weissman, catalogue design by Marika van Adelsberg.

First printing of the third installment in Burroughs' Nova Trilogy. [Maynard & Miles A10].

First American edition of Burroughs' second book in the Nova trilogy. [Maynard & Miles A6b].

One or approximately 100 copies of this promotional pamphlet issued in preperation for the 1962 first US edition of NAKED LUNCH from Grove Press.

Scarce copy of Harvard's literary magazine with a short story by Burroughs titled "Who Him? Don't Let Him Out Here," an interview with Brother Antoninus, and a cover illustration of Walt Whitman by Leonard Baskin. 96pp.

Second printing ('18 Francs' to rear as described in Maynard & Miles) of the original edition of Burroughs' Beat masterpiece.

Two issues of this little magazine featuring contributions from E.E