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Published by Pentagram Press, np
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Single sheet measuring 11" x 15" with an illustration by Kathy Mevis. One of 92 copies of which 79 are on white Arches cover. A fine copy on the white Arches cover. Signed by the artist Mevis. Uncommon.
Published by Grey Fox Press, 1973, 1973
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, first printing From the library of Cid Corman, poet and Origin editor, with his fully signed book plate to open flyleaf. Corman and Welch were contemporaries and friends. Near fine perfect bound red wraps. The original from the Grey Fox Press. Cid Corman was often sent books from the U.S. to his home in Kyoto, Japan, from various poet friends. Cid would affix his own bookplate over the former signature or put his sgned bookplate alongside, it all depended. With light age tone to the fore edge, a handsome copy. A seminal copy by Lew Welch who disappeared in the Sierra Nevada in the early 1970s. Cid occasionally made marginalia or fleck marks with a pen somewhere in the text referencing what appealed to him (or not).
Broadside. 11x15 inch broadside, one of 79 examples printed on white Arches Cover, signed by Mevis in pencil, fine condition. "I'm going to wear my hair / As long as I can / As long as I can.".
Published by Pentagram Press, np
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Single sheet measuring 11" x 15" with an illustration by Kathy Mevis. One of 92 copies of which 13 are on a blue paper. A fine copy. Signed by the artist Mevis. Uncommon.
Published by [San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Arts Festival], [1963]. [1963]., 1963
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. [San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Arts Festival], [1963]. [1963]. Fine. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST WILLIAM WEBER - sc - An attractive 13 inch high by 20 inch wide broadside on fine white paper with Lew Welch's 14-line poem handsomely printed in two columns above an evocative woodcut by William Weber. The image illustrating the bottom and left edge of the sheet depicts a gentle long-haired, bearded bare-chested giant. Illustrated from the waist up, with one arm stretched out to encompass the vegetation and brush in the foreground. An opened can of tomatoes balances on the tip of the finger of his raised right hand. Signed in pencil by the artist William Weber above his printed signature at the right of the image. Near fine. First edition. One of 300 copies printed for the San Franscisco Arts Festival.The Beat poet Lew Welch (1926-1971) was a friend of Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Jack Kerouac based the character James Wain in Big Sur on Lew Welch. Based on a suicide note, Welch is believed to have committed suicide in 1971 but his body was never recovered.
Published by [San Francisco: Donald Allen, 1963]., 1963
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. 13 x 20 inch illustrated broadside. One deckle edge. Fine. Welch's poem with artwork by William Weber. Issued originally as part of the 1963 San Francisco Arts Festival portfolio, and here offered separately. SIGNED by Weber.
Published by N.p. n.d.
Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Poster, 13 x 19 in. Photograph by Jim Hatch and signed by him. Photo taken in 1964 poster likely printed at a later date. 1-inch shallow bend to top edge and some toning to verso. Very good clean, sharp copy. Scarce.
Published by San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Festival., 1963
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible Signed
Condition: Good. illustrated broadside. 13 x 20 inches. One deckle edge. Poem by Lew Welch, Beat-era poet, friends with Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen. Artwork by William Weber. Originally part of a portfolio issued in 1963 for the San Francisco Arts Festival. Limitation not stated, but edition of 300 was printed for the festival. Signed by the artist. Stain at left bottom invades image slightly, otherwise a near-fine copy of a scarce broadside by Welch.
Published by Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, San Francisco, 1967
Magazine / Periodical First Edition Signed
Newspaper. 32p., 11.5x17.5 inch tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold crease, paper evenly toned. From the collection of Richard Synchef, who had editor Allen Cohen sign the front cover in the upper right margin with his trademark doodle. Death of the Hippie, William S. Burroughs piece, Timothy Leary etc.
Published by [San Francisco: Four Seasons, 1964]. First edition., 1964
Seller: William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
Signed
A broadside poem on a single sheet, measuring about 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Printed in black on cream stock. Signed by Welch at the bottom. 300 copies were printed. This is one of a set of three broadsides issued in 1964; the other two were by Gary Snyder (Nanao Knows) and Philip Whalen (Three Mornings). The broadsides were available individually or in a set. Some faint wear, slightly faded (it was in a frame), tiny piece of tape on the back at the top, but quite a nice copy. Uncommon.
Published by Cranium Press, Berkeley, 1969
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Sold here together are the twelve poetry chapbooks in the Maya Quartos / 1970 series published by Clifford Burke at his Cranium Press. All were limited to 300 copies, 50 of which were printed on hand-made paper and signed by the poets. This set is one of the 250 trade editions although the Hirschman chpbook has been INSCRIBED by hIm and the Corman title is SIGNED on the colophon page. All in generally very good condition with the exception of the meltzer chapbook which has a stain to the front cover. Along with the twelve books comes the publisher promotional sheet. Scarce as a set and with the promo sheet present.
Published by Four Seasons Foundation, San Francisco, 1964
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the poets, the Reed College Beat triumvirate. Three 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inch broadsides, black photo-offset of the poets' holograph poems on white textured stock. These broadsides were sold at the legendary June 12, 1964 "Freeway Reading" at Longshoreman's Hall in San Francisco, which is perhaps second in SF Beat mythos only to the seminal Six Gallery Reading. Gary Snyder was just back from Japan, which was in part the impetus. Produced by Donald Allen at the beginning of his editorial career, the broadsides represent the first Four Seasons Foundation" publications; Allen went on to found Grey Fox Press and edit the influential The New American Poetry anthology which touted the Beats (Allen also became Lew Welch's literary executer, so named in Lew's suicide note). Each from an edition of 300 signed by the poets. The titles are "Nanao Knows" (honoring Snyder's great friend Nanao Sakaki, the Kyoto poet dubbed "the godfather of Japan's hippies") "Three Mornings," and "Step Out on the Planet"--the last one by Lew Welch the hardest to come by. Light handling to Gary Snyder's broadside, but all still fine with no toning.
Published by San Francisco Arts Festival, San Francisco, 1963
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Poetry broadside signed by both Lew Welch and Bill Weber who designed it. One of 300 unnumbered copies which was originally laid into a portfolio entitled San Francisco Arts Festival: A Poetry Folio: 1963. One of the earliest works by Welch and one of the rarest. Near fine with one short tear to lower edge. Signed by Author.
Published by Unicorn Press, Santa Barbara, 1967
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
Manuscript / Paper Collectible First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. First edition. One of 26 copies of this "Poetry Card" signed for the occasion of a reading at the Unicorn Bookshop on April 22, 1967. "This is copy P, Lew Welch," reads his inscription on the rear/colophon. 450 total copies were produced. Stiff goldenrod, textured paper, a single sheet folded once to make a card. The interior presents his poem "The Perfect Con." With what is likely the original unmarked envelope. Scarce--only one other unsigned copy of "The Perfect Con" is currently available. A fine copy.
Published by The Auerhahn Press, 1960
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Welch on the verso of the front wrap, and thus rare. His first book, one of 500 copies. A very clean example with only a light crease to the upper right corner of front cover and one pinhead-sized black spot to the left of center. No rusting to staples. The signature is in Lew's usual calligraphic style (the influence of Lloyd Reynolds at Reed College) and "Welch" is underlined with a flourish. // Wood River Books specializes in place-based and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
Published by Oyez, 1965
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed on the second blank page in a flowing brown pen: "For Susan, Lew, 4/22/67." A beautiful example of this volume, and scarce signed. Near fine because of the usual creasing along the edges of the wraps where it overhangs the page block and one faint crease to lower right front cover. Residue square of a sticker on the upper left corner of the inside cover. One faint stain on rear wrap along the spine, hardly noticeable, otherwise the outer covers are entirely clean. The pages are immaculate.
Published by The Cranium Press, Berkeley, 1969
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. First edition. One of fifty copies signed by the poet as part of Maya Quarto Five. This is copy number 23. Another 250 copies were produced. The signed limited's interior is rough-cut Tovil paper, fourteen pages plus wraps, which are ochre-brown with a white title plate. String bound. A very good copy with light sunning to spine and top edge. One light crease to front wrap at lower corner and another on rear wrap at corner. Interior fine. Collects five poems: "The Song Mt. Tamalpais Sings," "Olema Satori," "Sausalito Trash Prayer," "Prayer to a Mountain Spring," and "Song the Turkey Buzzard." Well represents the Beat poets spiritual-inspirational connection with the North Bay; many of them would write about Mt. Tam in the end. Scarce with no other signed copies currently available.
Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. The poet's first book, one of only 500 copies. First edition in saddle-stapled printed wrappers. Handset in Caslon and Garamond types and printed on a Hartford letterpress. Illustrated by Robert LaVigne. Dedication: "For Gary Snyder / I think I'll be the Buddha of this place / and sat himself / down." SIGNED BY LEW WELCH in his calligraphic style. A fine copy. Provenance: Peter Howard, Serendipity Books, Berkeley. "Lew Welch was a beat poet and part of the trio that included Philip Whalen and Gary Snyder. Kerouac recognized Lew's poetry and genious and said so in print. Lew Welch mysteriously disappeared during a stay at Gary Snyder's house in 1972. To this day he remains disappeared and his disappearance has never been solved. He wrote little in his life but what he wrote remains and it ranks with the best Beat Literature.". Signed by Author.
Published by Auerhahn Press, San Francisco, 1960
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Signed by the book's dedicatee on the title page: "Gary Snyder, for Howard." Scarce signed by Snyder, scarcer than Welch's own signature. Welch's dedication in the book reads: "For Gary Snyder / 'I think I'll be the Buddha of this place' / and sat himself / down." Welch and Snyder's close relationship is well known: They went to school together at Reed with Philip Whalen, all of them studying under Lloyd Reynolds; they developed as poets together and were pivotal to the Beat movement in the Bay Area; and Welch left a suicide note at his campsite on Snyder's property in the Sierra Foothills in 1971 and was never seen again. Snyder called Welch "the most talented, the golden boy" andhas written several poems about Welch (we recall he also dedicated a later book to Welch, but can't at the moment find out which one). Welch's first book (more like chapbook),Wobbly Rock is a long poem that meditates on Muir Beach and is a premiere example of ecopoetry. 500 copies were printed. With a drawing by R LaVigne. A fine copy with a touch of rusting to staples; still fine.
Published by San Francisco Arts Festival, SF, 1963
Seller: Rural Hours (formerly Wood River Books), La Grande, OR, U.S.A.
Art / Print / Poster First Edition Signed
Loose leaf. Condition: Fine. First edition. A 14 x 21 inch folio containing eight broadsides produced at various small presses and printers, each signed by the poet and illustrator. It was offered for sale by Donald Allen's Four Seasons Foundation (the Foundation's true first publishing project, apparently, though that's often said to be the Freeway broadsides of 1964). An orange letterpress prospectus from Four Seasons is included that finishes: "Each broadside is signed by the poet and artist. Limited to an edition of 300, of which we have a few remaining sets we are offering ." Yet it seems clear that not all sets or broadsideswere actually signed. Notably, here Lew Welch's signature is present on his "Early Summer Hermit Song," which is scarce. Almost all of the copies of this broadside that we've seen have been only signed by the illustrator, if that. "Early Summer Hermit Song" was Welch's second solo publication following Wobbly Rock. The folio includes the following broadsides: "A strange new cottage in Berkeley" by Allen Ginsberg, woodcut by Robert LaVigne, signed by both (rather than simply signing, Ginsberg has written "Allen Ginsberg lives here," a nice touch); "Early summer hermit song" by Lew Welch, illustration by W. Weber, signed by both; "Hymnus ad patrem sinensis," poem and illustration both by Philip Whalen, signed by him; "Thoughts to a concerto of Telemann" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, illustration by Eleanor Dickinson, signed by both; "The mendacity of sculpture" by Ron Loewinsohn, signed by him; "At the window" by Helen Adam; illustration by William McNeill, signed by both; "Apparitors" by Robin Blaser, illustration by Fran Herndon, signed by both; and "Unkind by affection?" by Robert Duncan, illustration by Jess, signed by both. Presses and printers include Auerhahn, Grabhorn, Lawton Kennedy, East Wind Printers, George Lithograph Company, Gene's Print Shop. All in fine condition except for one small dot of foxing on the Helen Adam broadside below her signature. The folio (folder) is heavy manila cardstock with a green letterpress title plate; faint foxing/browning to edges of the folder, but unobtrusive. Scarce found in this complete, signed state and in a nearly mint condition.