San Francisco: Persona Press. (1982.). First edition - A novel about a young man's coming to terms with his sexuality in 1958 San Francisco. An interesting picture of the late beat scene with some of the poets and writers appearing under their own names (Ginsberg at the Fughazi reading, David Meltzer who was critical of the protagonist's poem at a reading) and others under thinly disguised names - Gary Ryder, etc. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-931906-032.

New York: New Directions, 1983. SIGNED first edition - First trade edition of this collection, by one of the more significant writers among the San Francisco beats. SIGNED on the title page. Index of titles and first lines. 92 pp. ISBN: 0-8112-08672.

Sacramento, CA: Red Chrysanthemum, (1986). SIGNED first edition - One of only 200 copies. Although not called for, this copy is SIGNED on the title page. California poet's 7th collection, consisting of two long poems (Mayday Manifesto, which gives this collection its title, and From a Novel in Progress,plus six shorter poems, several remembering other poets - Thinking of Lew (Welch), Fragment for Kerouac . ISBN: 0-912283033.

New York: Grove Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the "second wave" of expatriate American writers who took up residence in Paris between 1944-1960, "some seeking the exciting ambiance of art and the bohemian life that Paris has offered earlier generations, some escaping from racist and materialistic aspects of the United States." Among these writers were Richard Wright, James Baldwin, James Jones, William Styron, Chester Himes, George Plimpton, John Ashbery, Harry Matthews, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Alexander Trocchi, Gregory Corso, Brion Gysin, and William S. Burroughs. This book is an anecdotal account of the friendships and associations the writers formed, the cross-cultural influences they experienced, what they discovered, and what they brought back. Photographs, notes, selected bibliography, index. x,345 pp. ISBN: 0-802113710.