Riverhead Trade, September 1995. Trade Paperback. The classic autobiographical novel by Jack Kerouac featuring one of the most true, comic, and grizzly journeys in American literature (Time)--now in a new edition Originally published in 1965, this autobiographical novel covers a key year in Jack Kerouac's life--the period that led up..... More
Straight Arrow Books; [distributed by Quick Fox Inc.), January 1973. First Edition. Cloth. First edition in second state DJ. Signed & inscribed by Hunter S. Thompson on half title page. Signed & inscribed on opposite page (recto) by U.S. Senator, George McGovern (Democratic Party presidential nominee/candidate, 1972). Octavo. In edgeworn..... More
Cambridge University Press, November 1989. Hardcover. Though the term "San Francisco Renaissance" is usually associated with the Beat movement, it was in reality a collage of different communities, often at odds with one another, whose agendas were social and political as much as aesthetic. These subcommunities provided important contexts for..... More
Thunder's Mouth Pr, October 1997. Trade Paperback. Generally acknowledged to be the first Beat novel, go was originally published in 1952, five years before Kerouac's On the Road. John Clellon Holmes became the Beat Generation's chief chronicler.--Newsweek. More
New Directions, January 1971. First Edition. Paper Back. 12mo.; Five-inch x Six & 1/4-inch. Clean, sound, gently handled. More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 1993. Trade Paperback. When someone asks 'Where does [Kerouac] get that stuff?' say: 'From you!' He lay awake all night listening with eyes and ears. A night of a thousand years. Heard it in the womb, heard it in the cradle, heard it in school, heard it..... More
Ballantine Books, September 1995. Trade Paperback. "Bill Clinton would have played the Jew's harp stark naked on 60 Minutes if he thought it would help him get elected. He is the Willy Loman of Generation X, a traveling salesman from Arkansas who has the loyalty of a lizard with its..... More
Hanuman Books, September 1987. Paper Back. #9 Hanuman Books release., Paperback in jacket. 64mo (miniature). Dustjacket has edgewear around pictorial front panel & darkening to spine & back panel. There is a loose thread in binding but it remains sound. More
Black Sparrow Press, January 1971. Paper Back. More
Grey Fox Pr, August 1977. Paper Back. Some fading, shelf wear to the cover. More
Black Sparrow Press, January 1980. Trade Paperback. More
New Directions Books, February 1974. Trade Paperback. As is. A very small amount of margin notes. More
W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1986. Trade Paperback. More
Southern Illinois University Press, October 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Film critic David Sterritt presents an interdisciplinary exploration of the Beat Generation, its intersections with mainstream and experimental film, and the interactions of all of these with American society and the culture of the '50s. Examining American society in the '50s..... More
Hyperion Books (Adult Trd Pap), August 1994. Trade Paperback. With the premiere of David Cronenberg's adaptation of Burrows' Naked Lunch, a new wave of fascination has been generated for this fierce anti-establishment crusader--the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed of genius (Norman Mailer). Photos. More
Harper & Row, January 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine new collection of poems by Ginsberg that feature an important new work, the title poem White Shroud. First printing. Inscribed and dated (March 1987) on the title page to the New York actress Linda Dorff by Allen Ginsberg. On the..... More
Penguin (Non-Classics), August 1993. Trade Paperback. When someone asks 'Where does [Kerouac] get that stuff?' say: 'From you!' He lay awake all night listening with eyes and ears. A night of a thousand years. Heard it in the womb, heard it in the cradle, heard it in school, heard it..... More
Viking Adult, August 2007. Hardcover. Legions of youthful Americans have taken "On the Road" as a manifesto for rebellion and an inspiration to hit the road. But there is much more to the book than that. In "Why Kerouac Matters," John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion..... More
Harpercollins, March 2000. Trade Paperback. Allen Ginsberg was one of the bravest and most admired poets of this century. Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in mid-century New York City, Ginsberg influenced several generations of writers..... More
Fantasy Records, 1959-01-01 05:00:00. Vinyl. Good vinyl in mildly worn sleeve. More
Simon & Schuster, September 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in dust jacket. More
Mcgraw-Hill, August 1980. Paper Back. More
