Howl (7013)
Fantasy Records, 1959-01-01 05:00:00. Vinyl. Good vinyl in mildly worn sleeve. More
Beat Generation
Death & Fame : Poems 1993-1997
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
Jack Kerouac : Selected Letters, 1957-1969
Penguin Group USA Inc, October 2000. Trade Paperback. The first volume of Jack Kerouac's selected letters, published in 1995, was hailed as an important and revealing addition to Kerouac scholarship. This second and final volume, comprising letters written between 1957, the year On the Road was published, and the day..... More
Jack's book: An oral biography of Jack Kerouac
Penguin Books, October 1979. Trade Paperback. More
William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible : A Portrait
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
Love is a Dog from Hell: Poems 1974-1977
Black Sparrow Press, 1977. Soft Cover. Octavo. First trade edition. Darkened wrapper with scattered dark stains and a single one-quarter inch irregular shaped hole in back cover. Possibly chewed by silverfish or something. Also flaking here and there on cover of dubious origin. Creased corner. A couple dark stains and..... More
Tales of Ordinary Madness
City Lights Books, 1983. Trade Paperback. Exceptional stories that come pounding out of Bukowski's violent and depraved life. Horrible and holy, you cannot read them and ever come away the same again. This collection of stories was once part of the 1972 City Lights classic, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General..... More
Junky
Penguin, January 1977. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. This copy of the first complete, unexpurgated edition of Junky, is inscribed by William S. Burroughs 'For Carl Solomon. who made it all possible.' Also included is the invitation to the Gotham Book Mart signing, in an envelope hand-addressed by Burroughs to..... More
The Soft Machine
Grove Press, September 1992. Trade Paperback. Sunned spine. Clean, unmarked text. Mild bump bottom fore-edge corner. Creased first inside page. Good+/Very Good-- reading copy. More
The San Francisco Renaissance: Poetics and Community at Mid-Century (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture, Series Number 35)
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
Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America
Mcgraw-Hill, August 1980. Paper Back. More
Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation, and America
Delta, May 1990. Paper Back. Kerouac--King Of The Beats and unwitting catalyst for the '60s counterculture--is one of America's literary heroes. Desolate Angel is Dennis McNally's stunning biography of this artist. Illustrated. More
How We Are Hungry
Vintage, October 2005. Trade Paperback. "These tales reinvigorate...the short story with a jittery sense of adventure." --San Francisco Chronicle Dave Eggers--Pulitzer Prize finalist for A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and author of What Is the What and The Circle, among other books--demonstrates his mastery of the short story. Another..... More
The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men
Dell F84, January 1959. Mass Market PaperBack. Spine crease and crease to bottom corner of front cover; otherwise, a bright, tight copy of a cornerstone Beat book. More
The Beat Generation & the Angry Young Men
The Citadel Press, January 1958. Hardcover. Octavo; Dustjacket is missing; Mildly dust stained Lavender cloth covered boards with white lettering at spine. Faded pink textblock topstain. Darkened for-edge. Boards worn at edges, bruised bottom of spine. (384 pages). More
Back Roads To Far Places
New Directions, January 1971. First Edition. Paper Back. 12mo.; Five-inch x Six & 1/4-inch. Clean, sound, gently handled. More
On Bread and Poetry: A Panel Discussion Between Gary Snyder, Lew Welch and Philip Whalen
Grey Fox Pr, August 1977. Paper Back. Some fading, shelf wear to the cover. More
Howl for Carl Solomon
Grabhorn, 1971. Limited. Oversized Hardcover. One of an edition limited to 275 copies signed, on the title page, by Allen Ginsberg. Handmade paper. Gorgeous decorative linen cloth binding. A one inch start at bottom of front hinge; else, fine. More
Planet News
City Lights, 1968. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 1968, First Edition. Shelf wear, rubbed edges, light soiling. White paint mark on the top of the front cover (approx one inch long, one quarter inch wide). More
Selected Poems 1947-1995
Harper, October 1996. Hardcover. Allen Ginsberg is one of America's most distinguished living poets. Famous as a catalyst for the Beat Generation literary movement, his raw, innovative verse and provocative attitudes of spiritual, political, and sexual liberation have inspired countless poets, musicians, and visual and performance artists around the world..... More
White Shroud: Poems, 1980-1985
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
The Process
Overlook TP, April 2001. Paper Back. The Process has the dazzling impact of a drug-inspired dream and, since its publication more than thirty years ago, has established itself as a classic of twentieth century modernism. Ulys O. Hanson, an African-American professor of the History of Slavery, who is in North..... More
Go: A Novel
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
Guilty of Everything (Series #2, Book #9)
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
