THE TOWN AND THE CITY
First printing of Kerouac's first published novel, incorporating elements of his own life and heavily fictionalized portraits of major Beat figures, an excellent copy.
First printing of Kerouac's first published novel, incorporating elements of his own life and heavily fictionalized portraits of major Beat figures, an excellent copy.
First edition of this collection of previously unpublished short stories, letters, and notebook entries, and other works from the 1950s discovered among Allen Ginsberg's papers at Columbia in 1984 and edited (and with an introduction) by James Grauerholz.
Original communication from attorney De Grazia to William S. Burroughs regarding the Boston ban of NAKED LUNCH, written on the cover of the 1962 amici brief filed in the earlier TROPIC OF CANCER obscenity case, which De Grazia won.
First US edition, first printing of the Beat masterpiece, also containing the first book appearances of Burroughs's "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness," and "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs."
Inscribed first edition of this comprehensive selection covering all of this major Beat writer's works: from "Howl" and "Kaddish" to "Mind Breaths" and "Plutonium Ode."
First US trade paperback edition of Kerouac's journey towards experimental writing in which he jotted down his stream of consciousness as a means of "letting go."
First edition thus of Kerouac's novella recounting his relationship with Alene Lee, who picked him up for his "beautiful" profile and walked away from him in her own good time.
First US edition of this collection of photographs by the famed American poet, many of which depict his fellow Beat generation "writers and personalities" such as Kerouac, Burroughs, and Kesey.
First printing of this illustrated transcript in English and German of a 1980 speech by Burroughs, delivered at the Institute of Ecotechnics's Planet Earth Conference in Aix-en-Provence.
Signed limited first edition of Ginsberg's black-and-white photographs, with his own captions — one of just 100 numbered, signed, and slipcased copies.
First printing of these collected excerpts and quotations from interviews with Kerouac,originally conducted between 1957 and 1969.
Publisher's file copy of the Fall 1966 issue, including Tony Tanner on William S. Burroughs, scenes from Weiss's play THE INVESTIGATION, and William Styron's short story "Runaway."
Limited first edition, signed by Ginsberg, of Selerie's extensive three-part interview with Ginsberg, conducted in 1979 before and after a reading at Battersea Arts Centre in London.
Third impression of the true first edition of Allen Ginsberg's epochal poem "Howl," the Serendipity issue, specially signed or inscribed by Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Marthe Rexroth, Michael McClure, David Meltzer, Gary Snyder, Philip Lamantia, and Philip Whalen.
First hardcover edition of this late-career collection from the Beat legend, published by the same house that printed his first: City Lights.
First printing of this "experimental, florid, and wild" (LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL, 61) tale of dreams and childhood fantasies – in excellent condition.
First printing of this collection of early letters from the Beat icon.
Third printing (stated) — and first produced in the U.S. — of Ginsberg's landmark poem, number four in the Pocket Poets Series.
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 trade edition of this collection, following the limited edition of 1981.
Catalog of an exhibit held at the John Hay Library, Brown University, October through December, 2000.
Album of Ginsberg's recitations of his own poetry, with musical backing from Mark Bingham, Michael Blair, Ralph Carney, Bill Frisell, Beaver Harris, Arto Lindsay, Lenny Pickett, Prairie Prince, Marc Ribot, G.E. Smith, Steve Swallow, Rob Wasserman, Gary WIndo, Garo Yellin, and others.
First edition of Levertov's fifth poetry collection. Cover design and photograph by Gilda Rosenblum.
Fifth printing of this first installment in the Pocket Poet's Series from the poet who founded it. 27pp.
O'Gallagher's cut-up poems, published as NOVA Broadcast Number 4, edited by Jan Jacob Herman and distributed by City Lights Books.