JACK KEROUAC: A Chicken-Essay
Second printing of this argument for the persistent cultural influence of Quebec on Jack Kerouac.
Second printing of this argument for the persistent cultural influence of Quebec on Jack Kerouac.
Striking early Bukowski drawing, executed in vibrant purple, grey, and black.
First edition, association copy, with an extraordinary inscription and drawing from Bukowski at a pivotal moment in his career to Hal Norse, perennial literary scenester and author of the classic cut-up novel BEAT HOTEL.
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."
First printing of the third novel in Burroughs's Nova Trilogy.
Signed second printing of the essential Kerouac biography.
Limited edition of Clark's essay, with a supplement of three articles by Jack Kerouac.
Illustrated guide to the Lowell of Kerouac's youth and literature, signed by the author and introduced by Ginsberg.
Scarce reprint edition of the first novel of the Beat Generation.
First edition of this sequel of sorts to DHARMA BUMS, in which Kerouac weaves Buddhist themes through memoir.
Third printing of Kerouac's fantastic, drug-tinged dream-autobiography.
First printing of Kerouac's collected writings on travel: on foot, by railway, aboard ship, and on the road.
First edition, first printing of Kerouac's sojourn to France to research his genealogy.
Movie-tie-in and first UK edition of the thinly-veiled autobiographical story of the brief but intense interracial love affair between Leo (Kerouac) and Mardou (Alene Lee).
Italian translation of Kerouac's ON THE ROAD.
First printing of Kerouac's final novel, his last work published before his death in 1969.
First paperback printing 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 printing of Kerouac's autobiographical novel of his brother's death.
Brief remembrance of Jack Kerouac, by a friend who appeared as a character in THE DHARMA BUMS and DESOLATION ANGELS.
Plimpton-era issue of the Paris Review, with Jack Kerouac interviewed by Ted Berrigan for The Art of Fiction LXI.
Wide-ranging Beat anthology, with a foreword by Allen Ginsberg.