New York: Full Court Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by both William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. A collection of letters from one Beat to another, some hilarious, some poignant, some quite sad. 8vo, 203 [7] pages. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. A.... More
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. An important Kerouac biography. Octavo, 419 pages. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket. Ivory-colored front board a bit smudged. Dust jacket shows slight edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. More
New York: Viking, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by Ann Charters, the editor (and Kerouac's biographer), on the title page. An omnibus edition with selections from Kerouac's work, including poetry and experimental novels, essays on literature, Buddhism, and the Beat movement, and a selection of letters. Much of this... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, Publication Date Not Stated. Later printing. 16mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches / 124 x 159 mm), 105,[7] pages in wrappers. A Fine copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page as "Ferlinghetti, editor." A collection of poems by Beat poet Gregory Corso (1930-2001)... More
New York: New Directions, 1960. Tenth Printing. Small 8vo (5 5/16 x 7 7/8 inches / 134 x 200 mm), [2],91,[3] pages in stiff pictorial wrappers. Light edge wear and soiling to wrappers, interior clean with some light toning to the page edges. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED by... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1995. Second Edition. 16mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches / 124 x 159 mm), [72] pages in wrappers. A Fine copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page. A 1995 "enlarged edition" of the first book in City Lights' Pocket Poets Series, featuring 27... More
New York: New Directions, 1967. Fifth Printing. 8vo (5 3/8 x 8 inches / 136 x 203 mm), 64 pages, in stiff pictorial wrappers. Light edge wear and light soiling to covers. Interior clean and bright. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page. A.... More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2007. First Edition, First Printing. Small 8vo (7 x 7 3/4 inches/ 178 x 197 mm). Four etchings in four different colors plus a colophon leaf housed in a red cloth box stamped Ferlinghetti on the front. Red ribbon attached inside. The box and etchings... More
New York: Liveright Publishing Corp. 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches / 185 x 241 mm), xxiii,464,[6] pages in boards with a pictorial dust jacket. Small remainder mark on top edge, leaving an ink smudge, corners bumped, especially rear top corner along the... More
New York: Hyperion, 1999. Later printing. Octavo, 452 pages. First edition, later printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight edge wear and scuffing. A collection of writing, photographs and drawings of the Beats (Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and many others). More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 7 1/2 x 9 inches (190 x 227 mm), [12] pages, sewn into stiff black wrappers lettered in silver. Front wrapper slightly creased at bottom right, interior clean and bright. A Near Fine copy. Ginsberg's long letter to Jack... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, Publication Date Not Stated. Later printing. 16mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches / 124 x 159 mm), [6],x,175,[1] pages in illustrated wrappers. Some scuffing to covers. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page as "Ferlinghetti editor." Originally published... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, Publication Date Not Stated. Later printing. 16mo (4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches / 124 x 159 mm), [8],76,[4] pages in wrappers. A Fine copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page as "Ferlinghetti, editor." A collection of poems, #28 in City Lights' Pocket Poet... More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995. First Edition. A comprehensive Whitney Museum catalogue of a traveling exhibition on the Beats. Large Octavo, 280 pages, soft cover. Near Fine, with slight edge wear. No dust jacket. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1999. First Edition, First Printing. An interesting look at the Beats, SIGNED by both the author and photographer on the title page. Quarto, 226 pages. Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. Slight bend to the rear board and small stain on lower... More
Chicago: The Poetry Foundation, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (5 1/2 x 9 inches / 140 x 227 mm), [6],311-415,[13] pages in illustrated wrappers. Slight soiling to the white covers, corners bumped. A Very Good or better copy. SIGNED by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the beginning of a section featuring... More
