North Hollywood: American Art Agency, 1964. A "men's magazine" featuring the cover story: "Greenwich Village Party Time" about the Beatniks in Greenwich Village. Includes several pages of staged and wonderfully ridiculous photos of a Beatnik party with shade-wearing, guitar-strumming, wine-drinking, beatniks with candles in wine bottles and modern art on..... More
[NY: Dell Publishing, 1961]. A comic book featuring a cover illustration of beatniks in a dingy basement playing bongos, smoking pipes, drinking coffee, and lounging decadently. In their midst one of them is giving a speech: "Oh wad some power the giftie gie us to see oursels as others see..... More
No place: Privately published, ca. 1960. Photo illustrated handbill showing The Kellers in a couple of the guises they assume in their act, including the pair dressed as beatniks: "The Kellers as they appear in their new novelty as 'The Creeps'. Magic in the 'beat manner' it's way out." Printed..... More
NY: Night Owl, ca. 1965. The shot glass features an illustration of an owl perched on a lamp post dressed as a beatnik wearing sunglasses and a beret. The Night Owl was one of the legendary music venues in the Village during the '60s. Richie Havens, Buzzy Linhart, The Blus..... More
[NY]: Privately published, 1917. Narrow 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Gold leaf-covered paper covers features an illustration by Tice of a naked Eve holding a fig leaf, with the words "Bal Primitif Oct. 12" on the fig leaf. Inside is printed the info for the event that..... More
No place: Privately published, 1960. A single octavo sheet folded to make four pages. Advertises a screening of the 1960 film "The Beatniks" at the Echo Drive-In in New Iberia, Louisiana, a noted hotbed of beatnik activity. A terrific item---the front cover features a dynamic illustration of a shade-wearing, bearded..... More
Linden, NJ: Up Front Records, no date [ca.1969]. LP record. Tyson was a stand-up comedian who was the longtime opening act for James Brown. Although there's not much beatnik-related material on the album we think it's worth it for the cover alone. Mint record in very good plus jacket (tiny..... More
NY: Robbins Music Corp., 1958. Single quarto sheet folded to make four pages, with another sheet laid in loose. Sheet music printing the music and lyrics for this beatnik love song recorded by Ann Henry that utilizes beatnik slang and even includes a reference to reading Kerouac. The cover features..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [2000]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition published the same year as the UK edition. Includes some photographs and antique graphics. As new. More
[Hollywood: MGM, 1959]. Features a huge, beret-wearing, bearded beatnik face, next to which is scantilly-clad Mamie Van Doren. In bold, jazzy letters: "THE BEAT GENERATION." At the top, an illustration of Louis Armstrong playing in a Beat jazz club. "Behind The Weird 'Way-Out' World of the BEATNIKS!" An unusually nice..... More
