NY: Gallery Gertrude Stein, [1964]. Softbound. First edition of the author's scarce second book. In 1957 Hart, Lamantia, and Kerouac gave the first jazz poetry reading in N.Y.C. White covers very slightly sunned around the edges, else fine. More
Hollywood: Nordyke Publishing, 1959. 4to. Single sheet folded to make four pages. Sheet music and lyrics for this beatnik-related song. Cover illustration of a bearded beatnik and a man strumming a guitar. Front cover has an "X" to the corner in magic marker and a tiny price sticker, else about..... More
Boise, ID: Boise State University, [1979]. Pamphlet. First edition. Boise State University Western Writers Series No. 39. Biographical and critical essay about Kerouac and his influence on American culture. Fine. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, [1960]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. "A ridiculous novel about two beatnik girls in college." Fine in near fine dust jacket with a faint touch of soiling to back panel. More
Lowell, MA: Ithaca Press, [1974]. Softbound. First edition. A biography of Kerouac by a childhood friend. Fine (touch of rubbing to back cover). More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2020. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat Visions and the Counterculture. Beautifully printed letterpress by Lead Graffiti. As new. More
Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1976. Hardbound in full decorated cloth with printed spine label. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed (in pencil) by Alastair Johnston to Bob Hawley publisher of Oyez Press: "the alleged book lovingly inscribed to Bob Hawley, yr servant, the author, Alastair Johnston." The following items are laid in..... More
Newark, DE: University of Delaware Library, 2020. Large 4to. Broadside poem. First edition. Illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Beat Visions and the Counterculture. Beautifully printed letterpress by Lead Graffiti. As new. More
NY: Grove, [1961]. First edition of this trade Paperback Original. Kerouac's "ad-libbed" text for Robert Frank's beat film Pull My Daisy. Illustrated with stills from the movie. Bright, near fine copy with a touch of barely perceptible fading to the colored spine lettering. More
NY: Abbeville Press, 1995. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Prologue by Allen Ginsberg. Excellent book documenting the Beat influence on the art, music, fashion, and popular culture of the '50s and '60s. Issued to coincide with the 1995 landmark exhibition at the Whitney Museum. It traces the Beat..... More
[NY: Beelzebub Books, 1959]. Second printing of this softcore men's magazine flagrantly exploiting the then current beatnik phenomena. Published as Beelzebub Books No. 1. "An uncensored, unexpurgated expose of the 'BEAT GENERATION'." Sensational articles on the Beat phenomenon such as "Shook-up Shebas and Be-Bop Babes" and "Beat Broads Curiously Cavort."..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1960]. Features a shot of George Peppard and Leslie Caron (still #1). About fine (a couple of light scratches that don't break the surface). More
NY: Viking, 1957. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. REVIEW COPY with publisher's slip laid in. Very near fine with bright top stain, in like dust jacket with judicious, minor restoration by Pofelski. More
NY: Sotheby's, 2003. 4to. Pamphlet in glossy covers featuring a photo of Kerouac. Color photos and descriptions of the most important group of Kerouac association copies to appear on the market, featuring books inscribed to his mother and other close family members, as well as fellow Beats including Phil Whalen..... More
[California, PA: Privately published, 1978] Softbound. First edition. Contributors include Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Whalen, Huncke, Carolyn Cassady, Corso, Clellon Holmes, et al. Illustrated with photographs by Fred McDarrah and others. Comprises Volume 8 of the unspeakable visions of the individual. Near fine. More
Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Hardbound in cloth-covered boards, issued wthout dust jacket. First edition. Minute, faint touch of wear to spine corners, else fine. More
n.p.:n.p., [1967]. A counterculture literary mag from England. Reprints Tuli Kupferberg's "Fuck Nam: A Morality Play" in its entirety, illustrated with photographs of Vietnamese war victims. Also prints "Dada" by Jim Drake and more. Very good plus. More
SF: Auerhahn Press, 1959. Softbound. First edition of the author's second book. One of 950 copies. Presentation copy nicely inscribed by Lamantia to fellow poet Stephen Ronan in remembrance of a day spent together: "Stephen & Philip / in / serenity of / the flame, cool / Passion Sunday, 2001..... More
SF: City Lights Books, [1986]. Softbound. First edition. As new. More
Denver: Band Box Records, no date [ca. 1960]. 45rpm record in picture sleeve. Absolutely terrific, ridiculous, and really well executed use of full-on beatnik lingo to tell a couple of humorous tall tales---over jazz background by the Saints. Probably the best beatnik lingo spiel ever recorded. Near mint record in..... More
[NY]: Beacon, [1961]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a naked woman with a sheet seductively draped around her while her beatnik lover stands in the background. "An uncensored novel of love among the beats, where every man does as he pleases---and every chick aims to please"..... More
Chicago: Novel Books, [1960]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Cover illustration of a seductively-clad woman. "A gang of thrill mad beatniks on a shocking binge of murder, rape, and perversity." Tiny ink check mark to back cover, else very good. Scarce. OCLC turns up only two copies worldwide... More
Providence, RI: Model(?)Art Co., 1958. Beat-era marijuana spoof item: "Marri-Warner Tobacco Co. Old Reefer Unfiltered Cigarettes A Blend of Selected Leaves and Processed Poppy." Also states: "The Smoke That Sends You" and "Fly High With Old Reefer." This brand "sold only to undiscriminating smokers" promises to give you "happy dream..... More
