Tales.
London: MacGibbon & Kee, [1969]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First British edition. Signed "Amiri Baraka" in 1998. Fine. Scarcer than the American edition and a more interesting jacket design. More about Tales
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The Moderns.
NY: Corinth, 1963. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Important anthology with contributions by Burroughs, Kerouac, Creeley, Jones, Eastlake, Selby, et al. Fine in dust jacket with a small tear to back panel. More about The Moderns
The Love Book.
[SF: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966]. Square 12mo. Pamphlet. Second edition, first issue (brown and blue covers, publisher's address in SF, prints the second page of "God/Love" poem that was left out of the first edition). Busted as part of the police crackdown on the Haight-Ashbury, this book of erotic poems... More about The Love Book
The Love Book.
[SF: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966]. Pamphlet. The correct first edition (with the text printed sideways, only one page of "God/Love" poem, partial Stolen Paper insignia to back cover). Variant issue with brown and white rather than black and white covers, no priority known. Kandel was active as a poet in... More about The Love Book
Pull My Daisy.
NY: Grove, [1961]. Softbound (no hardbound issued). First edition. An important copy signed on the half-title by the following people who appeared in or were involved with the production: Robert Frank, Alfred Leslie, Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, David Amram, Larry Rivers, John Cohen (the still photographer for the film), and... More about Pull My Daisy
The Hasty Papers: A One-Shot Review.
New York: n.p., 1960. Important early Beat anthology including contributions by Kerouac, Ginsberg, Corso, Frank O'Hara, Ashbery, Orlovsky, photographs by Robert Frank, and more. Includes the complete text of Fitz Hugh Ludlow's The Hashish Eater, the first full-length work of American drug literature. Some toning (less than usual), paper still... More about The Hasty Papers: A One-Shot Review
Beat Art.
NY: Columbia University, 1977. Pamphlet. First edition. Catalog for a 1977 exhibition at Columbia University of art by Beat writers. Prints essays, that were the result of a seminar on Beat art at Barnard College, about each of the works. Descriptions and discussions of works by Kerouac, Ginsberg, McClure, Robert... More about Beat Art
Beatnik.
[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 about Beatnik
Color publicity still from the 1960 film The Subterraneans starring Leslie Caron and George Peppard.
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 about Color publicity still from the 1960 film The Subterraneans starring Leslie Caron and George Peppard
Dr. Sax.
NY: Grove Press, [ca. 1970]. Hardbound in dust jacket. Third edition (with a different dust jacket design than the first edition). Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. More about Dr. Sax
Mimeo postcard announcing Kerouac's first and only nightclub performace, a 1957 reading at the Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village.
NY: Village Vanguard, 1957. The card, mimeographed from typescript, reads (in part): "The voice of the 'Beat Generation' ---Jack Kerouac---will step off the road momentarily for a stop at the Village Vanguard beginning Thurs. Dec. 19th for his first nightclub appearance ever. Author of 'On the Road' which has been... More about Mimeo postcard announcing Kerouac's first and only nightclub performace, a 1957 reading at the...
On the Road.
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 about On the Road
Pic.
NY: Grove, [1971]. First edition of this Paperback Original. Very near fine, unread. More about Pic
Sotheby's catalog: Jack Kerouac from the Collection of Airick Kredell.
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 about Sotheby's catalog: Jack Kerouac from the Collection of Airick Kredell
Original b&w photograph by Chester Kessler of the San Francisco Playhouse Group, 1962.
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. The photo shows the subjects nicely dressed in suits and dresses standing amidst the debris of a fallen building. The San Francisco Playhouse Group, an important fixture in the Bay Area avant-garde of the early sixties, included Bob Wrobel, Warner Jepson, Kermit Sheets, Helen Adam, James Broughton, Joel..... More about Original b&w photograph by Chester Kessler of the San Francisco Playhouse Group, 1962
The Beat Journey.
[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. Fine. More about The Beat Journey
The Beat Vision: A Primary Sourcebook.
NY: Paragon House, [1987]. Softbound. First edition. Includes material by, about, or interviews with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, LeRoi Jones, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Gerard Malanga, Diane di Prima, Carl Solomon, Ted Joans, and others. Illustrated with photographs. Barely perceptible yellowing to covers, else fine and unread. More about The Beat Vision: A Primary Sourcebook
Shake It for the World, Smartass.
NY: Dial Press, 1970. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. A collection of essays by this observer of the Beat scene and contemporary culture. Includes commentary about Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Norman Mailer, the Black Panthers, Jan Cremer, and more. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. More about Shake It for the World, Smartass
Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer.
NY: E.P. Dutton, [1968]. 16mo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First hardbound edition, revised and expanded. Foreword by Norman Mailer. The author's first book. A collection of essays by this observer of the Beat scene and contemporary culture. Includes commentary about Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Norman Mailer, the Black Panthers, Jan... More about Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer
The Christine Keeler Colouring Book: A Cautionary Tale.
NY: Birth Press, 1963. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as Pedantic Pamphlet No. 3. Fine (couple of minute marks to cover). More about The Christine Keeler Colouring Book: A Cautionary Tale
Cuddon's, No. 11, July 1967.
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. Laid into this copy are 5 pages of additional editorial commentary from the publisher. Fine (trivial..... More about Cuddon's, No. 11, July 1967
Fuck Nam a Morality Play.
[NY: Birth Press, 1966]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets, stapled. First edition. A play against the war in Vietnam, illustrated with newspaper clippings. Fine. One of Kupferberg's scarcer items. More about Fuck Nam a Morality Play
Sex & War.
NY: Birth Press, 1962. Narrow 4to. Pamphlet. First edition. Published as Pedantic Pamphlet No. 2. Pages toned as usual, else near fine. More about Sex & War
Swing, No. 4, Fall 1961.
n.p.:n.p., [1961]. This issue devoted to writings and drawings by children, some famous others not. Illustrated with charming illustrations gathered from various sources. Two folding Birth Press publication announcements laid in. Very near fine. More about Swing, No. 4, Fall 1961
True Professions.
NY: Vanity Press, 1981. 32mo. Pamphlet. First edition. Fine. More about True Professions