Happyport Productions, 2006. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. An entertaining & insightful sixties memoir by a friend of Kerouac during his later years in Florida. Signed by the author: "Drink up!/Cliff Anderson." As New. Item #1220

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. This recent contribution to Kerouac critical scholarship offers a new take on his famous novel, overturning many misconceptions about it and making clear the themes Kerouac was trying to impart. "Contrary to its rebel rep, On the Road is not about being Peter Pan; it is about becoming an adult." (author quoted on the back dj cover). As New. Item #1222

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. A legendary & heretofore unpublished novel written in 1945 by two then-unknown writers who would both become literary giants in years to come. Based on true misadventures among the group that was the nascent Beat Generation. First U.S. edition. As New. Item #1223

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2012. Limited First Edition. Staplebound. A fine work of scholarly Beat research, explaining the long & bumpy road of Jack Kerouac's Visions of Cody, written & published by Kevin Ring. One of an edition of 100 copies issued in March 2012 to commemorate Kerouac's 90th birthday, this is copy# 30/100. An important thread in the Kerouac oeuvre, a fragment of Visions of Cody was... Item #1710

New York, NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1998. First Edition Thus. Soft Cover. This is the first Thunder's Mouth Press edition of the turbulent memoir by Jan Kerouac, Jack Kerouac's late daughter. It is an expanded edition including interviews, reminiscences and poems. Slight amount of upc sticker residue on back cover, remainder mark along lower edge, otherwise mint condition. Very Fine. Item #1249

New York, NY: Viking, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. The Further Inquiry is Ken Kesey's reexamination of the 1964 Merry Prankster voyage aboard the psychedelic bus, Further. Loaded with photographs and a close look at Neal Cassady, thefastestmanalive. Book in very fine condition, dj has a small closed tear at upper spine, some smudges to rear cover, otherwise very fine. Very Fine. Item #1251

New York, NY: The Dial Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. "....Shake It for the World, Smartass is the record of his life on the front lines. Here are his comments on Norman Mailer, James Jones, Jack Kerouac, Jimmy Breslin, Eldridge Cleaver, Nat Hentoff, Abbie Hoffman, New York publishing, and writing."(from front & back flaps) A collection of essays spanning the 1960s, from the legendary editor of the 1960 anthology, The... Item #1598

Ellensburg, WA: Vagabond Press, 1976. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by author on title page. Issued as Vagabond Chapbook 5 by publisher/poet John Bennett. Signed by the author on title page. Very Fine. Item #1252

Northampton, MA: Denis Kitchen Publishing, 2001. First edition thus. Hard Cover. A lost cult novelty that has been out of print for many years, by Harvey Kurtzman, the legendary inventor of MAD and co-creator of Little Annie Fanny. This 1960 classic features Kurtzman's beatnik character taking on the ancient Aesop fable. A Beat Generation gem. First separate edition (previously published in Esquire). As new, still sealed. As New. Item #1254

Van Nuys, CA: Venice West Publishers, 1976. First edition. Softcover, signature-bound. "The poems in this volume are a selection from the work of Lawrence Lipton since the 1930's. They reveal not only his gift for acid satire, but his love of jazz, of the spoken word in poetry, of people."(back cover) A softcover original poetry collection from one of the major developer-chroniclers of the Venice, CA Beat scene, & the... Item #1538

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. First Edition. Decorative Cloth hardcover. A volume of poetry with chapters titled by years & the names & attractive photos of the poet's muses. One of 26 lettered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray and signed by Gerard Malanga, this is copy "N". With an original unpublished manuscript poem by Gerard Malanga included in an envelope as issued. In very fine condition... Item #1257

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1977. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. A volume of poems written during the 1960s & compiled a decade later. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Gerard Malanga and handbound in boards with an original tipped-in signed photograph by the author. This is copy "J". In very fine condition with only some spotting on top edge. In original acetate dust jacket as issued. Another very... Item #1259

William Katz. Stuttgart, Germany: Bouwerie Editions/Edition Domberger, 1970. Limited Edition. 8" x 9 1/2" Sewn chapbook in loose covers. Signed by poet Gerard Malanga & photographer William Katz. This is #A-34/50. A very scarce handcrafted larger-format chapbook in loose covers by Gerard Malanga, noted associate of Andy Warhol & long-time poet, photographer, filmmaker & archivist. Consists of an original photograph by William Katz, tipped in, followed by the title poem... Item #1666