London, England: Andre Deutsch, 1974. First British Edition. Hardcover. "Ann Charters demythifies Kerouac's public image as 'king of the Beats' and tells the truth about the original hopes and visions, about experiments with drugs and sexuality; about frenzied quests across the country, in Mexico and in Tangier; about the years of failure; about accidental murders, madness and despair. She unlocks the literary mysteries of his books, revealing who really was..... More

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1974. Later Printing (First Edition Thus). Trade Softcover. This is a later printing, the first McGraw-Hill trade-format softcover edition, of the Kerouac novel first published in its entirety in 1972. This edition includes an introduction written by Allen Ginsberg from the first edition. "...it is the work in which Kerouac first found his true voice...a sprawling hymn to the America of railyards, diners, highways, bars, and..... More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, c. 1975. Later Printing. Trade Softcover. A later printing of Kerouac's dream record, first published in 1961, with an alternate front cover featuring different graphics & a close-up of the photo from the original edition. From the collection of the late James Perrizo, Beat Devotee & former assistant to Edie Kerouac Parker, Jack's former wife. A rare alternate edition (the original graphics have since..... More

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1976. Later Printing (First Edition Thus). Trade Softcover. A later printing, the first McGraw-Hill trade-format softcover edition, of Kerouac's novel, first published in 1963. In this elegiac work, Kerouac "...recaptures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years of his alter ego, Ti Jean Duluoz, as they unfold in the short tragic-happy life of his brother Gerard."(from back cover) From the collection of..... More

Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. First Revised, Expanded Edition Thus. Softcover. "No matter where Jack went he always knew he'd return to Lowell, the town he hated and loved, that he felt secure in, the one place he could never really leave-" (from "Part Three: A Note on Kerouac's City," pg. 59) This is the chronicle by Barry Gifford of his visit to Lowell, Massachusetts, the birthplace &..... More

Cassady, Carolyn. California, PA: Arthur & Kit Knight, 1977. First Printing. Broadside. A bold broadside (14" x 22") issued as Vol. 6 of The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series by Arthur & Kit Knight, the pioneer Beat revival publishers. With the title poem by Jack Kerouac about his legendary friend & muse, Neal Cassady, dated March 30, 1954; & an illustration of Kerouac by Carolyn Cassady, Neal's wife (who..... More

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1978. Later Printing (First Edition Thus). Trade Softcover. First McGraw-Hill Paperback edition, as stated, of this Kerouac novel first published in 1959. "Long out of print, this touching novel of adolescent love in a New England mill town, with its straightforward narrative structure, is one of Kerouac's most accessible."(from back cover). From the collection of James Perrizo (1944-2006), devoted Beat collector, scholar & one-time assistant to..... More

Bernhardt Fudyma Design Group. New York City, New York: Penguin Books, 1979. First Printing. Broadside. 16 ½” x 22”. Poster. Mounted on stiff board, in protective shrinkwrap. A large promotional poster announcing the publication of the first paperback edition of the acclaimed Jack’s Book: "An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac", by Barry Gifford & Lawrence Lee. With a bold, colorful illustration based on a much-reproduced photograph of Kerouac by Allen..... More

New York, NY; Kentfield, CA: Random House, Inc., 1979. First Editions. Hardcover; Softcover. A collectible bundle of two outstanding biographical-critical works about Jack Kerouac, the great American author & a Founding Father of the Beat Generation: (1) Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, the Beat Generation and America. Published in 1979, an acclaimed biography by Dennis McNally, the prolific author, historian & music publicist. Among the earliest studies as the Beats were..... More

Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, 1979. First Printing. Loose Folded Sheets. The Spring 1979 number of the newsletter dedicated to Jack Kerouac, edited by the late Joy Walsh & Michael Basinsky. With various Kerouac-related articles, news blurbs, photos, etc., including an article by Jeffrey Weinberg, "Between the Glories." From the collection of James Perrizo (1944-2006), Beat collector, scholar & one-time assistant to Edie Kerouac Parker, Jack's former wife. In..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1982. Later Printing (First Edition Thus). Trade Softcover. This is the first Grove Press trade-format softcover edition, first printing, of "Jack Kerouac's last novel," as stated on the front cover, first published in 1971. "Set in 1948, Pic is told by a ten-year old black boy, Pictorial Review Jackson, in the black dialect indigenous to the North Carolina farm country."(from back cover) From the..... More

London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. "Chris Challis's interest in the Beat Generation, their literature and their lifestyle, began, like that of many of his contemporaries, as a youthful enthusiasm. That interest developed into a thesis and many critical articles, and led to personal contact or correspondence with many of the Beats themselves. In due course he made the physical and spiritual journey across the United..... More

n/p: c. 1980s. First Printing. Poster. A beautifully produced poster-print on high-quality thick paper stock, with an illustration of Jack Kerouac holding a cat (based we're sure on a well-known photograph that's been reproduced in several Kerouac biographies & related books) by Vassilios Giavis. With wide margins surrounding image of illustration & titles. From the collection of the late James Perrizo, Beat collector, scholar & one-time assistant to Edie Kerouac..... More