New York, NY, USA: Dover Publications, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "...The Forties were the years of Old Hollywood's last stand, though the people concerned didn't know it. Today there are fewer, and some would argue, better movies, but one thing is clear - they are no longer "our" movies" (John Kobal, Introduction pg. X). Austrian-British film historian and author of over thirty books John Kobal (1940-1991) edited this..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2025. First Printing. Perfect Bound. This latest (as of this writing) number of the indispensable magazine-format literary journal dedicated to the Beat Generation edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features several important pieces on our Iconic-Favorite-Of-Them-All, William S. Burroughs: An insightful essay on WSB by Lem Coley that was originally published in 1977; & a 1978 interview conducted by..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac features several contributions by the supreme Kerouac authority & critical biographer Gerald Nicosia (our good friend & colleague at the European Beat Studies Network, ebsn.eu): The first of three memorial tributes to the writer John Montgomery, Kerouac's friend & a character in his works..... More

Palo Alto, CA: Fels & Firn Press, 1976. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. "In media res, into the memoir revealing secret lives and West Coast whispers, of John Montgomery doing business as Henry Morley, a.k.a. Alex Fairbrother and a walk-on straight, three roles for Jack Kerouac bookmovie Eisenstein impresario of the Duluoz legend (o the alias ploy!) and even Neal's Carolyn an utter realist, once the Academy of Parapsychology and Medicine..... More

Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1990. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited & with contributions by David Moore, features Kerouac's poem "Old Western Movies," transcribed from the recording session for the 1959 album "Blues & Haikus" by Moore; along with Moore's article on "Jack & Neal on disc," "A complete (?) list of recordings which..... More