New York, NY: The Realist, 1971. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. (Schottlaender C326, p. 67). Published in March 1971, The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog was issue No. 89 of Paul Krassner’s (1932-2019) groundbreaking magazine of cultural commentary, The Realist. As the item’s entry on the Comix Joint website notes, “Despite its front cover art by Robert Crumb, this is by no means a comic book, but it's closer..... More

Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University, 1992. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the literary-arts journal published by Arizona State University & chiefly edited by Salima Keegan features reproductions of two hand-captioned photographs by Allen Ginsberg, with images of LSD Guru Timothy Leary in the company of Beat Generation Muse Neal Cassady on the legendary "Further" bus (1964); & of Gregory Corso addressing a statue of Christ on the Cross (1986..... More

Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1974. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. As the back covers of Wayne Chatterton & James H. Maguire's "Western Writers Series" pamphlets suggest, "This continuing series, primarily regional in nature, provides brief but authoritative introductions to the lives and works of authors who have written significant literature about the American West. These attractive, uniform pamphlets, none of them longer than fifty pages, will be useful to the..... More

New York, NY: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. A short, concise & insightful critical biography of Ken Kesey, the great American novelist whose Merry Prankster exploits as Neal Cassady drove the "Further" bus were critical to the evolution from Beat to Hippie culture. Written by scholar-professor Barry H. Leeds as part of the publisher's prolific Modern Literature Series. First hardcover edition in interesting green lizard-textured boards &..... More

n/p: Unknown, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large poster (15"x24") announcing a (presumed) touring event entitled "Still Kesey!" featuring Ken Kesey, the great American author & an essential link between the Beat Generation & the 1960s counterculture. Featuring Kesey's "Ranting/Reciting/Rock 'n' Rolling/&/Reading/from his new book/Demon Box" along with the Thunder Machine band. The novel Demon Box was first published in 1986, thus we date this poster to that year..... More