New York, NY: The Citadel Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "In the United States of America, those "new barbarians" who have chosen the present as the compass of their lives are the Beat Generation. In England, they are the Angry Young Men. Both the Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men are social phenomena which have found increasing literary expression. Because both represent a significant adaptation to life in mid-twentieth..... More

Pennsylvania, CA: Arthur & Kit Knight, 1980. First Printing. Softcover. This commemorative tenth anniversary issue of the pioneering series of Beat Generation anthologies, edited & published by Arthur (1937-2012) & Kit Knight, features letters, drawings, prose & poems spanning the beginnings of the Beats through the end of the 1970s, when most of the original figures were still quite in their prime: Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, Herbert..... More

California, PA: The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual, 1984. First Printing. Softcover. The 14th volume of the Unspeakable Visions of the Individual series published by Arthur Knight (1937-2012) & Kit Knight features many outstanding photographs taken by Arthur Knight at the legendary conference that took place during summer 1982 at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, CO. Ray Bremser, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Diane di Prima, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2014. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the magazine-format literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK is a special issue devoted to the Beats in Britain. With great, rarely reproduced 1966 photographs of a dapper William S. Burroughs in London with his "brolly" (umbrella) including on front cover; articles by the late Ken Brooks about his meeting WSB at the legendary..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2016. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene Issue No. 84 begins with an incredibly scholastic article from Jaap Vanderbent that focuses on John Clellon Holmes' relationship with "the classics," but chronicles and comments on many other figures of Beat pedigree (Ed Sanders, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs & others) and their work's relation to classical mythology. Following that is an excellent article from..... More

New York, NY: Ace Books, Circa 1952. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Against a backdrop of fast-drinking, wild jazz, and all-night parties, the young men and women of today who make up what they call the "Beat Generation" carry on their desperate search for a meaning to their lives." (from front endpaper) The novel that is considered among the very first published works about what would thereafter become known as the..... More

Pocatello, Idaho: The Limberlost Press, 1979. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. A selection of poetry comprising numbers 7 & 8 of the Limberlost Review, dedicated by John Clellon Holmes to Allen Ginsberg. One of 26 copies signed and lettered by the poet in January 1980 on publisher's label affixed to front endpaper. This is copy "E." One of the very rarest John Clellon Holmes collectibles, in very fine, near-mint condition. Very..... More

Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. First hardcover edition of a compilation of John Clellon Holmes' poetry spanning his career from the 1940s through the 1980s, published the year after his death. Book very fine, one short crease on lower back flap of dust jacket, otherwise very fine. Very Fine. More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2008. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Number 16 in the Beat Scene Press Pocket Book Series published by Kevin Ring in the UK, this is a transcription of two lengthy letters written by author John Clellon Holmes, reminiscing in detail on his long friendship with Jack Kerouac. The letters were written in response to inquiries by Joy Walsh, the publisher of the Kerouac newsletter..... More

New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. "Kerouac and Friends is more than a collection of photos and articles from the 1950s; it's a loving memoir of the wonderful carefree days when I had nothing to do except go to poetry readings, the Artists' Club, the Living Theatre, and the Cedar Street Tavern...Kerouac and Friends is about the vintage years of the beat generation when..... More