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

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 54, Kyle Schlesinger kicks off the issue with a studious analysis of typography in the work of Robert Creeley. The essays span the sea-wide scope of Creeley's output in by way of thirteen pages that detail and illuminate the poet's product & process. Also featured are articles on poet Harold Norse, John Clellon Holmes, and Jack..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 80 begins with a remembrance by Susan Kay Anderson, former student of Ed Dorn, renowned and respected poet often associated with the Black Mountain school, about the time spent and lessons learned with this courageous, irreverent icon of alternative American Letters. Following this is a similar elegiac remembrance of John Wieners by Raymond Foye, depicting Wieners and..... More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Printing. Hardcover. "GO deals with a group of young people whose lives are frenetic and even violent. Because they want passionately to believe in something and cannot find it, they create strange illusions to live by, and they are driven by a craving for excess. Their long nights involve liquor and marijuana, with the beat of bebop in the background, and they..... 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: Venture Publications, Inc., 1960. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by poet Diane Wakoski at her contribution. This number of the venerable literary journal chiefly edited by Joseph J. Friedman features the final interview with the legendary French Existentialist writer-philosopher Albert Camus. As noted, "The sixteen questions comprising the interview were sent to Camus in August 1959. Camus' reply, dated December 20, 1959, was received here on December 26..... More