New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1961. First Edition, Review Copy. Hardcover. "When the beat writers emerged from San Francisco in 1956, they succeeded in touching off controversy and discussion throughout America which continue unabated today. Not only their writing,but their nonconformist way of life- with its special interest in jazz, Buddhism, drugs, and squalor- became a subject of general interest, discussed and hotly argued in a wide range..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2004. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage autumn 2004 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a most informative article on playwright Jack Gelbert's adventures with the Living Theatre, founded by Julian Beck & Judith Malina (who recently passed away), by Jay Jeffrey Jones. Also an interview conducted by Ring with Allen Hibbard on his..... More

New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. "In The Dream at the End of the World...Michelle Green presents a richly detailed portrait of one of the most extraordinary groups of individuals ever to have congregated in a single location. Writers and heiresses, drug addicts and pederasts, artists and con men- all were lured by a raffish city that promised a full range of unconventional pleasures. At the..... More

New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1972. First American Edition. Hardcover. "All day the cafe was full of men in djellebas and turbans. They even filled the tables on the pavement outside, and Abdeslam ran without stopping between the fire and the tables, carrying tea and coffee and Coca-Cola. Most of the customers smoked kif, and many of them tried to sell it to him. He never bought any, because whe he..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1986. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Paul Bowles and Bibliographer, Jeffrey Miller. "In this bibliography I have described the first and subsequent American, English, paperback and foreign editions of books by and books translated by Paul Bowles as well as those with contributions. In general I have ignored subsequent impressions of all editions unless they differ significantly from the first impressions and thus..... More

New York, NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. "Bowles wrote his parents about the beatnik invasion: 'Every day one sees more beards and filthy blue jeans, and the girls look like escapees from lunatic asylums, with white lipstick and black smeared around their eyes, and matted hair hanging around their shoulders. The leaders of the 'movement' have moved their headquarters here and direct their activities from here. Allen..... More

New York, NY: An Heddaoua Publication, 1967. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This number of the short-lived but legendary literary journal edited by Ira Cohen & Robert Richkin (officially referred to as No. 1 but preceded the previous year by an earlier edition that we possess & will curate in the future- it's a long story...) famously features a contribution by William S. Burroughs, Founder's Founder of the Beat Generation &..... More

New York, NY: Bard College/Robert M. McKinney, 1983. First Softcover Printing. Softcover. This fifth number of the prestigious literary journal features three poems including "Destiny Waltz" by the great American poet John Ashberry; a unique short prose piece undivided by paragraphs or punctuation, "Massachusetts 1932," by Paul Bowles, the legendary expatriate American writer, composer & Beat associate; an interview with the esteemed British poet Basil Bunting conducted & with several..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1963. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features an entire short novel (The New Life: A Day on a Collective Farm) by the acclaimed Soviet-Russian novelist & critic Fyodor Abramov (1920-1983), translated into English by George Reavey & preceding the issue proper beginning with copyright page. Also in this issue are..... More

New York, NY: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, 1981. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the proceedings of the prestigious Academy includes a commemorative tribute by Allen Ginsberg to Henry Miller, who had died the previous year: "He innovated in the courageous mode of spontaneous prose- prose which depends on the energy of the mind moving and the fearless recollection of that energy at time of composition."..... More

Boston, MA: Partisan Review, Inc., 1991. First Printing. Softcover. This number of the late, venerable American literary journal features an excerpt from Norman Mailer's then-forthcoming novel Harlot's Ghost, now regarded as an exemplary classic by this great American novelist, entitled "Harlot's Lady." Also a scholarly literary-critical essay on the works of Vladimir Nabokov by Robert Alter ("Nabokov and Memory"); a memorial tribute to acclaimed artist Robert Motherwell by Karen Wilkin;..... More

New York, NY: Stanley Lewis, 1972. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Diane Wakoski. This very first number of the critical literary journal edited by noted author Herbert Leibowitz features many learned reviews & essays about a vast array of poets & their works representing myriad schools & movements. In one case, a major poet is both a critic & the subject of criticism: Diane Wakoski, the acclaimed & prolific Beat-influenced..... More