Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2000. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage millennial number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy, fascinating conversation/ interview with Neal Cassady's son John, conducted by Steve Edington during 2000. Also in this issue are interviews with Jason Eisenberg about the influential proto-Beat comedian known as Lord Buckley conducted by Ring circa 2000; with Beat..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2013. Book. Stapled Wrappers. This Spring 2013 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a very important article by David Krajicek about Lucien Carr, a most key figure in the earliest, embryonic group that became the Beat Generation. Krajicek writes that with William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac & then-most recently Carr all having..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2019. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This latest (as of this writing) issue of the essential Beat Generation-devoted literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a wonderful article by Jim Pennington, the man behind Aloes Books (of White Subway et al. fame) & our esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). Entitled "Journeys to JouJouka and Gysin," Pennington recalls his &..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This latest (as of this writing) number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the deep & analytical critical essay "The Splendid Life of the World" by Jack Foley, originally written & published as a review of a later compilation of poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), in tribute to the great..... More

San Francisco, CA: Harold Norse, 1972. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "After that we were on the run never staying more than one night in the same hotel. The Dib was coughing and sweating at night and he had nightmares and when he woke up he would sob into the pillow "Johnny we gotta get out of here. Don't let me die here." One night we checked into a hotel late..... More

New York, NY: Portents/ Gotham Book Mart, 1970. First Limited Softcover Edition. Softcover. "SCENES ALONG THE ROAD is a collection of snapshots of a group of men before they became, as Jack Kerouac put it, "famous writers more or less." In the 1940s and early 1950s, when most of the snapshots were taken, they were known only to each other, and these photos are candid shots they took to capture..... 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

London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. "Chris Challis's interest in the Beat Generation, their literature and their lifestyle, began, like that of many of his contemporaries, as a youthful enthusiasm. That interest developed into a thesis and many critical articles, and led to personal contact or correspondence with many of the Beats themselves. In due course he made the physical and spiritual journey across the United..... More

New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic/ Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2019. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The leading light of the Beat Generation writers, Jack Kerouac also had a lifelong passion for music, particularly the mid-century jazz of New York City. Furthermore, some of the greatest transatlantic names in rock- from Bob Dylan to the Grateful Dead, Van Morrison to David Bowie- credited the novelist's impact on their work. Kerouac on Record considers..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1957. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Is there a "literary underground" in America- a group of undiscovered talents in revolt against mass culture, who are already shaping the literature of the future? This new anthology in the well-known series attempts to answer this question with stories, poems, plays and essays, many of them by new writers." (from back cover) A particularly rare & important number..... More

Glasgow, Scotland: The Kerouac Connection, 1992. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “I met John Montgomery 15 years ago, and had the time of my life riding around in his bumpy old truck doing interviews all over Marin County for my biography of Jack Kerouac, ‘Memory Babe.’ John was an essential guide for me. He gave me names and addresses I could never have gotten elsewhere, and often he was an entree..... More