Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This Early Summer 2015 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features a talk-based essay by Peter Anastas describing a visit to the great "Maximus" poet Charles Olson by none other than the Founding Father of the Beat Generation himself, Jack Kerouac, during October of 1968, the twilight of..... More

Coventry, England, UK: Beat Scene Press, 2006. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This fiftieth issue of the indispensable Beat Generation-devoted magazine edited, published & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features an insightful interview with primary Beat-&-Beyond poet-publisher Diane di Prima conducted by Joe Pachinko; an article on John Fante, the Los Angeles cult author who was a mentor to Charles Bukowski, by their colleague Ben Pleasants; a remembrance..... More

London, England: Golconda Fine Art Books, 2018; 2020. Limited First Editions. Stapled Wrappers. Both volumes signed by Alexander Adams. "I have accepted the view that my verse benefits from illustration and that- as an artist- I am well placed to provide that. My verse has appeared in anthologies without illustration, so it seems that the verse is strong enough to function without images. I try to write verse as if..... More

Exeter, UK: Societas, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. "In the summer of 2020, there was an eruption of violence directed towards historical monuments across Europe and North America. Statues were torn down while police watched. Prominent public figures, politicians and even museum directors cheered on the destruction. Supporters claimed it was payback for slavery; critics said it was neo-Marxist activism or sheer vandalism. Can we place the 2020 events in a...... More

London, England: Aloes Books, 1973. First Edition. Softcover. "The white subway gathered silent speed as buildings and landscapes slid by- faster- faster- a blur of film flakes then pictures leaped into sharp focus- mist and frogs in 1920s roads- morning sleep of detour- needle beer in Sid's. He was in a long tunnel of old photos stretching back to his childhood- back- back- "STOP." " (from "Unfinished Cigarette," pg. 1)..... More

Germany: Moloko Print, 2022. First Edition. Softcover in Stiff Wrappers. “’Making Naked Lunch: Two Appetisers’ serves up rewritten versions of two illustrated talks originally given at Columbia University in New York and previously published by Reality Studio, a website that has championed the crossover between academic and popular engagement with Burroughs’ work. Each essay re-examines the standard reception of Burroughs’ writing from the 1950s, revealing the secret centres of truth..... More

New York, NY: Paragon House, 1990. First Softcover Edition (First Edition Thus). Softcover. "While a legend has developed about the man Jack Kerouac, there has not been a thorough study of what he wrote. Regina Weinreich is the first to explore Kerouac's place in American literature by establishing the total design of his work. She contends that Kerouac wrote with this 'grand design" in mind, that he thought of his..... More

New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic/ Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. "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 how..... More

London, England: Ragged Lion Press, 2020. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This fourth number of the new literary journal published by cutting-edge Ragged Lion Press in the UK & edited by E.A.D. Sellors features brilliant, exquisite illustrations throughout by Alexander Adams, the young poet, scholar & artist who is our esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). With Charles Baudelaire's poem "Le Flacon/The Flask" in the original French..... More

Boston, MA (1) / Fresno, CA (2) / New York, NY (3) / No Place (4) / Ann Arbor, MI: Twayne [1]; The Giligia Press [2]; New Directions [3]; [4] Anonymous; [5] Third Mind Books, 1961; 1969; 1991; 2018. First Printings. Hardcover; Softcover in Stiff Wraps; Single Sheet; Softcover. Here we feast our eyes upon the Supreme Scholarly "First and Second San Francisco Renaissance Bundle," an it's-all-here package featuring five..... More