New York, NY: Crank Books, 1965. Limited First Edition. Stapled Sheets with Over-Wrappers. The second number of a quintessential exemplar of "The Mimeograph Revolution" literary phenomenon during the 1960s. Includes a lengthy prose memoir-essay by primary Beat Generation poet Gregory Corso, "Some of my Beginning- and What I Feel Right Now." Also many reviews; essays including "A history of New York coffee-house readings" by Carol Berge; & a fascinating compilation... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2005. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The Winter 2005 issue of Beat Scene magazine contains remembrances of the Six Gallery; Gregory Corso's life in London, features on Surrealist Beat Philip Lamantia; William S. Burroughs' close collaborator & fellow artist Brion Gysin, biographical anecdotes on Charlie Parker's at-times turbulent, tragic recording sessions; an article on William S. Burroughs' son Billy Burroughs & the slippery slope and subsequent... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2005. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 48 contains two honorary tributes to the then-recently passed Hunter S. Thompson and a recovered interview with Robert Duncan, the influential poet and a primary organizing figure of the San Francisco Renaissance, whose soirees hosted swarms of now-notable names. Also present is an interview with rebel visionary poet and relentless social activist Ed Sanders, a feature on... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 52 is peppered with features on many familiar voices in the Beat canon such as Jack Kerouac and Michael McClure, but also spotlights lesser-known important figures such as Lenore Kandel and Wallace Berman. Also contained are biographical remembrances on William S. Burroughs Jr., the great author's talented but tragic only son, and Harold Norse, respected poet and... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 56 features an inside look at "the Latin American notebook of William S. Burroughs, "an item that surfaced in October of 1999 as part of Sotheby's "Allen Ginsberg & Friends" auction in New York City. Also included are features on recovered William S. Burroughs footage that has been subsequently made into a documentary, a look at artist... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2009. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 59 blasts off with an informative editorial on the enchanting eccentricities of collecting William S. Burroughs' work, followed by an interview of respected Beat poet/musician David Meltzer; a tribute to poet Harold Norse, and is rounded out with a classic interview of notable Beat character Herbert Huncke. Also included is a valuable transcript of a conversation between... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2010. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene Magazine No. 61 opens with an extensive, well-researched article on the time William S. Burroughs spent in Denmark in 1957 when visiting his close friend Kells Elvins, a fellow intellectual he had known since childhood. The time Burroughs spent in Denmark had a marked and notable influence on many of the passages Burroughs would soon unveil in his... 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

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2015. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 77 begins with an excerpt from one of the newest posthumously assembled story collections from poetic giant Charles Bukowski, followed shortly thereafter by an interview with Philip Whalen biographer David Schneider. Also featured is an article on William S. Burroughs' time in London and another on the Hardiment Suitcase--a suitcase left behind by Burroughs and subsequently recovered... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2016. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 81 starts with Editor Kevin Ring's intriguing article on little-known Beat poet Kirby Doyle. Although Doyle is lesser-known to the masses, such credible giants of American poetry as Diane di Prima and Lawrence Ferlinghetti have heralded Doyle as among the best poets of his generation. Following Ring's article is a contribution by poet, publisher, and former wife... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 53 editor Kevin Ring rolls us another collectible issue of his respected quarterly chock-full of the esteemed articles the publication is known for. Contributions by Ann Charters on the release of the original scroll of Kerouac's immortal "On the Road" and an expose on the integral, authoritative importance of author Joyce Johnson as biographer-friend to the... More

New York, NY: Beatitude East, 1961. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Contributor Diane Wakoski. Beatitude East was edited by one Chester Anderson--not a name familiarly recognized in the world of Beat studies. Anderson attended the University of Miami from 1952-1956. He lived in both Greenwich Village and in North Beach, having been impressed by the Beat scene and obviously wanting to become a part of what would eventually be... More

Berkeley, CA & New York, NY: University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Granary Books, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Softcover. The official catalog of a major, comprehensive exhibition of artworks by Joe Brainard (1942-1994), the acclaimed poet-artist who was a unique category onto himself. The exhibition began at the Berkeley Art Museum of the University of California during February 2001,& moved to other venues including the Boulder Museum of Contemporary... More