New York, NY: Full Court Press, 1982. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Written at a turning point in his life- when he was kicking drugs in Tangiers, writing Naked Lunch, and emerging from the literary underworld, these letters from (William S.) Burroughs to his young friend (Allen) Ginsberg are not only an intimate, diaristic account of who was doing what, with whom and when, but also a record, as Burroughs..... More
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New Delhi, India; New York, NY: Prestige Books; Paragon House, 2009; 1990. First Edition; First Softcover Edition Thus. Hardcover; Softcover. (1) "Jack Kerouac is famous for being a wild celebrant of spontaneous adventure, as typified by his autobiographical novel, On the Road. Yet his life and his writings are much more complicated and exciting than this. R.J. Ellis's (Jack Kerouac- Outside Writing: a) pocket biography unpicks how Kerouac, unable to..... More
[Item #4335]
West Chester, PA: West Chester University, 2000. First Printing. Softcover. The legendary number of the academic literary journal published by West Chester University, chiefly edited by Kostas Myrsiades. Subtitled "Teaching Beat Literature," this issue is entirely devoted to scholarly essays on the Beat Generation & its primary figures including William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder & others. With contributors representing a whose-who of scholars who..... More
[Item #4334]
New York, NY: E.P. Dutton, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. "Love in the Days of Rage is a work of Lyricism and commitment, painting and politics, passion and intellect- a prescient book to set beside the great expatriate novels of earlier generations. It was 1968, and the streets of Paris were alive with the graffiti of revolution..." (from front flap) A mid-late career work of recent-historical fiction by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the..... More
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Heidelberg, Germany: Ober-Limbo Verlag, 2020. First Edition. Softcover. "Travels in a holy holy land, sojourns in a skid row hotel, larceny & poetic license, a secret Victorian stoner, raptures of an impoverished consumptive young poet, the strange resurrection of old engravings, a gathering of far-flung fragments, moving a ton of weed. Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Akbar del Piombo, Samuel Greenberg, Jerry Kamstra and someone else." (back cover) A collection of..... More
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Sudbury, MA: Water Row Press, 1986. Limited First Trade Edition Thus. Softcover. "Reprinted here in its entirety, including an introduction by Jack Kerouac, River of Red Wine is sensitive and musical. First published in 1958, Micheline's collection of poems is required reading for anyone who wants to hear a major, if not understood, voice of the Beat Generation." (back cover) A reissue of the now-classic poetry collection by Jack Micheline..... More
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Corte Madera, CA: Noodlebrain Press; Paul Blake Jr., 2019; 2003. Limited First Lettered-Signed Edition; Signed First Edition. Softcover; Stapled Sheets. Book hand-lettered & signed by Gerald Nicosia & Paul Blake III; treatise signed by Paul Blake Jr. "Gerald Nicosia wrote Memory Babe, the highly acclaimed biography of Jack Kerouac, who made millions of kids want to follow him on the road, then went back to his mommy, drank himself to..... More
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