[Item #5143] Beat Scene No. 24 (1996). Kevin Ring, Daniel Barth, Todd Bauer, Jim Burns, William S. Burroughs, Ann Charters, Jerry Garcia, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Jan Kerouac, Ken Kesey, Gerald Nicosia, Jon Rogers, Terry Southern.
Beat Scene No. 24 (1996)

Beat Scene No. 24 (1996)

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage early 1996 number of the magazine-format literary journal published & edited by Kevin Ring in the UK features a special section dedicated to the controversy over the estate of Jack Kerouac, including a lengthy interview of pioneering Kerouac biographer & bibliographer Ann Charters conducted by Daniel Barth; & a comprehensive article by Gerald Nicosia, Kerouac's outstanding critical biographer, which details his advocacy of Jan Kerouac in her disputes with her father's estate as controlled by his in-laws (Jan would pass away later that very year). Also in this issue: The second part of a descriptive discography of recordings by Allen Ginsberg by Jon Rogers; obituaries of then-recently deceased Jerry Garcia by Todd Bauer & Terry Southern by Jim Burns; an interview/profile of Ken Kesey by Bauer & much more. With a robust section of contemporary reviews including of William S. Burroughs' Ghost of Chance by Ring; & as ever many illustrations & photographs throughout including images of Jan Kerouac on front cover & of Nelson Algren on back cover. A scarce, earlier treasure-trove in this indispensable series that always upholds its front cover motto, "This is the Beat Generation," & its assertion on contents page here that "There is No Other Life." See our many other issues of Beat Scene & other most-collectible BSP productions. In very fine condition with only a touch of rubbing to front, back covers & stapled spine; a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; staples in process of rusting with no discernible interior or exterior bleeding. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at mostly lower corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #5143]

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