San Francisco, CA: Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Here in its true first edition is the group of memoir-esque critical essays from Neeli Cherkovski, "Whitman's Wild Children," which focuses on ten major Beat-related poets. Cherkovski, who featured heavily as a subject in the Third Mind Books 2017 European Beat Studies Network Presentation on the Second San Francisco Renaissance, was a firsthand apprentice to some of the greatest of the..... More

New York, NY: New Directions, 1961. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Rexroth sees the entire spectrum of world culture as being within the range--of understanding and enjoyment--of the average intelligent reader if only the critic will write, not down to him, but with the reader's legitimate everyday-life interests in mind: information, human values and moral issues. These 'Assays' range from an explanation of Kabbalism...notes on ancient Chinese science...American Indian Songs..... More

n/p: David Meltzer & Jack Shoemaker, 1970. Limited First Printing. Sewn Wrappers. Issued in November 1970 as Maya Quarto Eleven in a series co-edited & published by noted Beat-San Francisco Renaissance poet David Meltzer, this is a collection of six poems by Bill Bathurst. With an exquisite lino cut illustration by Michael Myers on title page. One of 300 copies on Curtis papers designed & printed by Clifford Burke. lLarge-format..... More

California, PA: Arthur & Kit Knight, 1982. First Printing. Softcover. This issue of the profound, pioneering anthology series edited by Arthur (1937-2012) & Kit Knight features prose, poems, letters & interviews by & about many of the key original founding figures of the Beat Generation: A letter written by William S. Burroughs dated December 4, 1957 to Jack Kerouac from Tangier; an essay by Carolyn Cassady on myth vs. reality..... More

New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. "The Portable Beat Reader" will be recognized as the definitive book on the subject, worthy of being a Viking portable." (Lawrence Ferlinghetti, back flap) "Charters' learned Beat volume is a handy compilation of historic poetic signposts and spiritual milestones for youths and scholars who've begun their studies of a progressive literary explosion that shook the walls of cities on both..... More

Warwickshire, England: The 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 lengthy interview of Ann Charters, pioneering biographer & editor of the works of Jack Kerouac; a long, comprehensive article by Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia on Jan Kerouac's disputes with her father's estate as controlled by his in-laws; a...... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1997. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 1997 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy section of tributes to Allen Ginsberg, who died that year, by Jim Burns, Michael McClure, Ring, Ron Whitehead & others. Also an interview with photographer Larry Keenan conducted by Ring, illustrated with images of some of Keenan's classic..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2000. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage early 2000 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features excerpts from an interview with & a short memoir of Charles Bukowski by Italian journalists who made pilgrimages to the USA to meet with him, an article by Aaron Krumhansl on his bibliography of Bukowski, & more on the..... More

Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2004. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage autumn 2004 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a most informative article on playwright Jack Gelbert's adventures with the Living Theatre, founded by Julian Beck & Judith Malina (who recently passed away), by Jay Jeffrey Jones. Also an interview conducted by Ring with Allen Hibbard on his..... More

London, England: Virgin Books Ltd., 2005. First edition. Hardcover. "Barry Miles, friend and biographer of Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, was there, part of the Beat vibe. Here he gathers together some of the most influential as well as the most overlooked writers of the era." (front flap) A fine British compilation of Beat writings by the acclaimed biographer & bibliographer of William S. Burroughs. With introduction &..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2006. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene No. 50 holds a handful of gems from heavyweight pioneers of mid-century American poetry, including an interview of John Wieners, a rare remembrance of Jim Morrison by Michael McClure; one of Allen Ginsberg by Vojo Sindolic. Also featured is a look at Beatitude Magazine by Jim Burns and an informative interview of Diane di Prima. As new with..... 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. Gracing Issue No. 55 of Kevin Ring's celebrated Beat Scene Magazine are interviews from poets Michael McClure and Philip Lamantia, an article on subversive genius Robert Crumb by the venerable poet/publisher Charles Plymell, comments on a new book on the poems of influential objectivist George Oppen, and an in in-depth glance at the poetic practice of Joanne Kyger comprise the..... More