Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1989. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the UK literary journal of the Beat Generation & especially Jack Kerouac, edited & with contributions by David Moore, begins with "Frankie & Johnnie: A New York Memoir," about Kerouac & his first wife Edie (referring to their mutual affectionate nicknames) by none other than James Perrizo (1944-2006), the devoted Beat scholar & collector who was..... 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

n/p; New York, NY: Pacific Red Car; Penguin Books, 1991; 1995. First Editions Thus. Chapbook; Softcover. Two collectible editions of the classic cycle of poems by Jack Kerouac, Founding Father of the Beat Generation: (1) San Francisco Blues, chapbook in stapled wrappers published by Pacific Red Car in 1991 per back cover. The lack of a copyright page, place, ISBN number etc. indicate that this is likely an unauthorized bootleg..... More

Czech Republic: Votobia, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. “Lonesome Traveler” brings together numerous gems from Jack Kerouac’s now-classic accounts of his early travels across the American continent & the world, recounted in his inimitably excited yet ultimately melancholy manner—a milestone work by the Founding Father of the Beat Generation. Scenes of Mexico, Morocco, the United Kingdom and France appear throughout the work—as do the flings, relationships and jobs he encountered during..... More

Lowell, MA: Dharma Beat, 1993-1994. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. "Welcome to the first issue of DHARMA BEAT, a new magazine dedicated to Jack Kerouac activities, events, and ideas around the world. Our goal is to promote the enjoyment and study of Jack Kerouac, his writings and his philosophy. We plan to publish every February and September, in time for events celebrating Jack's birth and marking his passing. DHARMA BEAT IS..... More

New York, NY: Viking (The Penguin Group), 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Ann Charters. "Written between 1940, when Kerouac was a college freshman, and 1956, immediately before his breathless leap into celebrity with the publication of On the Road, these letters offer invaluable insights into Kerouac's family life, friendships, travels, love affairs, and literary apprenticeship. Dispatches to the real-life models for his fictional pantheon- including Neal and Carolyn Cassady..... More

Lowell, MA: Dharma Beat, 1995. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. “Welcome to Issue 5. This issue brings to you an unpublished Jack Kerouac work, courtesy of John Sampas (“My Mad Sunset Birth,” “…an unknown, and until now, unpublished piece by Jack Kerouac. It was written around 1941 when Jack was about 19 years old. It was recently discovered among papers belonging to his close friend, Sebastian Sampas.”) So reads the introductory..... More

Lowell, MA: Upstart Crow Press / Paul A. Maher Jr., 1997. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Most interestingly (to those familiar with the episodic saga surrounding the contested estate of Jack Kerouac [1922-1969] is the fact of this pamphlet (and, by extension, journal’s) publication by Paul A. Maher, Jr. Maher Jr., as those familiar with this tangled history well know, is the nephew of Kerouac’s at the center of his famously..... More

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "When Viking published the first volume of Jack Kerouac's selected letters in 1995, it was hailed as an important and revealing addition to Kerouac scholarship. The passionate early correspondence portended the uninhibited and spontaneous prose style that would later become his trademark. In the second and final volume of this life in letters, Ann Charters, renowned Kerouac biographer and editor of..... More

Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "A great many books have been written about Jack Kerouac, and the Net is awash with those who claim some sort of soul-mating with him. I knew him in his prime until his death, from 1947 to 1969, but I am mystified by the increase in his popularity generation after generation since...(Kerouac) responded emotionally to any stimuli, within or without, and..... More

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. "On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac met Joyce Glassman in January of 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of On the Road. She was an adventurous, independent-minded twenty-one-year-old who earned her keep as a secretary but who already had a publisher interested in her first novel. Kerouac was..... More

Devon, England: The Kerouac Rag, 2001. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Editor, Alan Griffey. “Hi Cats, Kittens, and just plain succulent Critteroonies. I know what you’re thinking girls: ’39,000 years of Kerouac involvement have left this particular she-dinosaur stunned and gasping, so what’s she doing continuing a Kerouac Rag?’ and well you may ask. Well, KR 1 had a good response from all sorts of quarters and a...... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2006. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. In this revealing, gossip-ridden article from poet & biographer Tom Clark, we see Jack Kerouac & friends just, well…acting like idiots. Yeah, that’s it. These are pages from the rag-mags of literary history, the Beat version of Page Six. In “Jack Kerouac in San Francisco,” we learn of the Rexroth-Creeley-Rexroth (Marthe Rexroth, the poet's former wife) love triangle, and..... More