Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, 1978. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A fun fact about Moody Street Irregulars, the Jack Kerouac-focused magazine published and edited primarily by the late Joy Walsh, is that “…the title of the publication derives from the “Baker Street Irregulars,” a group of street urchins often employed by Sherlock Holmes in the novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” Now that you've imbibed your "Beat Snapple Fact..... More

Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, 1979-1980. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers. A fun fact about Moody Street Irregulars, the Jack Kerouac-focused magazine published and edited primarily by the late Joy Walsh, is that “…the title of the publication derives from the “Baker Street Irregulars,” a group of street urchins often employed by Sherlock Holmes in the novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” Now that you've imbibed your "Beat Snapple Fact..... More

London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. "Chris Challis's interest in the Beat Generation, their literature and their lifestyle, began, like that of many of his contemporaries, as a youthful enthusiasm. That interest developed into a thesis and many critical articles, and led to personal contact or correspondence with many of the Beats themselves. In due course he made the physical and spiritual journey across the United..... More

n/p: Pacific Red Car, 1984. Limited First Edition Thus. Stapled Wrappers. "Here we have two quite different examples of (Jack) Kerouac's short story writing, from different periods of his life. "The Rumbling, Rambling Blues" first appeared in Playboy magazine of January 1958, shortly after On the Road was published. Unusually, for Kerouac, the story, although written in the first person, does not appear to be autobiographical, but is possibly the..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1985. First Edition Thus. Softcover. "This new edition comprises two important novels by one of the most original of the "beat" writers, Jack Kerouac. Satori in Paris chronicles a jet-age odyssey into ancient France. "Satori" is the Japanese word for "sudden illumination," "sudden awakening," or simply "kick in the eye." On a journey to trace his surname, Kerouac travels with dazzling speed through dozens..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1988. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "When I first reached Lowell, Massachusetts, in July 1977, I had read all of Jack Kerouac's books at least once, and some several times. I am not sure what I expected to find- possibly a medieval city of walls and arches and bridges over moats, with shadowy caped phantoms lurching about, breathing fire from their mouth. Possibly a holy..... More

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

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

New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic On the Road and became the definitive voice of Beat culture, he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all, learning how to write. In Atop an Underwood, editor Paul Marion has brought together more than sixty previously unpublished works that Kerouac wrote between..... More