San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. This is the first full-length biography of Jack Kerouac, written by top Beat scholar Ann Charters & published only 4 years after Kerouac's death. In his introduction in its brief entirety, Allen Ginsberg writes that "Ann Charters loved Kerouac's art, did his first bibliography with/for him while alive, cherished his scripture and literary soul-might, researched with dignity the interior..... More

London, England: Andre Deutsch, 1974. First British Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. This is the first British hardcover edition of the first biography of Jack Kerouac written by top Beat scholar Ann Charters. This copy has been signed by Ann Charters on the title page. Book in fine condition, with loosening of binding at p. 308, spotting to edges & circle-with-rays bump on back cover. Price- clipped dj fine with..... More

San Francisco, CA: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition Softcover. Softcover. From the Library of Thomas Rain Crowe. Available here in its true first edition softcover format is the group of memoir-esque critical essays from Neeli Cherkovski, "Whitman's Wild Children," which focuses on ten major Beat or Beat-affiliated poets who exerted an indelible influence on Neeli and his generation of writers. Cherkovski, who features heavily as a subject in the..... More

Vashon, WA: Tom Christopher, 1995. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. A fascinating assemblage of rare documents, family photographs & more information about the early life of Beat (& Beat-Hippie bridge) legend Neal Cassady. Very rare & informative. As New. More

New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. "In 1959 he showed up for a much-touted Harvard appearance of Beat bards Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and Peter Orlovsky. The occasion left him ambivalent over whether the author of HOWL was a real poet or merely a crowd-pleasing publicity hound and "Rowser." In his estimate of Corso he was less uncertain, disdaining the neo-romantic ex-con's verse and falling into a protracted..... More

Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. The first biography of Edward Dorn (1929-1999), published three years after his death. Written by Tom Clark the prolific poet & author of biographies of Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley & others, was a friend of Dorn, a fellow poet. With great insight & sympathy, the life & work of the creator of the legendary, groundbreaking book-length poem Gunslinger unfolds. "A poet..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books/ Immediate Editions, 1982. First Edition. Stapled Sheets. "Since 1967, the mutilation of cattle by unknown phantoms on the American rangelands has mystified lawmen, scientists, and ranchers. This colloquium is part of an ongoing inquiry into the question." (Preface). A discussion of the eerie phenomenon recently documented by History Channel's "Ancient Aliens" of overnight Cattle Mutilation by Tom Clark (1941-2018), the gifted American poet, editor..... More

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition; First Softcover Edition. Hardcover. With signature of Allen DeLoach, previous owner, in hardcover edition. We offer two editions of one of the earliest comprehensive studies of the Beat phenomenon, still regarded as an important source of information on “The tumultuous ‘50s movement and its impact on today” (subtitle on front covers). The author Bruce Cook (1932-2003) interviewed Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg..... More

Arlington, MA: Tough Poets Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. "In The Whole Shot, Rick Schober has assembled a fascinating collection of interviews with Gregory Corso, gathered from far-flung sources and dating from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s. These are supplemented with a number of informative notes furnished by the editor, and the collection is further enriched with a foreword by Dick Brukenfeld who was an early friend and..... More

Concord, MA; Ann Arbor, MI: Dancing Bear; University of Michigan Press, 1985; 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Postcard; Softcover. Although the author here situates the event to have occurred in California, this comic stanza from the great Black Mountain School-&-Beyond poet Robert Creeley may refer to the infamous November 9, 1970 "Exploding Whale" incident in Florence, Oregon on the central Oregon coast. Oregon's Highway Division--after consulting with the United States..... More

Ann Arbor: Third Mind Books, 2018. First Trade Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The seismic cultural impact of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was followed by a series of aftershocks. "Starting from San Francisco ' measures a vital instance of this natural process, the circle of aspiring poets and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe and the resurrected Beatitude magazine in the 1970's who used a small-press explosion to sustain and move beyond what their..... More

Ann Arbor, MI: Third Mind Books, 20185. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, Lettered, Limited (1/26) "The seismic cultural impact of Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs was followed by a series of aftershocks. 'Starting from San Francisco' measures a vital instance of this natural process, the circle of aspiring poets around poet and publisher Thomas Rain Crowe and the resurrected Beatitude magazine in the 1970s who used a small-press explosion to sustain and..... More

New York, NY: George Braziller, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. "At nineteen I was a stranger to myself. At forty I asked: Who am I? At fifty I concluded I would never know. Know thyself is a wise Socratic exhortation, but how is it possible? Do I even understand a tithe of my nature? In truth, I know nothing about anybody, least of all about myself. No matter what I do..... More