San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1971. Sixth Printing. Trade Softcover. This is the sixth printing of Kerouac's dream journal, originally published in 1961. In the original trade-softcover format with original front cover photo of a sleeping Kerouac & graphics. From the collection of James Perrizo (1944-2006), devoted Beat collector & once the assistant of Edie Kerouac Parker, Jack's former wife. In fine condition with only very minor rubbing to..... More
[Item #1733]
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, c. 1975. Later Printing. Trade Softcover. A later printing of Kerouac's dream record, first published in 1961, with an alternate front cover featuring different graphics & a close-up of the photo from the original edition. From the collection of the late James Perrizo, Beat Devotee & former assistant to Edie Kerouac Parker, Jack's former wife. A rare alternate edition (the original graphics have since..... More
[Item #1734]
Lowell, MA: Jack Kerouac Subterranean Information Society, Fall 1998. First Edition. Stapled. Cover - Old Angel Midnight - drawing by Jack Kerouac. His suggested illustration for his book of the same name. It was not used by the publisher. Articles: Lawrence Ferlinghetti named Poet Laureate of San Francisco. Book Review - Subterranean Kerouac reviewed by Bill Gargan. Kerouac Writers House, Orlando's First Literary Landmark by Bob Kealing - Kerouac's house..... More
[Item #1232]
Kerouac, Jack. Lowell, MA: Jack Kerouac Subterranean Information Society, Spring 1994. First Edition. Stapled. Cover: Drawing by Jack Kerouac of his friend, Stanley Twardowicz. Articles: Talking with Stanley Twardowicz by Attila Gyenis - An interview with Stanley, who was a friend of Kerouac in Northport, NY. Kerouac would often visit with Stanley and they would paint (or mostly drink) together. The Kerouac Set by Dave Perry - Review of the..... More
[Item #1227]
Lowell, MA: Jack Kerouac Subterranean Information Society, Fall 1994. First Edition. Stapled. Cover: Photo of Jack Kerouac's funeral in Lowell, Ma. (Photo by Dave Brow) Articles: Safe in Heaven Dead by Attila Gyenis - Interview with Dave Brow and Dean Contover, two Lowell residents who went to Kerouac's funeral for their own reasons. Kerouac in Latvia by Yuri Novosjolov - A report from self professed hippie in the former Soviet..... More
[Item #1228]
Lowell, MA: Jack Kerouac Subterranean Information Society, Fall 1995. First Edition. Stapled. Cover: Jack Kerouac Street by City Lights, San Francisco, CA. (Photo by Marc Kron) Articles: My Mad Sunset Birth by Jack Kerouac (previously unpublished) - An unpublished short story written by Jack around 1941. Jack Kerouac's Vision of the Golden Eternity by Ann MacGibbon - The author looks at Kerouac's Buddhist influences, both in his studies and in..... More
[Item #1229]
New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed & dated at time of publication by Ann Charters. "Written between 1940, when (Jack) 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-..... More
[Item #4121]
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1999. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Softcover. The second volume of Jack Kerouac's letters to William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady & many, many others from the year that saw the publication of On the Road & attendant explosion of notoriety, through the day preceding his death. Edited by Ann Charters, among the foremost Kerouac Skullers & his first major biographer. These are the advance..... More
[Item #1476]
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
[Item #4151]
Bernhardt Fudyma Design Group. New York City, New York: Penguin Books, 1979. First Printing. 16 1/2" x 22" Poster. A large promotional poster announcing the publication of the first paperback edition of the acclaimed Jack's Book: "An Oral Biography of Jack Kerouac", by Barry Gifford & Lawrence Lee. With a bold, colorful illustration based on a much-reproduced photograph of Kerouac by Allen Ginsberg. The text at the bottom reads: "The..... More
[Item #1662]
Bristol, England: Dave Moore, 1987. First edition. Staplebound. This issue of the UK periodical dedicated to Kerouac & the Beats features many articles, reviews (including of the then-currently released film documentary, What Happened to Kerouac?) & a reprint of a 1958 Detroit News article in which Kerouac scorns the term "Beatnik." This copy is signed twice, at the bottom of two book reviews, of Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, & Friendly..... More
[Item #1580]
Quebec, Canada: Le Secretariat Permanent des Peuples Francophones, 1987. First Printing. Magazine Format. French & English texts of a transcript of a rare Kerouac radio interview conducted by Fernand Seguin on March 7, 1967. Published in September 1987 for the Kerouac conference held in Quebec in October of that year. Also includes other articles in French or English texts. From the collection of the late James Perrizo, Beat collector, scholar..... More
[Item #1750]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Fall 1981. First Edition. Stapled. Articles on Beat poetry in Japan by Frank Stuart, interest in Kerouac in Britain by Chris Challis, a review of "Tristessa" by Joe Olvera, Gregory Corso by Joan DeLoach, "Book of Dreams" by Edie Kerouac Parker (Jack's first wife), & more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1238]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Spring/Summer 1982. First Edition. Stapled. This is the special "French Connection Issue", Featuring articles and essays about Kerouac , his French-Canadian ancestry, and Kerouac's popularity in Quebec today. Very Fine. More
[Item #1239]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Fall 1982. First Edition. Stapled. This is the special "Omnibus Issue", featuring John Clellon Holmes, Chris Challis, a letter by Jack Kerouac, Beat book reviews and more. Newsletter. More
[Item #1240]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Summer 1983. First Edition. Stapled. Address Label Articles on Kerouac by Richard A. Saks, Gregory Stephenson, Ronna C. Johnson, book reviews, poems. Very Fine. More
[Item #1241]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Spring 1985. First Edition. Stapled. Special "Music Issue II", featuring articles and essays about Kerouac and his LP recording career, a look at bop music that influenced Kerouac's writing, and more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1242]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Fall 1987. First Edition. Stapled. Essays, Articles and other writings about Jack Kerouac by major Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, Joy Walsh, Rochelle Owens, actor Paul Gleason, Ted Joans, special John Montgomery (Kerouac friend and writer) Tribute section, more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1244]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Spring 1989. First Edition. Stapled. Address Label "Memorial Issue" with tributes to Kerouac, John Clellon Holmes, John Montgomery, & more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1245]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Summer/Fall 1979. First Edition. Stapled. A scarce early issue of this Jack Kerouac magazine. Article about Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts and the "Little Canada" neighborhood, A Catholic's View of Kerouac by Spike Morrissette, Kerouac's hometown priest; the movie "Heart Beat;" an excerpt from the journals of John Clellon Holmes. Staples are rusty, otherwise very fine. Fine. More
[Item #1235]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Winter/Spring 1980. First Edition. Stapled. Includes article about Jan Kerouac, Jack's daughter, by Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, a 1960 review of the 1922 silent film "Nosferatu" by Jack Kerouac, A Beat Chronology: The First Twenty Years, 1944-1964 by William S. Burroughs biographer Jennie Skerl, Interpretation of Dr. Sax by Richard Howe, a Kerouac bibliography by William Gargan & more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1236]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Winter/Spring 1981. First Edition. Stapled. The special "Vanity of Duluoz" Issue with essays, articles and more about Kerouac by Gregory Stephenson, John Clellon Holmes, Carolyn Cassady, an Interview with William S. Burroughs by Jennie Skerl, and more. Very Fine. More
[Item #1237]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Spring 1984. First edition. Staplebound. This is "The Kerouac On the Road Conference Issue" of the newsletter devoted to the life & work of Jack Kerouac. Includes reflections on the Jack Kerouac Conference & Celebration held the previous year at the Naropa Institute in Colorado, which William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes & many others attended & participated in; as..... More
[Item #1585]
Clarence Center, NY: Moody Street Irregulars, Summer/Fall 1980. First edition. Staplebound. This is the "Special Music Issue" of the newsletter devoted to the life & work of Jack Kerouac, edited by Joy Walsh. Includes an interview with musician & Kerouac collaborator David Amram, an article by major Kerouac biographer Gerald Nicosia, poetry, reviews, photos, a full-size copy of a letter from Kerouac to Dutch author Jef Bierkens, & more. Front..... More
[Item #1584]
n/p; Carmarthen, Wales; San Francisco, CA: Bootlegger/ Albion; Unicorn Bookshop; Grey Fox Press, 1973; 1976; 1993. Bootleg Edition; First Edition Thus; First Edition Thus, Second Printing. Stapled Wrappers; Unbound Sheets in Loose Wrappers; Softcover. "Old Angel Midnight is only the beginning of a lifelong work in multilingual sound, representing the haddal-da-babra of babbling world tongues coming in thru my window at midnight no matter where I live or what I'm..... More
[Item #4311]