London, England: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe, 1973. First Trade Edition. Softcover. The first trade softcover edition of a collection of short tributes to the British poet George Barker (1913-1991) on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1973. Among twenty of his colleagues, friends & admirers who contribute to this homage is Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg's hand-written tribute, dated June 7, 1971 & including a drawing & bold signature, is reproduced..... More

Boston, MA: Twayne, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. The best volume on the history of the SF poetry Renaissance that brought poets Allen Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Gary Snyder & others international prominence. Unread condition. A 1/8" closed faint tear on back jacket panel, otherwise perfect. As New. 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

Milan, Italy: Photology, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Galleria Photology in Milan, Italy in 2005. A beautiful production in large oblong format, with reproductions of many photos, both iconic & less well-known, by Allen Ginsberg, as well as of vintage covers, broadsides, posters, etc. Text, in English & Italian on opposite pages, is by Fernanda Pivano, an important Italian..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2007. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Beat Scene No. 54, Kyle Schlesinger kicks off the issue with a studious analysis of typography in the work of Robert Creeley. The essays span the sea-wide scope of Creeley's output in by way of thirteen pages that detail and illuminate the poet's product & process. Also featured are articles on poet Harold Norse, John Clellon Holmes, and Jack..... 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

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2010. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene Magazine No. 61 opens with an extensive, well-researched article on the time William S. Burroughs spent in Denmark in 1957 when visiting his close friend Kells Elvins, a fellow intellectual he had known since childhood. The time Burroughs spent in Denmark had a marked and notable influence on many of the passages Burroughs would soon unveil in his..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, Summer 2014. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The Summer 2014 issue of the large magazine-format literary journal published by Kevin Ring in the UK, devoted as always to the Beat Generation. This number features fascinating, informative articles about John Wieners & other Boston poets; Robert Duncan & his associates; an account of William S. Burroughs' 1978 reading appearance in Amsterdam by fellow reader Eddie Woods;..... More

Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2014. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the magazine-format literary journal published & edited by Kevin Ring in the UK features an article on the greatest bombshell of recent Beat history, the uncovering of Neal Cassady's legendary "Joan Anderson letter" to Jack Kerouac, by Jerry Cimino, the director of the Beat Museum in San Francisco. Also a lengthy memoir by the recently deceased..... More

Lexington, KY: Beatdom Books, 2015. First Printing. Softcover. The Money Issue. This issue of David S. Willis' commendable independent scholarship compendium "Beatdom" features articles on the fabled Burroughs millions, Herbert Huncke, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac. As with all editions of Beatdom Magazine, this issue contains fresh, intriguing contributions ranging from essays, memoir excerpts, and biographical sketches on many familiar faces in the Beat canon. As New. More