Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2008. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Jim Burns. Lettered Limited Edition ("F" of 6 copies/100 unlettered copies). In "Cool Kerouac," poet, critic, & essayist Jim Burns delivers a unique article evaluating just what type of Jazz Kerouac distilled his "spontaneous bop prosody" from--and contends that there is evidence of his drawing from the well of Lester Young and his "white disciples" rather than..... More

San Francisco, CA: Betty Thomas & Scott Summerville, 1982. First Printing. Softcover. This double number of the literary-cultural journal published by Betty Thomas & Scott Summerville & edited by "Vale" is "A Special Book Issue" that delves deeply into three subjects: William S. Burroughs, Father of the Beat Generation, among the greatest & most subversive literary & cultural figures of all time; Brion Gysin, the artist & writer who co-invented..... More

London, England: Faber and Faber Limited, 1986. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Hip is hard to nail. It no more responds to definition than it does to the common light of day, which is little. It can't be taught. Hip suspects words and manifestos, and has not developed a recruitment pitch since it doesn't recruit. The hipster always assumes that the membership is filled, even when- particularly when- he is the..... More

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931; 1938. First Edition, Second Printing; First Edition. Hardcovers. One of two volumes signed by author Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain. "Twenty long years have passed since my father was laid in the ground, yet had these years been only days the memory of that tragic event could not be more vivid. In the lovely month of April- month of soft green..... More

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Jim Morrison, the Lizard King, was a Renaissance statue come to life with the body of an adolescent god mailed in leather. He embodied the hallucinated, under-the-volcano neon black vision of L.A. like no one else. Like a prophet from the wilderness made king, he was ultimately trapped and never made it back from the other side." (back cover)..... More

Asheville, NC: Native Ground Music, 1995. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers; Folded Sheet. Inscribed & signed by Doug Elliot to Thomas Rain Crowe. "This book is like a bridge in many ways- a bridge between the arts and the sciences; between the disciplines of folklore, music, history, biology, and ecology; and between the past and the present. Now it might not look like the steel suspension spans you're used to. In..... More

Cambridge, MA: Firefly Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. A slender volume of poetry in the form of earthy, uninhibited song lyrics by Allen Ginsberg, among the great original members of the Beat Generation. This is one of the scarcest rarities in all of the vast small-press Ginsberg oeuvre. One of only 50 numbered copies signed by the poet. This is copy #16/50. With photographs by Rosalie Post, including a tipped-in..... More

n/p: Cottonwood Magazine & Press, 1987. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet Framed. Signed by Allen Ginsberg & Steven Taylor. "Phoned up the doctor, official reply: "Never Mind"/ Same afternoon, suggested we take iodine/ Three days later Chernobyl's error disclosed/ All over Europe people are saying, "Who knows?" (fourth stanza) A broadside (appx. 11" x 17"; 13" x 18&3/4" incl. matte & frame) with the title poem by Allen Ginsberg, a...... More

New York, NY: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. "He was the greatest horn player of his generation. Edgar Pool was his name, but nobody called him that- not if they knew anything at all about jazz. No, he was simply, eloquently, "The Horn" to everybody who'd ever heard of him, or heard about him. And to the younger ones, musicians and disciples alike, he was almost a myth..." (from..... More

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

Cullowhee, NC: Amazon.com Books/ New Native Press, 2017. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by publisher Thomas Rain Crowe "Grant was a thoughtful dreamer, a ponderer, like the statue of The Thinker. Now here he is a zillion light years later, still the dreamer with a love for the process that's never left him, an elder statesman of the world with a collection of his poetry and poetic songs. Poetry and songs..... More

New York, NY: Various, 1980-1981. First editions. Loose-folded, stapled, single sheet. Due to the size of the collection shipping is an additional $5.00 to normal pricing Weight: 3.875 pounds. This year marks what would have been the 70th birthday of John Lennon, on October 9. Tragically, it also marks the 30th anniversary of his assassination, on December 8. Third Mind Books commemorates the legacy of John Lennon with a very..... More

Berkeley, CA: SLG Books, 1993. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover - Slipcased. One of 250 numbered copies Hand-Signed by Stanley Mouse, on a special bookplate affixed to endpaper. This is copy #210/250. A sumptuous edition featuring beautiful reproductions of the legendary artist's album, poster & other works, bound in navy blue crushed velveteen with gilt stamping. Housed in slipcase bound in the same navy blue material. With joint works by Alton..... More