Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This latest (as of this writing) number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features the deep & analytical critical essay "The Splendid Life of the World" by Jack Foley, originally written & published as a review of a later compilation of poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), in tribute to the great..... More

San Francisco, CA: Sore Dove Press, 2010. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti & David Stephen Calonne. An essay by David Stephen Calonne, the prolific author, educator & scholar who is our good friend & esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). The subject of this essay is the deep influence of William Saroyan (1908-1981), the great Armenian-American playwright & novelist, upon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)..... More

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1961. First Printing. Softcover. This early vintage number of the legendary literary journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features the poem "Lysergic Acid" by Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation, a very early milestone of creative writing under the influence of LSD, much-predating & predicting the countercultural explosion of acid trips later in the 1960s decade. The poem is followed by facsimile..... More

New York, NY: Doubleday; New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1960; 2019. First Edition, Second Printing; First Softcover Edition, Eighth Printing. Hardcover; Softcover. The final novel published during the long lifetime of Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), together with an early classic in one offering: (1) Little Boy: A Novel (2019), hardcover in unclipped dust jacket, first edition as stated on copyright page, second printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. "In this unapologetically..... More

New York, NY: New Directions Books, 1969. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "The Secret Meaning of Things is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's fourth book of poems, and it has all the elements of his earlier poetry: lyrical intensity, wit, social concern, satirical bite, and above all a classical claritas. But it goes much further: there is a deepening of vision and a darker understanding of "our clay condition." " (from back cover) A...... More

San Francisco, CA: Vojo Skyline Press / Peter Lembcke Gallery, 1991. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet. "The paintings can't be explained. The best of them have a certain mystery about them that can't be explained... It is a mysterious process, painting. The figures, the creatures, the face appear 'out of nowhere,' so to speak, messengers or harbingers from some other place or time... I only know they exist in their..... More

Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful book in oblong format, with photographs of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, sometimes in the company of Beat luminaries including William S. Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg, interspersed with his poetry. In very fine condition with only very slight rubbing to dust jacket covers & slight scraping of top & bottom board edges at spine. Very Fine. More

New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2015. First Printing. Hardcover. “I see this book as in the tradition of D.H. Lawrence’s travels in Italy or Goethe’s Italian journeys….It is as if much of my life were a continuation of my youthful wanderjahr, my walkabout in the world,” writes Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) in “Writing Across the Landscape 1960-2015,” selections from his travel journals. Your Devoted Managing Curator cannot help but reflect..... More

New York, NY: The Paris Review Foundation, Inc., 2019. First Printing. Softcover. This fairly recent number of the venerable literary, art & cultural journal edited by Emily Nemens (originally co-founded & edited by George Plimpton, 1927-2003) features a lengthy interview with Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021), the iconic Beat-&-Beyond poet, publisher & City Lights Bookseller, conducted & with an introduction by Garrett Caples. Nearly 99 years old at the time of this..... More