Beat Generation from Sad Paradise Books

New York: Viking , 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A neat bright copy of the first printing in grey boards quarter bound in black cloth with orange lettering and design to spine, illustrated endpapers,194 pages. Introduced by the editor James Grauerholtz, jacket art by Burroughs. Small remainder mark to lower edge. Interzone the dreamlike imagined world where the… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A lovely bright neat copy of the first impression. Bound in publisher's cream boards quarter bound in rust cloth with gilt lettering to spine, black & white photographic illustrations, index, 321 pages. The editor has selected the most significant letters from the 850 the men exchanged over nearly four decades to paint biographical… Read more about this item

Emeryville: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005. First edition thus. Paperback. Fine. A lovely bright copy in colour illustrated wrapper, 209 pages. As new. These poems that chart Snyder's journey from 1947 to 1985: from the mountains and shores of the Pacific Northwest to the streets of San Francisco, New York and Kyoto.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. A very neat bright copy of the first impression. In publisher's grey boards quarter bound in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black & white photographic plates, notes, bibliography, index, 588 pages. Top corner of free front endpaper neatly snipped off. Draws upon Ginsberg; journals & correspondence and… Read more about this item

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine,. A very neat, square copy. First printing. Octavo in illustrated wrapper, 309 pages including black and white plates, index. Small dog-ear on front panel. Amram recounts his enduring friendship and artistic collaborations with Kerouac including the now classic film 'Pull my Daisy'. An important memoir of Kerouac,… Read more about this item

London: John Calder, 1963. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. A neat, tight copy. First UK edition, first impression. Octavo in original wrappers, 190 pages. Some fading to wrapper. Robert Creeley (1926 - 2005), one of America's leading poets was a a friend and contemporary of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Jackson Pollock. 'The Island' (Creeley's only novel) is… Read more about this item

New York: Grove, 1959. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Evergreen edition, third printing. Original black cloth with green metallic title and credit to spine, 245 pages. Very light corner creasing to a few pages. Near fine - a very neat, bright example of perhaps Kerouac's most sustained creative writing - his personal… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original fawn / black boards, 184 pages. Line illustrations throughout by Larry Rivers. Some light chipping to top of spine, very light age toning to page edges. A very attractive example of Kerouac's most accessible work; a collection of magazine articles on his wanderings across the… Read more about this item

London: Andre Deutsch, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Original publisher's red boards with gilt title and credit top spine, 183 pages. Dustjacket has a 1 inch chip at bottom of spine and smaller one at the top. Top of front board and spine faded. Kerouac's most accessible work; a collection of magazine articles on his… Read more about this item

London: Hamlyn House, 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. Quarto in publisher's original illustrated boards with white lettered credits to spine. 160 pages including foreword by Carolyn Cassady, numerous informative and poignant colour / black & white photographic plates, list of books by Kerouac with a guide to who-was-who, selected bibliography. A fabulous… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Rebel Inc, 1999. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. A sound, clean copy of the first UK edition. First printing. xxii - 393 pages, black and white plates. Wrapper a little creased. This oral biography was created from interviews with those who knew Jack as a man, a friend and a lover.

New York: Coward-McCann, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. A very sound,clean copy. Second impression. Patterned grey boards quarter bound in black cloth gilt lettering to spine, black & white photographic illustrations to endpapers, 269 pages. The dustjacket is tatty with a big chunk missing from the front panel. A distinctly American coming of age; a wild time… Read more about this item

New York: St Martins, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo. Edges foxed, small closed tear to rear panel of slightly edge-chipped dustjacket. Charming, neat little inscription by previous owner on flyleaf. This oral biography was created from interviews with those who knew Jack as a man, a friend and a lover. A sound tight copy.… Read more about this item

Columbia, Review: University of Missouri, 1994. First Thus. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Illustrated wrappers with a photograph of Kerouac. Features fifteen never-before-published letters from Jack Kerouac to Ed White. A tight, clean, square copy.

Lowell, Massachusetts: Ithaca Press, 1974. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Sound, tight copy. Second edition. Wrapper soiled, slightly worn, Kerouac's life from the perspective of an old Lowell school friend who became a professor of literature.