New York: Charles Scribner, 1971. Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 246 pp. Second printing. One of the early books to try and summarize and explain the impact of the Beats on American culture. Small notation on rear blank endpaper else a very good copy in very good clipped dustwrapper... More
New York: Paradox Bookshop, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Stapled printed wrappers. Four page poetry chapbook. In very good condition. #39 of only 50 specially SIGNED copies by the beat poet. More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. The author's first book to be published in Great Britain. Clean very good hardbound copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with light toning to spine color. Beat poetry. More
Cambridge: Richard Brukenfeld, 1955. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 35 pp. Introduction by P. L. B. First edition of the beat poet and novelist's first book. Published when the author was only 25 years old. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers with general light soiling to the covers Spine..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1958. Second printing. Paperback. Square pocket paperbound book. 48 pp. A volume of poetry by Corso with introduction by Allen Ginsberg. Published as Pocket Poets Series Number Eight. This was Corso's second volume of poems following The Vestal Lady of Brattle. Internlly clean. Covers somewhat..... More
San Francisco: The Tenth Muse, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet illustrated broadside poem. Photograph by Betty Berenson. Measures 11 x 14". A near fine example of this uncommon publication. No limitation provided. More
New York: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are two related items. The first is a 4 page program with cover design by George Herms for Whale Honey, a surrealist verse play written by Beat poet Diane Di Prima. The program is printed on rectos only..... More
New York: Alfred Van Der Marck, 1986. First edition. Cloth. Fine first edition in fine dustwrapper. A collection of annotated black and white photographs of many key members of the beat scene. Prologue by Gary Snyder. Foreword by Robert Creeley. Afterword by William E. Parker. This copy SIGNED by the..... More
New York: New Directions, 1997. Second printing. Cloth. Clothbound 8vo in dustwrapper. 124 pp poetry collection by the beat poet and owner of City Lights Bookshop in San Francisco. Stated second printing. A handsome very good copy in dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: Anarchist Resistance Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers. 12 unnumbered pages. Poems and letters from the San Francisco radical and beat poet. Some general light wear. A very good example. More
San Francisco: City Lights Bookstore, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Presumed one shot beat poetry magazine edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Near Fine condition in tall thick side-stapled wrappers. Printed on rectos only. Terrific lineup of contributors includes Claude Pelieu, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Carl Solomon and others. More
Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1986. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 147 pp. Book length study of the life of the Beat legend discussing his literary career and taking some challenging stances of the status quo views of Kerouac's larger-than-life reputation. A fine clothbound copy in very good dustwrapper. More
Newburyport: Notan Press, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo. Attractive artist book made in tribute to the life and writings of Jack Kerouac. #95 of only 100 copies printed in string-tied thick wrappers. Near fine condition. More
Santa Barbara: Yes! Capra Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Small decorated hardbound book issued without dustwrapper. One of only 125 copies printed. SIGNED by Gifford and additionally INSCRIBED by Marshall Clements who provides the photographs. Published as Number Twelve - Yes! Capra Chapbook Series. Published on the second anniversary of..... More
Berkeley: Pacific Tape Library, 1956. First edition. Record LP. A rare reel-to-reel tape in original labeled box containing Ginsberg reading his poetry including his best known poem, HOWL. Per our research, the first historic reading of Howl took place at the historic 1955 reading at San Francisco's SIX GALLERY for..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Small square pocket paperbound book. Published as City Lights Pocket Poets Series No. 30. 188 pp. A very good copy in bound printed wrappers with white lettering. More
New York: Full Court Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 77 pp. A very good copy in bound wrappers. First trade paperbound edition. More
Hannover: Apartment Edition, 1988. First German Edition. Paperback. 4to's. Three volume set of books. Text in German. Each volume hand-stamped by Ginsberg using different color stamps and with the author's initials. All three volumes in near fine condition in decorated thick stapled wrappers with narrow French flaps. First German editions..... More
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1973. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. Oblong bound illustrated wrappers. 52 pp. First Canadian edition. One of 1,000 copies. A handsome very good plus copy. More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1974. First edition thus. Paperback. Oblong bound illustrated wrappers. 52 pp. Stated First City Lights Edition (previously published two years earlier). A clean very good copy. This copy is a PRESENTATION COPY TO FELLOW POET GERARD RIZZA and is dated in 1990 on Staten Island. Rizza..... More
Boulder: Privately Printed, 1980. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of 8 1/2 x 11" paper wityh Naropa Institute printed insignia and letterhead. A handwritten one page letter to Pam (Plymell) of Cherry Valley Editions dated March 17, 1980. SIGNED off by Ginsberg as "Allen". Light toning and wear. Ginsberg..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Small, square pocket paperbound book. 111 pp. Stated first printing. A sharp, clean very good plus copy in bound wrappers. More
Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press / Guerrilla, 1966. First edition thus. Paperback. First separate edition of this 14 pp essay by Ginsberg on the Cuban Revolution. Originally published in an issue of Pa'Lante magazine in 1961. A sharp, clean copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. More
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, 1983. First edition. Loose Sheets. Small single piece of tan paper in the shape of a bookmark. Measures 6 3/4" long x 1 3/4" tall. Contains a single short poem by Ginsberg and has a printed date of July 1983. Fine condition... More
New York: Harper and Row, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume of poems by Ginsberg. This is the simultaneous first paperbound edition. 89 pp. A handsome very good copy. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by Ginsberg to a friend and fellow poet Gerard Rizza. The inscription refers to..... More
