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Sensation

By: Hollo, Anselm

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Canton, The Institute of Further Studies: 1972

Seller ID: 13272

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Stapled yellow wraps with black titles and illustrations. Yapp edges some light wear and indentations. Thee are also three pinpoint black spatters or stains. See scan. ; A Curriculum of the Soul, 27; Cover ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Anselm Hollo was a Finnish poet who moved to the US in 1967 and lived here until his death in 2013. He was associated with the Beat Generation.
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The Condor and the Cows

By: Isherwood, Christopher

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1949

Seller ID: 7867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Book has general wear with light bumping on corners. Dustjacket has edge and corner wear with some chipping. Book is square and securely bound. There is a very light, very small stain from a price sticker on the ffep. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages; Isherwood book about travel in South America. Stated first printing. Gore Vidal called Isherwood one of America's greatest stylists. His m emoirs were the souce for Cabaret.
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The Outlaw Bible of American Essays

By: Kaufman, Alan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Thunder's Mountain Press: 2006

Seller ID: 10560

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Book has some shelf wear and minor blemishes. Spine is neither cracked nor creased. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 343 pages; Collection of out-of-the-mainstream American writing.
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Big Sur

By: Kerouac, Jack

Price: $350.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy: 1962

Seller ID: 15322

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

Book has light bumping at corners and expected mild aging. Jacket has some light soiling along with an old, pink dampstain on the back -- see scan. Overall, a solid copy of this novel with a presentable dustjacket, with a problem. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages
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Train Song

By: Kerouac, Jan

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1988

Seller ID: 16161

ISBN: 0805005900

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book appears to be about pristine; jacket shows very minor shelf wear. Very attractive copy. This copy came from the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley. It has the library bookplate on the front pastedown but no other library indicators. Jan Kerouac is the daughter of Jack Kerouac. Train Song was her second novel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 210 pages
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The Arabs

By: Kissam, Edward

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canton, The Institute of Further Studies: 1972

Seller ID: 13273

Binding: Softcover

Stapled pale blue wraps with black titles and decorations. Yapp edges have light age-toning. There are also a couple of pinpoint black spatters or stains. See scan. VG to VG+. ; A Curriculum of the Soul, 13; Cover ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages; Edward Kissam began writing poetry in the late 1960's. For many years he has worked on research projects involving education in disadvantaged countries.
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Death Rattle

By: Kitchen Sink Enterprises

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Princeton, Kitchen Sink Press: 1985

Seller ID: 10461

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only a hint of wear. Appears unread. ; Cartoon; Vol. 2; Color Cartoons; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; Three graphic/cartoon stories accentuating violence. "God's Bosom" by Jack Jaxon, "Here He Is the Artist Himself" by Rand Holmes, and "Quagmire of Occult Stories" by Will Eisner. This is second issue of the restart of this comic.
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the unspeakable visions of the individual

By: Knight, Arthur and Kit (eds.)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: California, Arthur & Kit Knight: 1980

Seller ID: 16169

ISBN: 0934660034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

This copy is as new and unread. This was the 10th Anniversary issue of this book-like magazine devoted to the Beat Generation. Among the authors in this issue are: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Philip Whalen and a number of others. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages
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the unspeakable visions of the individual

By: Knight, Arthur and Kit (eds.)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: California, Arthur & Kit Knight: 1980

Seller ID: 16170

ISBN: 0934660034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

This copy is as new and unread except for one small scuff in the lower left corner of the cover photo of Allen Ginsberg. This was the 10th Anniversary issue of this book-like magazine devoted to the Beat Generation. Among the authors in this issue are: Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Philip Whalen and a number of others. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages
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The Beat Journey

By: Knight, Arthur and Kit (eds.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: California, Arthur & Kit Knight: 1978

Seller ID: 16171

ISBN: 0934660034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This copy is as new and unread except for very tiny bits of edge wear. This is Violume 8 of this book-like magazine, the unspeakable visions of the individual, devoted to the Beat Generation. Among the authors in this issue are: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Philip Whalen and a number of others. ; Vol. 8, The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 173 pages
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Beat Angels

By: Knight, Arthur and Kit (eds.)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: California, Arthur & Kit Knight: 1982

Seller ID: 16172

ISBN: 0934660034

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

This copy is as new and unread except for very minor shelf wear and a small roud scuff on the rear wrap. This is Violume 12 of this book-like magazine, the unspeakable visions of the individual, devoted to the Beat Generation. Among the authors in this issue are: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Harold Norse and a number of others. ; Vol. 12, The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages
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The Beat Diary

By: Knight, Arthur and Kit (eds.)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: California, Arthur & Kit Knight: 1977

Seller ID: 16188

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

This copy shows light shelfe wear and aging. This is Violume 5 of this book-like magazine, the unspeakable visions of the individual, devoted to the Beat Generation. Among the authors in this issue are: William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Diane Diprima and a number of others. ; Vol. 5, The Unspeakable Visions of the Individual; B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 176 pages
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Entretiens 34: Beat Generation

By: Le Pellec, Yves (ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Rodez, Editions Subervie: 1975

Seller ID: 16192

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

This French anthology of Beat Generation writing has some light edge, corner and surface wear along with light aging. The book is still square and the binding secure. The spine is neither cracked nor creased. Overall VG. In Franch. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages
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The Holy Barbarians

By: Lipton, Lawrence

Price: $100.00

Publisher: New York City, Julian Messner, Inc.: 1959

Seller ID: 7710

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Book has only light wear and some aging on the foredges. Square and securely bound. Jacket has some edge and corner wear, especially at top and bottom of spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; First major work on the Beats of the 1950's.
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Dance

By: MacAdams, Lewis

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canton, The Institute of Further Studies: 1972

Seller ID: 13277

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Stapled pink wraps with black titles and illustration. Yapp edges have some age-toning on spine and very light wear. ; A Curriculum of the Soul, 16; Cover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages; Lewis Macadams is a poet and writer, probably best-known for his book, Birth of the Cool.
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A Burroughs Compendium: Calling the Toads

By: Mahoney, Denis, Richard L. Martin and Ron Whitehead (eds.)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Watch Hill, Ring Tarigh: 1998

Seller ID: 16158

ISBN: 0965982602

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

B&W pictorial wraps with photograph of aged Burroughs walking away from the camera and maroon titles. Very light corner bumps. This is a collection essays, reminiscences and photographs by various authors, artists and friends of William Burroughs, published near the time of his death. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 107 pages
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Gerard Malanga: Resistance to Memory

By: Malanga, Gerard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Santa Fe, Arena Editions: 1998

Seller ID: 16189

ISBN: 0965728064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket have only very light shelf wear. This is a collection of photographs by Gerard Malanga of his friends and acquaintances, mainly of the Beat generation. There is an introductory poem by Thurston Moore and a 10 page text by Ben Maddow. The photographs evoke an era that is quickly becoming ancient history. ; B&W Photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 10 +70 B&W Plates pages
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On Organism

By: McClure, Michael

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canton, The Institute of Further Studies: 1974

Seller ID: 13278

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

Side-stapled tan wraps with black titles and illustration. Yapp edges with some light wear at corners and a tiny tear on top edge. ; A Curriculum of the Soul, 24; Cover Art; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 14 pages; Text in this volume is printed on 8X10 sheets that are stapled In horizontally and then folded in half. McClure is the well-known Beat poet, writer and professor. He Read at the San Francisco Six Gallery reading in 1955 and appears in Kerouac's Big Sur as Pat McLear.
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Lines Drawn in the Sand, The Life and Writings of Allen Ginsberg : An Exibition

By: McNamara, Charles B. (curator)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina: 2004

Seller ID: 16163

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Stapled pictorial wraps with image of Allen Ginsberg and B&W titles. This catalogue for the exhibition at UNC Chapel Hill is as new. This is an excellent catalog with an informative text and many illustrations. ; Sepia-Tinted Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 27 pages
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Six (6)

By: Meltzer, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow: 1976

Seller ID: 16150

ISBN: 0876852703

Binding: Softcover

Some light curling or creasing on two front corners. A bit of light staining on bottom edge. Book is square and binding secure. It feels unread. VG to VG+. Nice softcover copy of this volume by Beat poet David Meltzer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 139 pages
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The Name: Selected Poetry 1973 1983

By: Meltzer, David

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow: 1984

Seller ID: 16152

ISBN: 0876854919

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very light shelf wear. This is the first softcover edition, though 200 of these were signed and numbered by Meltzer while 26 otheres were specially hardbound and included a drawing by the author. This copy is not one of the signed and numbered ones but it is signed on the ffep by Meltzer (David) and inscribed to Aya -- Aya Tarlow -- another Beat writer, artist and friend of Meltzer's. Nice association. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 174 pages; Signed by Author
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No Eyes: Lester Young

By: Meltzer, David

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, Black Sparrow: 2000

Seller ID: 16153

ISBN: 1574231294

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only very light shelf wear. This is the first softcover edition There was also a limited, signed hardcover editon. This copy feels unread. This book is in Meltzer's words "a meditation on the last year of Lester Young's life." ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages
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Insomnia or the Devil At Large

By: Miller, Henry

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday and Co.: 1974

Seller ID: 9039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Black covers with gilt signature of Miller on front and gilt titles on spine. Book has only light wear and aging. Jacket has a good bit of edge and corner wear along with some small chips and minor loss at extremities. Odd and interesting book about Henry Miller's love for a Japanese singer when he was 75 and she was 25. Book is printed in Miller's script along with many color and b&w illustrations done by the author. ; B&W and Color Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall
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Kerouac West Coast A Bohemian Pilot Detailed Navigational Instruction

By: Montgomery, John

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Palo Alto, Fels & Firn Press: 1976

Seller ID: 7698

Binding: Stapled wraps

Condition: Very Good

Booklet with light general wear and aging. The back of the title page has the address of the Publisher marked out and new address stamped to the side. I would imagine that this was done by the Publisher. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; John Montgomery appears as Henry Morley in The Dharma Bums and Alex Fairbrother in Desolation Angels. He was a California friend of Kerouacs and did a number of publications about the writer. Fels & Firn Press was Montgomery's business.
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House of Incest

By: Nin, Anais

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Anais Nin Press: 1959

Seller ID: 16157

Binding: Softcover

B&W pictorial wraps with white titles. Some edge and corner wear with rubbing along spine edges and some age-toning to edges. Small stain at top right corner that just affects corner of a few pages. Square and securely bound. VG to VG-. This copy is signed boldly by Nin on the ffep with an inscription to Janet Miller. This is the stated second printing and was published by the Anais Nin Press in New York. The press statement in the back has a blank paper label over it, which on other copies often has another publisher's name on it. House of Incest was Nin's first novel. ; B&W Photomontages; 8v...
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Category: American Edge