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Visions of Poesy: An Anthology of 20th Century Anarchit Verse

By: Harper, Clifford, Dennis Gould and Jeff Cloves

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Freedom Press: 1994

Seller ID: 16160

ISBN: 0900384751

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very light, general shelf wear. Square and securely bound. Comes with an annoucement of Publication flyer for the book laid in. Signed by contributor Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the half-title. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 301 pages; Signed by Associated
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Steam Punk Magazine #5

By: Hawksmoor, C. Allegra (ed.)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness: 2008

Seller ID: 10594

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Beige and green toned wraps with very light wear and aging. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 68 pages; E-Magazine with print issues as well. This issue came out in 2008, I think. SteamPunk is a kind o miniculture. It can be looked up on Wikipedia.
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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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A Play and Two Poems

By: Kelly, Robert, Ron Loewinsohn and Diane Wakoskl

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press: 1968

Seller ID: 7740

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Book has only light shelf wear. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; The Well Wherein A Deer's Head Bleeds. A Play for Winter Solstice by Robert Kelly. "These Worlds Have Always Moved in Harmony" by Ron Loewinsohn. Talking From Christmas Country by Diane Wakoski. [issued as "A Christmas Greeting from the Black Sparrow Press"; total edition was 400 copies]. Unpaginated
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Big Sur

By: Kerouac, Jack

Price: $300.00

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; This is the first paperback edition of Big Sur. The hardcover edition was published in 1962. Sold website 7.23.11
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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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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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Punk Magazine The Legend of Nick Detroit

By: McNeil, Leggs (writer, director)

Price: $175.00

Publisher: New York, Punk Publications: 1976

Seller ID: 14358

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Tabloid, newsprint magazine with edge and corner wear along with some parting on folds. This magazine, Punk Magazoon, was folded in half for mailing but opens and is read as a tabloid. This issue features the photographic story of Nick Detroit, called a "Movie starring Richard Hell." The characters in the story are portrayed by New York punk rockers of the 19to's including David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads along with various members of Blondie, Marble, The Mumps, and Tuff Darts. Overall, this is a fascinating picture of the mid-1970's in nice condition co...
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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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Category: American Edge