author: Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Various (Parkinson, Thomas (Editor); Ansen, Alan; Bowles, Paul; Burroughs, William S.; Corso, Gregory; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Kerouac, Jack; Lipton, Lawrence; McClure, Michael; Podhoretz, Norman; Snyder, Gary; Whalen, Philip; Wieners, John et al.)
A Casebook on the Beat
New York, NY: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1961. First Edition, Review Copy. Hardcover. "When the beat writers emerged from San Francisco in 1956, they succeeded in touching off controversy and discussion throughout America which continue unabated today. Not only their writing,but their nonconformist way of life- with its special interest in jazz, Buddhism, drugs, and squalor- became a subject of general interest, discussed and hotly argued in a wide range..... More
Various (Beck, Julian; Burroughs, William S.; Corso, Gregory; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Hirschman, Jack; Kaufman, Bob; Kerouac, Jack; Micheline, Jack; Nicosia, Gerald; Norse, Harold; Orlovsky, Peter; Snyder, Gary; Waldman, Anne et al.)
Beatitude 33
San Francisco, CA: Beatitude Magazine, 1985. First Printing. Softcover. This is the silver (25th) anniversary issue of the San Francisco Beat & related literary journal co-founded by Bob Kaufman, "a North Beach tradition since 1959."(from back cover) A rich 239-page gathering of short contributions of poetry by such primary Beat icons as Gregory Corso, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Kaufman, Jacks Hirschman, Kerouac & Micheline, Harold Norse, Peter Orlovsky, Gary Snyder..... More
Various (Honan, Park (Editor); Burroughs, William S.; Corso, Gregory; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Holmes, John Clellon; Kerouac, Jack; Krim, Seymour; Podhoretz, Norman; Rexroth, Kenneth; Trilling, Diana; Snyder, Gary et al.)
The Beats: An Anthology of 'Beat' Writing
London, England: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1987. First Edition. Softcover. "In the 1950s a new breed of writers gravitated towards Greenwich Village. They were young, radical, idealistic and 'hip,' and their work was shockingly iconoclastic. This was the start of the Beat movement. It has sometimes been dismissed as a minor cultural phenomenon characterized by a bohemian lifestyle and undisciplined expression in poetry, painting and jazz. Rejecting the values..... More
Various (Miller, John (Editor); Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Kerouac, Jack; Kipling, Rudyard; London, Jack; Mencken, H.L.; Rexroth, Kenneth; Saroyan, William; Stevenson, Robert Louis; Thomas, Dylan; Thompson, Hunter S.; Toklas, Alice B.; Twain, Mark; Wolfe, Tom et al.)
San Francisco Stories
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990. Second Edition, Tenth Printing. Softcover. "It burns up. It goes Beatnik in the fifties and crazy in the sixties. It stays elegant throughout. Every city has its stories, but San Francisco seems to have more than most. From Jack Kerouac on working on the railroad...Jack London on the 1906 earthquake to Tom Wolfe on the acid tests of the 1960s, San Francisco Stories collects..... More
Various (Blackburn, Paul; Bukowski, Charles; Burroughs, William S.; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Holmes, John Clellon; Kerouac, Jack; Redl, Harry)
Beat Scene No. 84 (Winter 2016)
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2016. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Beat Scene Issue No. 84 begins with an incredibly scholastic article from Jaap Vanderbent that focuses on John Clellon Holmes' relationship with "the classics," but chronicles and comments on many other figures of Beat pedigree (Ed Sanders, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs & others) and their work's relation to classical mythology. Following that is an excellent article from..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Bauer, Todd; Cooper, Colin; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Huncke, Herbert; Kerouac, Jack; Krassner, Paul; Reeves, Pauline; Rogers, Jon et al.)
Beat Scene No. 26
Warwickshire, England: Beat Scene Press, 1996. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This early issue of Kevin Ring's exceptional Beat Scene Magazine from 1996 begins with an obituary for Herbert Huncke, titled "Huncke the Hipster;" it continues in a somewhat different format for those familiar with the later, or more recent issues of the celebrated Beat-&-Beyond quarterly. We have a "Beats and Co." compilation of recent publications and news related to Beat..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Brautigan, Richard; Burroughs, William S.; Cassady, Neal; Clark, Tom; Corso, Gregory; Creeley, Robert; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Kerouac, Jack; Vega, Janine Pommy et al.)
Beat Scene No. 102 (Winter 2021)
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The Winter 2021 issue of Beat Scene Magazine--the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK--is the "Beats in Britain Part 2" issue. As the title intimates, it focuses entirely on The Beat Generation's impact on, relations to, & travels-'n'-dealings within the UK. This scholarly angle unearths some hitherto overlooked Beat-fossilized delights, beginning with a...... More
Various (Burroughs, William S.; Bukowski, Charles; Acker, Kathy; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Kerouac, Jack; Micheline, Jack; Whalen, Philip et al.)
Beat Scene No. 30 (April 1998)
Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 1998. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features a lengthy article-tribute to the great Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher & proprietor of the iconic City Lights Bookstore in San Francisco by Jim Burns; memorial tributes to Kathy Acker & Jack Micheline, both of whom died shortly before the publication of..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Amram, David; Bauer, Todd; Brinkley, Douglas; Burroughs, William S.; Cassady, Neal; Christopher, Tom; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Gordon, Michael Robert; Halper, John; Kerouac, Jack; NIcosia, Gerald; Ranaldo, Lee; Reeves, Pauline; Sampas, Jim; Sandison, David; Saroyan, Aram; Snyder, Gary; Turner, Steve et al.)
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 1999. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Book. This vintage number of the magazine-format journal devoted to the Beat Generation, published by Kevin Ring in the UK, is "A Jack Kerouac Special Issue Marking Thirty Years Since His Death." (front cover) Among the outstanding Kerouac-related articles, essays, interviews & reviews are an interview with the indefatigable musician David Amram (still active at age 92 as of this..... More
Various (Amram, David; Brautigan, Ianthe; Burroughs, William S.; Charters, Ann & Samuel; di Prima, Diane; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Kerouac, Jack; Lipton, Lawrence; McClure, Michael; Meltzer, David; Ring, Kevin; Snyder, Gary; Waldman, Anne; Whalen, Philip et al.)
Warwickshire, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2001. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This vintage 2001 number of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an extensive special section about City Lights Books, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's iconic San Francisco bookstore & publisher, with a main article by Ring(?) & memoirs by David Amram, Ianthe Brautigan (Richard's daughter), Ann & Samuel Charters, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure..... More
Various (Bukowski, Charles; Cherkovski, Neeli; Ginsberg, Allen; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ring, Kevin)
Beat Scene No. 47 (Spring 2005)
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2005. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. In Issue No. 47 of Beat Scene Magazine, editor Kevin Ring delivers yet another distinguished installment of his long-running quarterly. Featured in this issue is an interview with Kerouac's close friend Al Hinkle; sections on Lucien Carr; "Gary Snyder in Italy," and an essay of paramount precision and scholarship by noted Beat scholar John Tytell & Ron Whitehead that caps..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Amram, David; Cassady, Neal; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Holmes, John Clellon; Kerouac, Jack; McClure, Michael; Snyder, Gary; Weaver, Helen; Welch, Lew; Whalen, Philip et al.)
Beat Scene No. 60: A Jack Kerouac Special Issue (Autumn 2009)
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2009. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This special issue of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK is devoted to Jack Kerouac, Founding Father of the Beat Generation, & begins with a robust, rollicking prose letter from John Clellon Holmes to Kerouac written in 1958. This rare, often overlooked letter was remarkably not included in the Kerouac Selected Letters..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin, Editor; Bukowski, Charles; Burroughs, William S.; Calonne, David Stephen; Corso, Gregory; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Hemmer, Kurt; Kearns, Michael; Kerouac, Jack; Nuttall, Jeff; O'Connor, Danny et al.)
Beat Scene, No. 89 (Spring 2018)
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2018. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This number of the essential Beat Scene magazine published, edited & with contributions by Kevin Ring in the UK features an intensive article by Ring about Allen Ginsberg's residency at a cottage in Berkeley during a crucial period that led to the first reading of "Howl" at the Six Gallery in 1955, exemplary of this journal's focusing on a little-known..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin, Editor; Burroughs, William S.; Cassady, Neal; Charters, Ann; Dylan, Bob; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Gargan, Bill; Ginsberg, Allen; Gysin, Brion; Hinkle, Al; Holzer, David; Kearns, Michael; Kerouac, Jack; Milewski, Robert J.; Reeves, Pauline; Sommerville, Ian et al.)
Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2019. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The latest (as of this writing) number of the essential Beat Scene magazine published & edited by Kevin Ring in the UK features several articles relating to the life & work of Jack Kerouac, a Founding Father of the Beat Generation: "Jack Kerouac and the Dharma Bums" by the great pioneering Kerouac biographer Ann Charters; a short study of an..... More
Coventry, England: The Beat Scene Press, 2021. First Printing. Wrappers. This latest (as of this writing) & most historic ONE HUNDREDTH issue of the magazine-format literary journal edited & published by Kevin Ring in the UK features an essay about & mid-1990s interview with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, written & conducted by Kurt Hemmer, our good friend & esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu), illustrated with photographs. There is..... More
Various (Ring, Kevin (Editor); Burroughs, William S.; Dalton, Brian; di Prima, Diane; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Fles, John; Foley, Jack; Gifford, Barry; Ginsberg, Allen; Graham, Clive; Hands, Reggie; Haverty, Joan; Kerouac, Jack; Kruth, John et al.)
Beat Scene No. 101 (Summer 2021)
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
Various (Blackburn, Paul; Bukowski, Charles; Burroughs Jr., William S.; Cherkovski, Neeli; Crowe, Thomas Rain; Daughtry, Philip; Di Prima, Diane; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Hirschman, Jack; Kaufman, Bob; McDonough, Kaye; Meltzer, David; Micheline, Jack; Mueller, Jack; Nicosia, Gerald; Sanders, Ed; Snyder, Gary; Waldman, Anne; Walker, Eric; Wieners, John; Winans, A.D. et al.)
Beatitude: Golden Anniversary (1959-2009)
San Francisco, CA: Latif Harris, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Contributor, Gerald Nicosia. "It was 1959, the year of the first 'Beatitude,' and I was 18 years old. When I arrived in San Francisco, you could rent a room for 30 dollars a month and eat well on a couple of dollars a day. I could catch a street car or trolley for 15 cents and take a round..... More
Various (Herman, Jacob; Dusenbery, Gail (Editors); Beach, Mary; Blazek, Douglas; Burroughs, William S.; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Huncke, Herbert; Kaufman, Bob; McClure, Michael; Mondrian, Piet; Nuttall, Jeff; O'Hara, Frank; Pelieu, Claude; Weissner, Carl et al.)
The San Francisco Earthquake Vol. 1 No. 2 (Winter Issue 1968)
San Francisco, CA: Jacob Herman; Gail Dusenbery, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. This second number of the literary journal edited & published by Jacob Herman & Gail Dusenbery features two contributions by William S. Burroughs, Founding Father of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond, as well as the iconic figure of our very enterprise: "Salt Chunk Mary" & "Last Awning Flaps on the Pier," exemplary short classics that mark WSB's later-1960s transition from his..... More
Calonne, David Stephen; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence (Saroyan, William; Kerouac, Jack)
Bebop Buddhist Ecstasy: Saroyan's Influence on Kerouac and the Beats
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
Calonne, David Stephen (Bremser, Bonnie; Burroughs, William S.; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Kerouac, Jack; Randall, Margaret et al.)
The Beats in Mexico
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. "Mexico features prominently in the literature and personal legends of the Beat writers, from its depiction as an extension of the American frontier in Jack Kerouac's On the Road to its role as a refuge for writers with criminal pasts like William S. Burroughs. Yet the story of Beat literature and Mexico takes us beyond the movement's superstars to consider..... More
Charters, Samuel (Creeley, Robert; Duncan, Robert; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Ginsberg, Allen; Olson, Charles; Snyder, Gary; Welch, Lew et al.)
Some Poems/ Poets: Studies in American Underground Poetry Since 1945
Berkeley, CA: Oyez Press, 1971. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "I don't want anyone who's interested in contemporary poetry to be put off by any sense of formality in these studies of a group of poems and poets out of the last twenty years of the American poetic experience...What I've tried to do in these studies is to get down some of my own responses to writing that seems to have..... More
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, Peters, Nancy J. (editors)
City Lights Review Number One
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. The first issue of the eclectic anthology series of poetry, fiction, commentary, art, etc. published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's legendary City Lights Books. As stated in the first page introduction, "Just as City Lights Bookstore is a literary meeting place, this Review aims to furnish a similar kind of locale in print, an "open space" for people who have a mind..... More