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Lot Is Closed BEAT CULTURE  -  America [8 titles]
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BEAT CULTURE - America [8 titles]
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$150 - $200
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$100
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167: Rare Books
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BEAT CULTURE
America [8 titles]
1. Elias Wilentz - The Beat Scene. Corinth Book 1960m 1st edition, signed on the title page by Fred McDarrah [photographer], also signed by Robert Creeley, Diane Di Prima and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. 192p, profusely illustrated with photographs. Contains work from writers including Kerouac, Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and many others. A memorable document of the period. Original card covers, wear and light stain to corner of first few ages. 2. Graham Caveney - Screaming with Joy, the life of Allen Ginsberg. London: Bloomsbury 1999. VG in DJ. 3. Lisa Phillips - Beat Culture and the New America 1950-1965.New York 1996. 285mm, DJ torn head of spine else VG. 4. Ellis Amburn - Subterranean Kerouac. NY: St Martin's Press1998. 245mm, illustrated boards, DJ torn. 5. Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Starting from San Francisco. New Poems. Norfoilk: New Directions 1961. 200mm, illustrated boards, light edge wear and discolouration a few marks on endpapers. 6. Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs - And the Hippos were Boiled in their Tanks. NY: Grove Press 2008. 215mm, black boards, gilt titles, fine and in VG DJ. 7. Steve Turner - Angelheaded Hipster. London: Bloomsbury 1997. 210mm, illustrated, card covers, VG. 8. Barry Miles - The beat Hotel. London: Atlantic Books 2001, soft card covers. VG.