Beat Literature from Charles Agvent
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SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE: 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Record Album
by GINSBERG, Allen and BLAKE, William
- Condition
- Used - Not played but appears to be Fine in a Very Good sleeve with some rubbing
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1970]
- Binding
- Record Album
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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(New York): MGM Records/ Verve Forecast Records, [1970]. First Edition. Record Album. Not played but appears to be Fine in a Very Good sleeve with some rubbing. Pictorial double sleeve containing a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record album of Ginsberg putting to music the poems of William Blake with help from Peter Orlovsky, Don Cherry, Elvin Jones, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOWL: 33 1/3 rpm Vinyl Record Album
by GINSBERG, Allen
- Condition
- Used - A few minor scratches, not played but appears to be Near Fine in a Near Fine sleeve
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1969]
- Binding
- Record Album
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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[San Francisco]: Fantasy, [1969]. First Edition. Record Album. A few minor scratches, not played but appears to be Near Fine in a Near Fine sleeve. Pictorial sleeve containing a 33 1/3 rpm vinyl "Long Playing Microgroove" record album of Ginsberg reading "Howl," as well as "The Sunflower Sutra"; "Footnote to Howl"; "A Supermarket in California"; "Transcription of Organ… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
AUTOGRAPH LETTER (AL)
by GINSBERG, Allen
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- Used - Folds from mailing. Near Fine
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- 14 June 1983 (from postmark)
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- Letter
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$750.00
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Boulder, CO, 14 June 1983 (from postmark). Letter. Folds from mailing. Near Fine. On both sides of a letter on 6" x 9" lined paper to Ginsberg asking if he were still involved with the Hare Krishnas, he responds: "Not since 1968-- No-- I like Bhaktivedanta Swami Dispite [sic] his hard-shell Baptist style orthodoxy-- but I don't follow… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1
by BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Pictorial wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Nederland, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with cover drawing by Glen Baxter. Edited by Anne Waldman and Reed Bye with a poem by Allen Ginsburg and poems and prose by several other contributors. SIGNED at the bottom of the first page by Baxter. Acquired directly from the… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
ROCKY LEDGE. Issue #1
by BAXTER, Glen; GINSBURG, Allen, et. al
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Pictorial wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$56.30
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Nederland, CO: Rocky Ledge, 1979. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with cover drawing by Glen Baxter. Edited by Anne Waldman and Reed Bye with a poem by Allen Ginsburg and poems and prose by several other contributors.
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$56.30
MYTHS & TEXTS
by SNYDER, Gary
- Condition
- Used - Light soiling to covers. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1960)
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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New York: Totem Press in association with Corinth Books, (1960). First Edition. Softcover. Light soiling to covers. Near Fine. Stapled wraps. First issue of his first collection of poetry published in the United States.
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$93.80
THE ADEPT (TYPESCRIPT)
by McCLURE, Michael
- Condition
- Used - A couple of pages with some edgewear at the beginning and a few more with a dark ink stain at the outer margin, but generally cl
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [@1970]
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$937.50
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n.p., [@1970]. First Edition. Hardcover. A couple of pages with some edgewear at the beginning and a few more with a dark ink stain at the outer margin, but generally clean. The binding with expected wear. Very Good. Typescript of 175 photocopied pages with minor corrections in a black cloth binder of McClure's second and, so far, last… Read more about this item Item Price
$937.50
RE/SEARCH 4/5: A SPECIAL BOOK ISSUE. William S. Burroughs, Throbbing Gristle, Brion Gysin
by [LITERARY PERIODICALS] BURROUGHS, William; et. al
- Condition
- Used - Creasing to rear cover. Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,875.00
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San Francisco: Re/Search, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Creasing to rear cover. Very Good. Pictorial wraps, 8-1/2" x 11". With 7 pieces by Burroughs including excerpts from THE PLACE OF DEAD ROADS and a chapter not included in CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Burroughs TWICE, once to R'Lene Dahlberg at the top of… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,875.00
THE 80s: 326 YEARS OF HIP
by (HUNCKE, Herbert)
- Condition
- Used - Fine and an uncommon survival
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$37.50
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New York: The Clayton Gallery & Outlaw Art Museum, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Fine and an uncommon survival. Pictorial stapled wraps with a photo of the subjects on the rear. A 16-page program (including the covers) for a tribute show to Four Octogenarians: Mary Beach, Boris Lurie, Taylor Mead, and Herbert Huncke, the only one deceased at the… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.50
SENOR KAPOSI
by BURROUGHS, William
- Condition
- Used - Mild toning to the covers. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1989]
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$25.00
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(New York): (Giorno Poetry Systems), [1989]. First Edition. Softcover. Mild toning to the covers. Near Fine. Issue #19 in pictorial wraps, 6" x 9", 25 pages including covers. Prints the beginning of this story by Burroughs on the front cover and continues it inside. Essentially a catalog of items--LPs, CDs, Videos, and cassettes--in addition to the story. This… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
THE UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Volume 3, Numbers 1 and 2
by [LITERARY PERIODICALS] HUNCKE, Herbert; GINSBERG, Allen; et. al
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1973)
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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(California, PA): (Arthur and Glee Knight), (1973). First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11", edited by Arthur and Glee Knight. Issue dedicated to Herbert Huncke with contributions by him, Allen Ginsberg, John Clellon Holmes, and others. Also includes an interview with Huncke and photographs of him and others, including Kenneth Patchen.
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$62.50
THE NINTH CIRCLE
by [LITERARY PERIODICALS] ANDERSON, Jack; STEPANCHEV, Stephen; et. al
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- [1966 - 1967]
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$125.00
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[University Park & Las Cruces, NM]: [Nine Rings Press], [1966 - 1967]. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11". The first and likely only 3 issues of this scarce poetry publication out of New Mexico. Contributors include Jack Anderson, Ronald Anthony Punnet, Stephen Stepanchev, and others.
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$125.00
TYPED MANUSCRIPT of DAGGERS AND JAVELINS: Essays, 1974 - 1979
by BARAKA, Amiri (LeRoi JONES)
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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New York & London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Plain blue wraps with black binder tape spine lettered in white with the text printed on rectos only, 8-1/2" x 11". A collection of essays not officially published until 1984 by William Morrow. We are not sure why Garland never published the book or if… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
THE BEAT DIARY. THE UNSPEAKABLE VISIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Volume 5
by [LITERARY PERIODICALS] KEROUAC, Jack; BURROUGHS, William; HUNCKE, Herbert; GINSBERG, Allen; et. al
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1977)
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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(California, PA): (Arthur and Kit Knight), (1977). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps, 8-1/2" x 11", with a photograph of Kerouac on the cover. Edited by Arthur and Kit Knight. Contributions by all of the major Beat figures. Although there is no indication of such, this is from the library of Herbert Huncke.
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$62.50
FIRST BLUES. RAGS, BALLADS & HARMONIUM SONGS 1971 - 74
by GINSBERG, Allen
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1975)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$343.80
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(New York): Full Court Press, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Copy #72 of 100 SIGNED by Ginsberg on the colophon page.
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$343.80
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by GINSBERG, Allen
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- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Photograph
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$312.50
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Photograph. Fine. An 8" x 10" Portrait Photograph SIGNED by Ginsberg in marker along his shirt and dated 4/25/84 at the bottom. Simply matted and framed.
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$312.50
INTREPID # Eighteen / Nineteen
by [LITERARY PERIODICALS] BUKOWSKI, Charles; GINSBERG, Allen; SNYDER, Gary; et. al
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Blue stapled wraps, 8-1/2" x 11", with cover calligraphy by Brion Gysin. Published and edited by Allen De Loach. Contributors include Paul Blackburn, Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Denise Levertov, Peter Orlovsky, Gary Snyder, and others.
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$62.50
A SUPERFICIAL ESTIMATION
by WIENERS, John
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- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$93.80
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Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Gilt-lettered white textured wrappers, with pictorial dust jacket depicting Greta Garbo; 2-3/4" x 4-1/8"; [8], 44, [2] pages, plus 6 portraits of actresses who are subjects of the poems: Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Lana Turner, Barbara Stanwyck, Dorothy Lamour, and Bette Davis. This… Read more about this item Item Price
$93.80
FIRST BLUES. RAGS, BALLADS & HARMONIUM SONGS 1971 - 74
by GINSBERG, Allen
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1975)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$343.80
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(New York): Full Court Press, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Copy #29 of 100 SIGNED by Ginsberg on the colophon page.
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$343.80
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Doris Grumbach with her SIGNED Copy of GINSBERG. A BIOGRAPHY by Barry Miles
by GINSBERG, Allen
- Condition
- Used - But for the mailing folds the letter is Fine with very dark and clear writing. The book is Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 12 March 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$1,250.00
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New York, 12 March 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. But for the mailing folds the letter is Fine with very dark and clear writing. The book is Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. A two-page handwritten letter on separate sheets SIGNED by Ginsberg to the writer Doris Grumbach asking for her assistance in getting one of his students,… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00