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[ART]. JOHANNSEN, Brad. Occupied Spaces. NY, Harmony Books, 1977. 4to. Softbound. 1st ed. Excepional collection of boldly psychedelic metaphysical drawings, opulently printed in many colors. Texts by Rimbaud, Joni Mitchell, Lewis Thomas, et al . Near fine. Recommended. 85.00
[BEAT]. KRIM, Seymour, ed. The Beats. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. 1st print. Paperback original. 224p. S-982. 35¢. Fine in original wraps. 50.00 Important early anthology of Beat Generation writers: Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, John Clellon Holmes, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Seymour Krim, Chandler Brossard, Diane di Prima, Norman Mailer, Gregory Corso, Ray Bremser, Gary Snyder, Jack Micheline, Hubert Selby, Ted Joans, et al. First anthology appearance of episodes from The Naked Lunch, preceded only by four appearances in periodicals (see M&M C2, C4-6). Maynard & Miles B3. Charters (Kerouac) B11.
[BEAT]. McDARRAH, Fred W. Kerouac & Friends; A Beat Generation Album. NY, Morrow, 1984. 1st ed. illus. B&W photos. 338p. Signed by the author at his Soho apt. Fine in like dust jacket. 85.00 By the picture editor of The Village Voice for over two decades. Remarkable photographs (over 190) of the Beat Generation by one of its greatest photographers. Includes John Clellon Holmes' "This is the Beat Generation," articles by Lawrence Lipton, Kenneth Rexroth, Dan Wakefield, Seymour Krim, Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Diana Trilling, John Ciardi, Ralph Gleason, among others. Remarkable collection of biographical sketches, and bibliography. One of the top Beat books about the Beats.
[BRAUTIGAN, Richard]. X-Ray. no.6, 1996. Innovative magazine of art and literature from San Francisco. Each issue handmade by Johnny Newton, including an opulent array of inserts, tip-ins, fold-outs, etc. Laid in is a pamphlet that prints A Visit from Jake by Richard Brautigan, the first separate appearance of this work. Other contributors include Jack Micheline, David Gregor, Neeli Cherkovski, and Charles Bukowski. One of 26 lettered copies, signed by Micheline (of a total edition of 226). As new. This lettered issue is destined to be a "stopper" for Brautigan collectors, and is copy T. 300.00
LUDLOW, Fitz Hugh. The Hasheesh Eater. San Francisco, Level Press, 1975. 4to. [225]p. Softbound. 1st ed. thus. Presentation copy inscribed in 1975 to Robert Hawley. Illustrated by Satty. Full page B&W frontispiece photo of Ludlow. Note card printing a Satty color illustration ("Kisses") laid in. Near fine. 300.00 The first full-length study of the psychological states and physiological effects of psychoactive drug use in American literature, written by a 20-year-old college student. Complete and unabridged text, supplemented with an introduction, chronology, bibliography, bio-critical data, and pictorial materials from the archives of the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library.