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Item #610445 The Party's Over Now: Reminiscences of the Fifties - New York's Artists,...
GRUEN, John

The Party's Over Now: Reminiscences of the Fifties - New York's Artists, Writers, Musicians, and their Friends

New York: The Viking Press, (1972). Hardcover. First edition. 282pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight fading on the board edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with fading on the spine, toning, and edgewear. More

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Item #629638 [Broadside]: The Writings of Jack Kerouac. New York University, School of Education...
(KEROUAC, Jack)

[Broadside]: The Writings of Jack Kerouac. New York University, School of Education – Conference. June 4,5,6 1995

New York: New York University, School of Education, 1995. Unbound. Broadside. Measuring 11" x 23¾", folded down to 6" x 11". Fine with a tiny bit of wear. One side prints the schedule of events in broadside format (illustrated, fittingly, with a road scene in black and red) with a...... More

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Item #626989 New York 1954.55 (Life is Good & Good For You in New York!). William KLEIN
KLEIN, William

New York 1954.55 (Life is Good & Good For You in New York!)

(Manchester): Dewi Lewis, (1995). Hardcover. Second edition, English issue (first published 1956). Folio. Measuring approximately 10" x 13½". Sewn binding a touch loose so that the middle of the textblock is proud at the fore- and bottom edges, tiny bit of exterior foxing and wear, sound and very good in..... More

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ISBN: 1899235256

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Item #629023 Gender in the Civil Rights Movement. Peter J. LING, Sharon Monteith
LING, Peter J. and Sharon Monteith, edited by

Gender in the Civil Rights Movement

New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1999. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 276pp. Fine in clothbacked glossy pictorial boards, issued without dust jacket. Issued as Crosscurrents in African American History, Volume 8, and Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, Volume 2080. More

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ISBN: 081533270X

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Item #613929 The Holy Barbarians. Lawrence LIPTON
LIPTON, Lawrence

The Holy Barbarians

New York: Julian Messner, (1959). Hardcover. First edition. 320pp. Small quarto. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates in rear. Ineligible owner signature on the front fly. Binding with a few small scuffs, corners and spine ends gently bumped, a few spots and bumps on the page edges, very good..... More

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Item #626832 Fred W. McDarrah: New York Scenes. Fred W. Sean Wilentz McDARRAH
McDARRAH, Fred W. Sean Wilentz, introduction by

Fred W. McDarrah: New York Scenes

New York: Abrams, (2018). Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Sean Wilentz. Quarto. 247pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine in fine dust jacket. "For half a century, Fred W. McDarrah was Greenwich Village's photographer in residence" (from the introduction). A cool book. More

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ISBN: 9781419728976

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Item #626838 Fred W. McDarrah: New York Scenes. Fred W. Sean Wilentz McDARRAH
McDARRAH, Fred W. Sean Wilentz, introduction by

Fred W. McDarrah: New York Scenes

New York: Abrams, (2018). Hardcover. First edition. Introduction by Sean Wilentz. Quarto. 247pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket. "For half a century, Fred W. McDarrah was Greenwich Village's photographer in residence" (from the introduction). A cool book. More

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Item #613180 The Real Bohemia: A Sociological and Psychological Study of the "Beats"....
RIGNEY, Francis J. and L. Douglas Smith. (GINSBERG, Allen)

The Real Bohemia: A Sociological and Psychological Study of the "Beats"

New York: Basic Books, Inc., (1961). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 250pp. Faint foxing on page edges, discoloration on topstain, very good in a very good dust jacket with tiny nicks and tears, creases, and rubbing. Contains the first book appearance of Allen Ginsberg's "Mescaline" [Morgan B13]. More

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Item #610728 Not in the Present Generation. E. Lucretia SISLEY
SISLEY, E. Lucretia

Not in the Present Generation

New York: Vantage Press, (1958). Hardcover. First edition. Thin octavo. 73pp. About fine in very good dust jacket with a couple of very small nicks and tears. Vanity press-published vehemently conservative anti-Beat Generation screed by a young woman who went on to write *The Joy of Lesbian Sex* (1977). *OCLC*..... More

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Item #619214 Prison Etiquette: The Convict's Compendium of Useful Information. The Inmates
The Inmates.

Prison Etiquette: The Convict's Compendium of Useful Information

Bearsville, NY: Retort Press, 1950. Softcover. First edition. Edited with an introduction by Holley Cantine and Dachine Rainer. Preface by Christopher Isherwood. Illustrated by Lowell Naeve. 138pp. Pictorial wrappers in dust jacket. A few faint creases on front cover, top corner of rear wrap bumped, near fine in an about..... More

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