First Edition. A memoir of an adventure in Paris seeking the origins of the author's surname. First edition (first printing stated). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Minor foxing to the endpapers, a bit of wear along the top edge of the jacket; short tear to.....

First Edition. An early anthology of the Beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, Carl Solomon, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (and William Lee), along with literary criticism by Kenneth Rexroth, and others. 384 pages. A book that tells a story about Larry McMurtry as a book scout. While he was also.....

Second Edition. Essays by the beat writer associated with the New Journalism movement, which was in its earliest stages with this publication. Forward by Norman Mailer. This is a revised and expanded edition, and the first hardcover edition (the original 1961 edition was a paperback original). 256 pages. First hardcover.....