The Holy Barbarians

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Slight lean; corner of one page creased; tips a bit rubbed; very good in a rubbed ªsecond issue?) dust jacket with a shallow chip at the base of the spine.. 8vo, 318pp; black cloth. Lipton's book helped define the Southern California Beatnik culture of Venice beach. This is a presentation… Read more about this item

New York:: Julian Messner,, (1959). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in black cloth with light green lettering in a fair only dust jacket with rubbing, chipping and overall edgewear, price-clipped.. First printing. The dust jacket describes this as "At last the complete story of the 'Beats'- that hip, cool, frantic generation of new Bohemians who are… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press. Good. 1962. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Pages tanned. Dust soiling and creasing to the covers. Wrinkling to the spine. Front cover illustration by Jerome Martin. A sociological study of the Beats. Includes a glossary. ; Mass Market PB; 318 pages .

First Editon. In very good condition, in a fair dust jacket, chipped at corners, edges and spine, $5.00 publisher's price intact. Previously owned by CBS journalist Don Kellermann with his signature at front pastedown.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Advance issue, in the form of unbound stitched folded and gathered sheets. Soiling, and small nicks and tears on the first and last leaf, very good. Uncommon format of this landmark book about beatniks.

W. H. Allen, London, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 318 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: W. H. Allen, London, 1960. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Spine has mild… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1959. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. First Edition. Black cloth Boards with Green Stamping on spine and front - 8vo, 318pp; black cloth. Dust jacket with some nicks and rubbing but imagery still sharp. Lawrence Lipton was an illustrator, writer, journalist and BEAT poet. "Lipton writes about the BEAT Generation first hand. The First… Read more about this item

Julian Messner, 1959. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 318 pages. Moderate wear to the covers; pages yellowed, a couple stains but a good solid binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 210451. .

Andesite Press, 2017. Paperback. New. 336 pages. 9.17x6.06x0.75 inches.

NY: Julian Messner, 1959. Bound in black cloth, stamped in green. Lacking the dust jacket, but the flaps and the front panel are laid in -- as is a review from the NY Times. Minor spotting to top edge. 318 pp. + Photo section. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Dustjacket.

New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Small 4to. 320, (8) pp. Original black cloth with green lettering in an illustrated dust jacket. Some tearing to dj at head and tail of spine, rubbing to edges, slight chipping to edges of dj. Very slight staining to free front-end paper. Dj in good, binding in near… Read more about this item

Julian Messner, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Book is clean and tight.

New York, NY: Harper Collins. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket, with the 5 dollar price the endpaper. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping… Read more about this item

W. H. Allen 1960. First edition, lacks fep, Super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

golden QUILL Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). FINE. A GOOD FIRST IN BLACK CLOTH. INSCRIBED STAIN ON FIRST FEW PAGES.

Julian Messner, 1959. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. In black cloth. No jacket. A couple white spots to rear board. Bookplate. .

Messner. Collectible - Very Good. NY: Julian Messner 1959. 1st edition. Hardcover 8vo. 318 pgs plus a b/w photo section at rear. Very good in a good dust jacket. Wear to spine ends and to bottom front corner. Ink owner's name on front pastedown under jacket flap. Contents clean and binding sound. Jacket edgeworn, chipped, rubbed and has… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner, Inc.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1959). Hardcover. Light bumping and edgewear to black boards. Unclipped DJ protected in mylar, moderate rubbing and edgewear, chipping and tears, spine slightly faded. Solid binding and clean text. Light soiling and foxing page edges, also eps foxed. Former owner stamp occurs three times early pages.… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner, Inc.. G+/Fair. 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scuffing and soiling to cover, moderate edgewear, especially to spine head and foot, corners. Small chip to lower back corner. Spine slightly faded and worn. Previous owner's name in ink on ffep. Dust jacket is present, but badly damaged. Front flap of dustjacket is torn off, diagonal… Read more about this item

New York: Julian Messner, Inc.. NF/VG. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has significant chips top and bottom. ; 8vo; 320 p. .