Introduction Ann Douglas (23 results)

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Mass-market paperback. Condition: Very good. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 451 p. Signet Classics. Audience: General/trade. clean and tight, light shelf wear no markings.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very nice book. Some wear to cover edges and corners. Page edges are yellowed. No marks in text.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDVery good hardcover, no dust jacket. Clean pages. Includes CD.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Reprint. Brand new from publisher. 2006 Trade Paperback. 187 pp. Introduction by Ann Douglas. "The Dharma Bums is a 1958 novel by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. The semi-fictional accounts in the novel are based upon events that occurred years after the events of On the Road. The main characters are the narrator Ray Smith, based on Kerouac, and Japhy Ryder, based on the poet and essayist Gary Snyder, who was instrumental in Kerouac's introduction to Buddhism in the mid-1950s. The book largely concerns duality in Kerouac's life and ideals, examining the relationship that the outdoors, bicycling, mountaineering, hiking and hitchhiking through the West had with his "city life" of jazz clubs, poetry readings, and drunken parties. One episode in the book features Smith, Ryder and Henry Morley (based on real-life friend John Montgomery) climbing Matterhorn Peak in California. It tells the story of Kerouac's first introduction to this type of mountaineering and would serve as inspiration for him to spend the following summer as a fire lookout for the United States Forest Service on Desolation Peak in Washington. The novel also gives an account of the legendary 1955 Six Gallery reading, where Allen Ginsberg gave a debut presentation of his poem "Howl" (changed to "Wail" in the book), and other authors such as Snyder, Kenneth Rexroth, Michael McClure, and Philip Whalen performed.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 7.72x5.24x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 640 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 224 pages. 7.80x5.00x0.67 inches. In Stock.

First edition Fine and bright in like pictorial dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Without CD. Clean text.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 224 pages. 8.00x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 640 pages. 7.75x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Edited by James Grauerholz & Ira Silverberg. With an introduction by Ann Douglas. From rear cover: "The authoritative anthology of Burroughs' writing is intended as much for the general reader as for the scholar and brings together a selection of his most important work. Biographical prefaces to each chapter, and Beat historian Ann Douglas's introductory essay, provide an overview of the life and work of this unique writer". Thick volume. Flamingo Modern Classic. Printed in Great Britain. Slight handling wear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xxxi + 532pp. SB-38.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Fine Condition. First Edition. 189 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English. Crisp, tight, sharp and clean condition copy, with a bright jacket now encased in a Mylar sleeve. 97 photographs 30 duotone 67 four color plates. First edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX May 12-August 18, 2002, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA September 15, 2002-January 5, 2003, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY February 4-May 18, 2003, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL June 28-September 28, 2003. A Schirmer / Mosel production, this is the English language edition. Distributed by Yale University Press. Grey cloth with blue stamped letters to the spine and cover. Includes list of plates, checklist of the exhibition, lenders, biography, selected exhibitions, selected bibliography, index, and artist's acknowledgments. Book.…