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Allen Ginsberg and Friends: Catalogue for Sotheby's Sale 7351, October 7, 1999 by Frank, Robert; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Jack Kerouac; Sotheby's - 1999

by Frank, Robert; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Jack Kerouac; Sotheby's

Allen Ginsberg and Friends: Catalogue for Sotheby's Sale 7351, October 7, 1999 by Frank, Robert; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Jack Kerouac; Sotheby's - 1999

Allen Ginsberg and Friends: Catalogue for Sotheby's Sale 7351, October 7, 1999

by Frank, Robert; Allen Ginsberg; William Burroughs; Jack Kerouac; Sotheby's

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New York: Sotheby's, 1999. Paperback. The catalogue for a sale of 287 lots from the estates of Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac at Sotheby's in 1999. Fascinating document, which reproduces photos of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Kerouac, and the other Beat writers by photographers such as Robert Frank (7), Richard Avedon, Hank O'Neal, Linda McCartney, Fred McDarrah, and Ginsberg himself, as well as others. There is also art by various artists such as Ralph Steadman, Burroughs, Bartlett F. Kenny, Harold Chapman, Peter Le Blanc, Kevin Dean, Robert La Vigne, Keith Haring, Roy Lichenstein, Brion Gysin, and others reproduced as well as artifacts from the writers' lives. First edition. 144 pages; b&w reproductions throughout; 8 x 10.5 inches. Condition: Very Good paperback with light rubbing to the edges, small bits of rubbing to the back cover and three penned letters to the front. Books ship the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores US (US)
  • Format/Binding Paperback
  • Book Condition Used
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Paperback
  • Publisher Sotheby's
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1999
  • Keywords Beat; Portraits; Ephemera