Anacapa Books, Catalog 3: "The Beat Generation & Other Avant-garde Writers" (1977)






Santa Barbara, California, US: Anacapa Books (book catalogue), 1977.
8.5" x 5.5" x 0.375", 127 pages, 1,283 items.

The Beat Generation & Other Avant-garde Writers, Anacapa Books' catalogue #3, released in 1977. David S. Wirshup, proprietor. This contains 1,283 Beat Generation-relevant items.

There are over fifty items with William S. Burroughs content listed, including:

  • A Burroughs-signed first printing of The Yage Letters (#188)
  • A copy of the "Valentine's Day Reading" program from 1965 (#192)
  • One of the 100 numbered copies of Time, signed by Burroughs and Brion Gysin (#193)
  • A Burroughs-signed copy of My Own Mag, issue 13 (#195)
  • A Burroughs-signed copy of Intrepid, issue 14/15, the "Special Burroughs Issue" (#203)
  • One of the 100 numbered and signed copies of the Cape Golliard Press The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (#204)
  • A Burroughs-signed copy of the 1971 trade edition of Electronic Revolution (#205)
  • One of the 100 signed and numbered copies of the Expanded Media Editions 1973 Ali's Smile (#206)
  • One of the 99 signed and numbered copies of the Unicorn Books 1971 Ali's Smile (#207)
  • One of the 100 signed and numbered copies of the Covent Gardens / Am Here Port of Saints (#209)
  • One of the 26 lettered copies with typescript of Catalogue of the William S. Burroughs Archive, signed by Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Miles (#210)
  • A near-complete set of The Floating Bear, issues 1-37 (#479)
  • One of the 50 copies of Ann Charters' hardcover Scenes Along the Road, numbered and signed by Allen Ginsberg (#535)
  • A full run of Lines, 1-6, including the rare 3.5 issue (#773)
  • A fine copy of Semina, issue 4, 1959 (#1077.B)
This copy was acquired from Between the Covers (Gloucester City, New Jersey, US).

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