The Beat Scene Photographs by Fred McDarrah and Edited by Elias Wilentz Published by Corinth Books 1960 1st Edition

The Beat Scene Photographs by Fred McDarrah and Edited by Elias Wilentz
Published by Corinth Books 
Year: 1960
1st edition paperback 
An amazing compilation of beat poets with adjoining photos of the poets and audience. Poets such as Ginsberg, O'Hara, Corso, Kerouac, Orlovsky, Di Prima and others 
Fred McDarrah: was an American staff photographer for The Village Voice 
Elias Wilentz: owned the famous Eighth Street Bookshop in New York from 1947 to 1979. Named for its location in Greenwich Village, in 1967 the independent bookstore moved from the corner of Eighth and MacDougal to 17 West Eighth Street. Over the years the Eighth Street Bookshop and employed many of the Beat Poets. Along with this brother Ted, he also ran Corinth Books, which partnered with LeRoi Jones's Totem Press and Jonathan Williams's Jargon Books to publish such influential New York School, Beat and Black Mountain

190 pages with black and white images and text. 

Condition: fine with some fading to the spine edge. Some light edge bumps from storage. Binding is secure but shows some signs of use and wear. All the pages are clean with no marks or damage. Please see the images for more details. 

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