Coyote Tantras and Other Poems.

GIFFORD, Barry; [Jack Kerouac].

$2,500.00

Item Number: 146635

London: Silverthorne Foundation Inc, 1968.

First edition of this compelling book of poetry; from the library of ‘On the Road’ author Jack Kerouac. Octavo, original illustrated wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “For Jack Kerouac, Holy Teacher/Barry Gifford.” The recipient, Jack Kerouac, is generally considered the father of the Beat movement, although he actively disliked such labels. His method was heavily influenced by the prolific explosion of jazz in 1960s America and later by his studies in Buddhism that originated with fellow beat and academic Gary Snyder. The raucous, exuberant, often wildly funny account of a journey through America and Mexico, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road instantly defined a generation upon publication in 1957: it was, in the words of a New York Times reviewer, “the clearest and most important utterance yet made by the generation Kerouac himself named years ago as ‘beat.'” Additionally stamped on the front free endpaper with both a Jack Kerouac Estate stamp and the raised blind seal from the Executor of the Estate, John Sampas, who was the brother-in-law of Jack Kerouac and brother of Jack’s wife, Stella Kerouac. In fine condition. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by the author to Kerouac. Octavo, one page on lined paper, the note reads in full, “Barry Gifford 528 66th St #3 Oakland, Calif. 94609 28 January 1969 For Jack Kerouac, This book for your greater happiness & sentience – a humble dropping of indebtedness. Barry Gifford.” An exceptional association.

Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. His best known series of novels centers around Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a perpetual road trip, and has been described by Professor Andrei Codrescu as written in "a great comic realist" style that explores "an unmistakably American universe [...] populated by a huge and lovable humanity propelled on a tragic river of excess energy."