159 pp. Color photograph illustrations. 30.3x22 cm (12x8¾") cloth-backed boards, illustrated dust jacket. First Edition.
The scarce first edition, one of 200 copies printed. Signed by the author, and 10 Counterculture authors and poets: Signed by the author/photographer of the book Ann Charters, inscribed on 1/10/2002 by Ruth Weiss (Berkeley poet), "from one left out but now IN-AND-ON," Michael McClure (novelist, playwright, author of The Beard), [Lawrence] Ferlinghetti (poet, activist, co-founder of City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco), Philip Lamantia (poet), Ann Waldman (poet, activist), David Melzer (poet, musician), Magda (the late poet Lew Welch's wife), Diane De Prima (poet), Joyce Johnson (writer), and Eileen Kaufman (wife of Beat poet Bob Kaufman). This work features previously unpublished photography of Ann Charters, who was close friends with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. Taken from her unique insider's perspective, this collection of photographs offers an intimate look into the lives of the Beat poets and authors, with images taken from readings, parties, and in their homes with family and friends.