Allen Ginsberg and Friends (Sotheby's)

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 of course, 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. 144 pages; b&w reproductions throughout; 8 x 10.5 inches.