Vintage Book "The Beat Scene" Features Ginsberg, Kerouac, O'Hara, Ferlinghetti in Photographs and Writings. 1960s

This 1960 collection captures the Beat generation through Fred McDarrah's candid photographs and writings by Ginsberg, Kerouac, O'Hara, and Ferlinghetti. A fascinating historical document of postwar American literary culture, the book shows genuine signs of its age—chipped corners, missing frontispiece, worn spine—lending it authentic character for collectors of vintage literature and photography. At 5.5 by 8 inches, it's a compact companion to the countercultural movements that shaped modern American writing.