Allen Ginsberg's Centenary Bookshop

To celebrate Ginsberg’s centenary, our Sotheran’s shop at 8 Cecil Court will become the Allen Ginsberg Centenary Bookshop from 3 to 20 June 2026. We will be swapping our usual stock for books by and about Ginsberg, other members of the Beat Generation (including Burroughs and Kerouac), and the writers who influenced or were influenced by them – from Blake, Whitman and Rimbaud to Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, and a generation of poets who followed. Discover a selection of highlights in celebration of Ginsberg’s centenary below: 

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  • ALLEN, Donald M. ( editor ). The New American Poetry. 1945-1960.
    £2,500.00
    £2,500.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen. Howl for Carl Solomon.
    £9,000.00
    £9,000.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen; Barry MILES ( editor ). Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography.
    £600.00
    £600.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen. Siesta in Xbalba and Return to the States.
    £18,500.00
    £18,500.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen. Howl and other Poems.
    £3,000.00
    £3,000.00
  • [GINSBERG, Allen, Lawrence FERLINGHETTI, Kenneth PATCHEN, et al. ] The Pocket Poets Series. A run of the first 25 volumes.
    £15,000.00
    £15,000.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen; Gregory CORSO. Allen Ginsberg Reads His Poetry. Recorded October 25, 1956 [1/4-inch reel-to-reel tape].
    Sold out
    £2,750.00
  • GINSBERG, Allen. Plutonian Ode.
    £1,500.00
    £1,500.00