The Beat Hotel
Softcover book presenting more than 200 black-and-white Harold Chapman photographs, all captioned, taken at the legendary Beat Hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris during its heyday as a residence for members of the Beat Poetry movement. With forwards by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, plus Chapman's own account of his first visit to the hotel. Features images of Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs ,Brion Gysin, Ian Sommerville, Harold Norse, Sinclair Beiles, Kay Johnson, Guy Harloff and Gregory Corso. 190 p.p. 8vo., published by Gris Banal in 1984. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Mild creasing to front wrapper with bumping to lower corner. Otherwise near fine interior. Scarce.
Softcover book presenting more than 200 black-and-white Harold Chapman photographs, all captioned, taken at the legendary Beat Hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris during its heyday as a residence for members of the Beat Poetry movement. With forwards by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, plus Chapman's own account of his first visit to the hotel. Features images of Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs ,Brion Gysin, Ian Sommerville, Harold Norse, Sinclair Beiles, Kay Johnson, Guy Harloff and Gregory Corso. 190 p.p. 8vo., published by Gris Banal in 1984. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Mild creasing to front wrapper with bumping to lower corner. Otherwise near fine interior. Scarce.
Softcover book presenting more than 200 black-and-white Harold Chapman photographs, all captioned, taken at the legendary Beat Hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris during its heyday as a residence for members of the Beat Poetry movement. With forwards by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, plus Chapman's own account of his first visit to the hotel. Features images of Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, William Burroughs ,Brion Gysin, Ian Sommerville, Harold Norse, Sinclair Beiles, Kay Johnson, Guy Harloff and Gregory Corso. 190 p.p. 8vo., published by Gris Banal in 1984. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Mild creasing to front wrapper with bumping to lower corner. Otherwise near fine interior. Scarce.
