The Fall of America. Poems of these States, 1965-1971 by GINSBERG, Allen - 1972

(San Francisco): City Lights, 1972. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 188 [2] pp. Printed wrappers. Date ("3-11-77") inked on title page, "Bookmobile" stamped in tiny letters on p.188. Wrappers rubbed, with a couple of abrasions and a corner missing from the lower wrapper, textblock edge with some foxing and soiling, a sound, good copy. A well-loved copy, notable for being Signed on the title page by Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and William S. Burroughs. One of them, likely Ginsberg, has dated the title page 1977. A New York City address has been inked on the final page and covered with a piece of clear tape, but we are unsure if it is related to the signatures. Signed in the year that Burroughs' *Junkie* was released in a complete edition by Penguin Books, with an introduction by Ginsberg. Ginsberg first helped get a version of the book published almost 25 years earlier. A nice association.