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Howl: Original Draft Facsimile (The Signed/Limited of 250 Copies -- ALSO SIGNED BY CARL SOLOMON)
by Allen Ginsberg
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A very unusual copy of the 1986 signed/limited. This copy #108 of 250 signed by Allen Ginsberg at the limitation (with an accompanying doodle) AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY CARL SOLOMON (TO WHOM "HOWL" WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED) AT THE TITLE PAGE OF THE SECTION CALLED "CARL SOLOMON SPEAKS". A very sharp, Near Fine copy to boot in its burgundy cloth, with bright gilt-design to the front panel and very slightly rubbed gilt-titling along the spine. Quarto, also includes a Fine example of the publisher's matching burgundy slipcase. (From the title page: "Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography").
Synopsis
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1986. "50th anniversary edition"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-190) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17915
- Title
- Howl: Original Draft Facsimile (The Signed/Limited of 250 Copies -- ALSO SIGNED BY CARL SOLOMON)
- Author
- Allen Ginsberg
- Format/Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare Allen Ginsberg, rare Carl Solomon, rare editions of Howl
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Quarto
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