Howl and Other Poems. Introduction by William Carlos Williams
by GINSBERG, ALLEN
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- Signed
- first
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco, CA: City Lights, 1956. First Edition. Signed by the author Allen Ginsberg and dated by him in the year of publication: “Allen Ginsberg Sept. 8, 1956.” With an inscription just below from Ginsberg to Beat collector and photographer Marshall Clements: “For Marshall Clements much thanks for the relief. A.G. New Years Month, Jan. 7, 1964.” Also signed by Marshall Clements at the top of the same page, the book’s dedication page. City Lights Pocket Poets Series: Number Four. With the two page introduction by William Carlos Williams. Paperbound, stapled black and white wrappers. With a faint hint of dust soiling to the covers, else a fine copy. Price 75 cents on rear cover. Printed at the Press of Villiers Publications, Holloway, London, England. Enclosed in a custom slipcase with “Howl. Allen Ginsberg” on a paper label affixed to the front and with the same at the spine. Marshall Clements was a noted collector and scholar of Beat Generation works and was the photographer for ‘Kerouac's Town’ by Barry Gifford (1977) - a special look at Jack Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, published on the second anniversary of his death.
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- Bookseller
- James Pepper Rare Books, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20396E
- Title
- Howl and Other Poems. Introduction by William Carlos Williams
- Author
- GINSBERG, ALLEN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- City Lights
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco, CA
- Date Published
- 1956
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About the Seller
James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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Santa Barbara, California
About James Pepper Rare Books, Inc.
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