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About This Item
San Francisco: City Lights Books,, 1960. First edition, first printing (priced 35c), one of 2,000 copies printed and now quite scarce. This 202-line poem by Kerouac about the proto-beat French poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) was printed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights in their fold-out format. "Rimbaud" first appeared in Yugen no. 6 earlier the same year. Rimbaud was the gold standard for the kind of poets the Beats wanted to be. Sal Paradise in On the Road tries to encourage Dean "that he can do anything... become the greatest poet since Rimbaud". Broadside folded in fifths (128 x 130 mm). Yellow paper printed in black. Folds lightly toned, a near-fine copy of an ephemeral work. Charters A14.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161038
- Title
- Rimbaud.
- Author
- KEROUAC, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco: City Lights Books,
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- First Edition
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