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San Francisco, Calif: City Light Books, 1983. 32nd printing. Paperback. Very good to near fine. Seems unread. Very light discoloration along top edge of front and back covers. Light sunning to spine and covers.. Paperback white and black octavo. 48 pages, 16cm. Inscribed and illustrated (a flower) by Ginsberg on cover page. Inscribed. || Beat generation. Confessional poetry.

[San Francisco]: Fantasy, [1976]. Spoken word vinyl record. Fantasy 7013, the red-label reissue of Fantasy's 1959 original [Fantasy 7006]. SIGNED BY GINSBERG on back cover between the two columns of text (written by him "Independence Day 1959") and with his handwritten exclamation "Moloch!" beneath the photo  at bottom left of Ginsberg pointing to a high-rise building behind him. Record and jacket (or outer sleeve) are very good as is the inner unprinted paper sleeve. .

San Francisco: City Lights Books. 1973. First Edition; Twenty-Fifth Printing. Softcover. Very Good in wraps. Shelfwear on front and rear panel. Occasional underlining and margin notes in red ink throughout. ; Title page inscribed by Allen Ginsberg; Signed by Author .

San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Original wraps. Near Fine. A remarkable Association copy of the 1956 correct 1st edition. This copy not only conforms to all the original issue points but is in beautiful, near-pristine condition. Furthermore, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY 5 OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE BOOK'S GENESIS: 1) ALLEN GINSBERG (on the title page); 2) LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI (on the copyright page); 3) LUCIEN CARR (on the dedication page); 4) WILLIAM BURROUGHS (also on the dedication page); and 5) CARL SOLOMON (on the first blank endpaper). In other words, this copy is signed by the book's author, its publisher and by 3 of its 5 dedicatees (only Jack Kerouac's and Neal Cassady's signatures are missing from this copy). Notably, of the 5 signatures, all critically important to the birth and evolution of "Howl", Lucien Carr's appears to be the most elusive. We know that Carr's relationship with the Beats grew tense early on and that he insisted his name be removed from all subsequent… Read More