An important document, covering key years of the Beat movement.
Near Fine in a near fine jacket.
Price: $300.00
Inscribed to Ken and Ann Mikolowski, founders of the Alternative Press, at the Jewel Heart in Ann Arbor. For more than 30 years, the Alternative Press published unbound letterpress-printed mail art, including the work of Beat and Black Mountain writers and poets from their native Detroit. Ginsberg was a frequent collaborator.
First Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter cloth over boards in oiginal dust jacket. Briefly INSCRIBED to Ken and Ann Mikolowski at title page "Allen Ginsberg/ 1/7/97/ AH/ For Ken and Ann Mikolowski/ Jewel Heart --- Store/ Ann Arbor." with original drawing of an ouroboros symbol and skeleton at opposing page, approx. 3" x 2". Mild wear to jacket edges. Crease at ffep. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 489pp. with index.
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