Inscribed first edition of this comprehensive selection covering all of this major Beat writer's works: from "Howl" and "Kaddish" to "Mind Breaths" and "Plutonium Ode."
Near fine in near fine jacket.
Price: $350.00
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness..."
This epic collection covering 33 years of Ginsberg's career, at the time represented his first work issued by a major publisher and the first of six books by Harper which helped finally secure the poet a measure of financial security. An attractive copy of this important overview and introduction to this influential poet with a near-contemporaneous inscription from the poet.
First printing. New York: Harper & Row, (1984). 9.5'' x 6''. Publisher's original full black cloth with gilt titles. In original unclipped ($27.50) red printed jacket designed by Julie Metz. xxii, 838 pages, including index. Inscribed and dated by Ginsberg on the title page: "for Fernando Vega-Sanchez / Allen Ginsberg / 4/8/1986 / AH," after which Ginsberg has added a drawing of one of his characteristic flowers. Touches of shelfwear to jacket extremities. Spine of book slightly concave, as common for this large volume. Else bright, clean, and sound.
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