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Paperback. Condition: Good. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Paperback. Condition: Good. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. PLEASE REVIEW PICTURES.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 47 pages. Former owner's signature.

Paperback. Condition: New. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Paperback. Condition: New. (City Lights Pocket Poets series). Allen Ginsberg's poem, 'Howl,' landed on the shores of America's shipwrecked consciousness as a manifesto and testimony. The book, HOWL AND OTHER POEMS, was subsequently seized by U.S. customs and the San Francisco police. It was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene. Ginsberg knew what was obscene, and he wrote it down in a delirious, impassioned fit of poetic reverie. It is both THE legendary and notorious poem of 20th-century American literature. Bibliography. 60p.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good condition. Later printing of the 1956 original. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (2.50). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four." The book's dedication is to Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Later printing of the 1956 original. Softcover. Very Good condition. 47pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Fine (as new). 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Stated 52nd printing, issued in February 1996. Unmarked copy, as new. Not Signed.

The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. The classic.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Good. Seventeenth Printing. Number four in the Pocket Poets Series. Owner's signature on front cover; Some doodles on FFEP and notes written through out the book in ink . Covers slightly worn, faded and aged; 44p. Size: 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Paper Back.

1999 edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Neat owner's name to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text.

Staplebound Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 12mo, 47 pp. Wrappers lightly sunned and dustsoiled, fore-edge bumped at heel.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover, in Good + condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, paper is tanning with age, a good reading copy,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 19th Printing, June, 1967. Clean and tightly bound in stapled wraps. Extremely slight toning at the spine and slight edge wear. A previous owner's name and date of 1968 are written on the title page, otherwise fine, unmarked contents.

Very good illustrated stapled wraps. With its introduction by William Carlos Williams and front cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions.".

First edition, early printing Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Near fine and bright stapled wraps with clean bright text throughout. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions." Quite nice.

First edition, fourth printing Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Very good stapled wraps with clean bright text throughout. Dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions.".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Stated 8th printing in September, 1959 of the First Edition of October,1956. This printing presented Ginsberg's Howl poem in its original, uncensored form. Light staiining along sides of spine with light staining along gutter of first page; some ink numbers on back cover. The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four. 44 pp plus a list of the publisher's books. Contents clean, tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Bin 5 (Poetry Case). Cover is tanned, scuffed, and foxed, but text is bright and legible. Binding is tight. Sharpie mark on top edge of text block, visible along top edges of some pages, but not covering any text. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

44p. softcover in very good condition; minor wear from sunning. 28th printing. Pocket Poets Series Number Four.

Paperback. 44p., 5.25x8 inches, ownership signature otherwise very good first edition, first printing in stapled pictorial white wraps. Cover price $1.25. No statement of printing. Poet's third book. Young 1448.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Some pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, moderately soiled and stained wrappers, a good only copy.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Fourth printing with "17 West Eighth Street" address on title page, Morgan A5. a1.4. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Owner's name neatly stamped on fore-edge and preliminary page, wrappers lightly age-toned, very good.

Softbound (staple bound). Condition: Good. 1 0f 1000 unnumbered copies in wraps with titling in red and graphics in black. Introductions by both Allen Ginsberg and William Carlos Williams. Spotted cover and faded spine. Calligraphy on rear with a reference to Lloyd Reynolds and Paul Mosher in pencil.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Lightly soiled wrappers and page edges, else a very good copy.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Selection of early poems by Allen Ginsberg. The poet's third book. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. The volume is dedicated to "Herbert E. Huncke for his confessions". Thin staplebound booklet. The 1961 first edition, apparently one of 3000 copies, with original published price of $1.25 printed to lower front cover. Printed in the USA. Slight handling wear, mild toning to covers, light trace of insect nibbling (mainly along fore-edge of front cover), small ink stamp to inside rear cover, otherwise a nice clean softcover copy. 47pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg (full name), initialed "AH" in the "O" of "Howl", and dated "2/9/90" on the title page. 37th City Lights printing (stated). Tightly bound in wraps with clean, unmarked contents. The cover and first five pages have a single crease. Slight rubbing to gloss, remains Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

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Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued. Third Printing. Third Printing stated and 75 Cents price rear cover. #4 in the Pocket Poets Series. The first printing of Ginsberg's classic poem to be Manufactured in the United States. Very Good, light rubbing at edges, toning at spine and front wrapper. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This is a very good copy of the true First State of the First Edition (with the name "Lucien Carr" ?later removed ?on the dedication page). There is some faint staining to the white front cover panel and to the title page, which is SIGNED and dated in ink: "Allen Ginsberg, ?74" beneath a drawing by Ginsberg of the sun and a large flower that utilizes the "O" in "Howl" as its corolla. Perhaps the most important volume of American poetry of the twentieth century, signed and uniquely decorated by the author. Signed.