HOWL AND OTHER POEMS with custom case.
San Francisco: City Lights Books, [1959], 1956.
1st Edition. "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked... angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection to the starry dynamo in the machinery of night, who poverty and tatters and hollow-eyed and high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across the tops of cities contemplating jazz". Ginsberg, Allen. HOWL AND OTHER POEMS. San Francisco: City Lights, (1959). First Edition of Allen Ginsberg's defining work of the Beat Generation. 12mo. 44pp. Eight printing
A near copy properly priced at 75 cents. Some useage and toning as shown.
The Pocket Poet Series, Number Four is housed in a spectacular custom designed case with White title and rules stamped on a black cloth spine over black custom handmade black marbled paper sides, black velour interior.
A superb case for the Modern Masterpiece in very fine condition.
Item #34194 Price: US$650.00