Description
For sale is a Near Fine reprint paperback edition, later printing of Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg. Reprint Edition unstated , 2015 Martino Publishing, with the 1959 City Lights plates in a larger format. Presumed first Martino printing without a print line on the copyright page. 44 pages.
The exterior of the paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean and bright covers with no creases, mild surface wear, strong title on a straight spine, clean page blocks, a tight binding with no creases, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge and corner wear. The interior of the book is also Near Fine, with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright.
Howl & Other Poems, the prophetic book that launched the Beat Generation, was published by Lawrence Ferlinghetti at City Lights Books in 1956. Considered the single most influential work of post-WWII United States poetry, the City Lights edition of Howl has remained in print for more than 60 years, with well over 1,000,000 copies in print.
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