Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public … Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography by Allen Ginsberg. First Edition stated, 1986 Harper and Row. First printing, with complete number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright, cloth boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, moderately foxed page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, moderate edge wear, and one bumped corner. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the heavy foxing inside, mild surface and edge wear and the price on the front flap. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg’s Howl is a prophetic masterpiece an epic raging against dehumanizing society that overcame censorship trials and obscenity charges to become one of the most widely read poems of the century.
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