Harmondsworth, England: Viking Press, 1985. First British Edition. Hard Cover. This is the first book in the Allen Ginsberg book series published by Viking Press. Over 830 pages of some of the world's most important poetry by the Beat poet who touched so many lives over a career of almost fifty years. The dj features a photograph of the poet by Robert Frank. The book is a little dusty, with..... More
[Item #1163]
Paris, France: Le Livre A Venir & Solin, 1985. First French Edition. Softcover, signature-bound. This is the first French edition of the major Allen Ginsberg poem first published in 1966, with the first City Lights Books edition published in 1974. Text is in English on left pages with French translation by Catherine Bailly on right pages. Includes an added essay, "Happy Birthday, Allen Ginsberg" by Claude Pelieu, in French only..... More
[Item #1527]
Lowell, MA: Corporation for the Celebration of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, 1986. First Printing. Single Sheet. A large poster (16"x22") announcing an appearance by Allen Ginsberg, primary poet of the Beat Generation, on March 17, 1986, at a venue in Lowell, Massachusetts. The event was part of a celebration of Jack Kerouac around the time of what would have been his sixty-fourth birthday (March 12) in his hometown. With reproduction..... More
[Item #2183]
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed & dated by Allen Ginsberg. The first hardcover trade edition, first printing, of a collection of Allen Ginsberg's later poems following up on the door-stopper Collected Poems 1947-1980 (item #1163). This copy is signed by the poet on the title page, hand-dated 10/7/92, & with his characteristic "AH" in a circle. A beautiful production, with the oft-repeated three-fishes symbol..... More
[Item #1818]
n/p: Cottonwood Magazine & Press, 1987. Limited First Printing. Single Sheet Framed. Signed by Allen Ginsberg & Steven Taylor. "Phoned up the doctor, official reply: "Never Mind"/ Same afternoon, suggested we take iodine/ Three days later Chernobyl's error disclosed/ All over Europe people are saying, "Who knows?" (fourth stanza) A broadside (appx. 11" x 17"; 13" x 18&3/4" incl. matte & frame) with the title poem by Allen Ginsberg, a...... More
[Item #3786]
Hamburg, Germany: Apartment Edition, 1988. First edition thus. Hand-sewn wrappers in dust jacket. The German translation of a November 1979 interview of Allen Ginsberg, originally published in England in 1980. A beautifully produced rarity in very fine condition. Very Fine. More
[Item #1164]
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. The first edition hardcover of memoirs by poet David Ignatow. Laid in is a card "with compliments of the author" curiously from a different publisher (Atlantic - Little Brown) measuring approx. 4-1/4" x 3-1/2". Hand-written on the back of the card in black ink by Allen Ginsberg is a paragraph of Ginsberg's observations regarding David Ignatow & his poetry (approx. 100..... More
[Item #1165]
New York, NY: Mercury Records/Mouth Almighty Records, Circa 1989. First Edition. Cassette Tape in Case. An audio recording of Allen Ginsberg's "The Lion For Real," with performances by the iconic Beat-&-Beyond poet of the title work & fifteen others, along with musical accompaniment. More familiar to Ginsberg collectors on LP & CD, this is a "Promotional Use Only" cassette version on Mouth Almighty/Mercury Records. The eventual trade/official versions (including by..... More
[Item #2859]
New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. "...a long-awaited publishing event- the definitive biography of one of this century's most flamboyant and influential literary renegades. Drawing upon Allen Ginsberg's extensive journals and correspondence, as well as scores of interviews with friends, associates, and with Ginsberg himself, Barry Miles has painted an intimate and richly detailed portrait of the man whose poetry shocked the literary establishment, and whose..... More
[Item #4111]
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Alpha Beat Press, 1990. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. An essay on Allen Ginsberg, the primary poet of the Beat Generation, "...in the form of a review of White Shroud: Poems 1980-1985" by Kaviraj George Dowden, a major Ginsberg scholar who compiled the first major bibliography of the poet in 1971. Issued as "An Alpha Beat Soup #7 Supplement" free to subscribers of the ABS literary journal. A...... More
[Item #2284]
Ann Arbor, MI: Jewel Heart; Agenda Publications, 1991; 1997; 1998. First Printings. Folded Newspaper; Single Sheets. Three scarce & significant pieces of Allen Ginsberg Ephemera: (1) Flyer announcing a live appearance/reading by Ginsberg at University of Michigan's Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 8, 1991, presented by Jewel Heart, the local Buddhist organization which he supported & visited. With photo of Ginsberg, vertical list of his major works..... More
[Item #3328]
Ann Arbor, MI: The Michigan Theater, 1991. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The original booklet/playbill given to members of the audience attending a production of Allen Ginsberg's poetry set to the music of composer Philip Glass & staged by Ann Carlson. This production had its premier in May of 1990, & was performed on tour here in Ann Arbor, MI at the Michigan Theater on October 22 & 23, 1991. Many..... More
[Item #2288]
New York, NY: Grove Press, 1992. Second Softcover Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Journal entries from 1952-1962 by Allen Ginsberg, encompassing the critical period in which he became the primary poet of the Beat Generation. Originally published in hardcover in 1977 & in softcover in 1978, this is the second Evergreen softcover edition published by Grove Press, first printing thus of September 1992. With photographs of & drawings by the poet..... More
[Item #2286]
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. "Perhaps no poet in the history of America, with the exception of Walt Whitman, has so dominated the popular imagination as has Allen Ginsberg. From the close of World War II to the end of the Cold War, Ginsberg has been in the vanguard of every popular movement; from the emergence of the Beat Generation in the Fifties to the..... More
[Item #2858]
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1993 (1987). Later printing. Soft Cover. Later Printing from 1993, the first softcover edition was printed in 1987. A collection of later poems following up on the door-stopper Collected Poems 1947-1980(#1163 above). Signed by Allen Ginsberg on front flyleaf : "Allen Ginsberg/AH(circled)/12/18/93/Athens" Also included is a publicity photograph, issued with the publication of the first hardcover edition in 1986, with an uncropped version of..... More
[Item #1167]
Louisville, KY: White Fields Press/ The Literary Renaissance, 1994. First Printing. Single Sheet. "Stand up against governments, against God./ Stay irresponsible./ Say only what we know & imagine./ Absolutes are coercion./ Change is absolute." (first five lines) A large broadside (appx. 15" x 34&7/8") with the much-published title poem by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Founding Father of the Beat Generation. Subtitled "To Struga Festival Golden Wreath Laureates & International Bards 1986,"..... More
[Item #3891]
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. "In Cosmopolitan Greetings, (Allen) Ginsberg's ebullient spirit, his compassion, humor, playfulness, and candor are as refreshing as ever. These are poems from the autumn years of his life, a time of extensive activity and engagement for the public figure and a period of reflection and meditation for the Buddhist. The poet confronts evil in the world...and he does it fearlessly and..... More
[Item #4129]
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. "The revealing personal journals of premier American poet Allen Ginsberg from the crucial years of his youth, Journals Mid-Fifties 1954-1958 is a must-read for everyone fascinated by the Beat Generation and its place in American literary and cultural history. A portrait of the artist as a young man at peak creative energy...In these years Ginsberg made radical discoveries in poetics- including..... More
[Item #4160]
Louisville, KY: White Fields Press, 1995. First Printing. Single Sheet. "I went upstairs, happy to see/ he had a place to lay his head for good, and woke in China." (from final stanza) A broadside (appx. 11" x 21&3/4") with the title poem by Allen Ginsberg, Founding Father of the Beat Generation. The poem records a dream he had while visiting China, in which Ginsberg reunites with famous friends &..... More
[Item #3876]
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1995. First Softcover Edition, Second Printing. Softcover. "Since this work is not done posthumously, I've had the liberty to annotate each verse regarding appropriate cultural references which few critics have examined...I've lived with and enjoyed Howl for three decades, it has become a social and poetical landmark, notorious at worst illuminative at best...It seems helpful in this fourth decade of the poem's use to clarify..... More
[Item #4139]
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1995. Limited First Edition. Hardcover in slipcase. Signed & numbered by Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg's journals from the crucial years of 1954-1958, during which Howl was composed & published among other Beat milestones. This is a specially bound & slipcased edition limited to 176 copies, only 150 of which were for sale. This is copy #15/150, signed & numbered by the poet. Marbled endpapers, gilt..... More
[Item #1461]
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. "Allen Ginsberg, one of America's most distinguished living poets, turned 70 this year. Selected Poems 1947-1995 commemorates his brilliant career and honors a landmark birthday. Ginsberg personally chose the selections for this handy volume and has written a retrospective Apologia that places the poems from each decade in their historical and literary context. Here are well-known masterpieces such as the lyric..... More
[Item #4176]
New York, NY: Mercury Records/Mouth Almighty Records, 1996. First Edition. CD in Case. A recording by Allen Ginsberg of three versions of his title poem, along with "Amazing Grace" (another of his poems, not the traditional spiritual hymn), set to music performed by stellar musician/composers including Phillip Glass, Lenny Kaye & Paul McCartney. Published in July of 1996, this is one of the latest works issued by the founding father..... More
[Item #2861]
Ann Arbor, MI: Jewel Heart; The Alternative Press, 1997. First Printings. Stapled Wrappers; Single Sheets. During May 24, 1997, less than two months after his passing on April 5, a major Allen Ginsberg Memorial event took place in the venerable Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Offered here are three rare mementos of this reverent gathering to honor the memory of a Founding Father of the..... More
[Item #3321]
New York, NY: HarperFlamingo/HarperCollins, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover; Card Stocks. "Allen Ginsberg was one of the bravest and most admired poets of (the 20th) century. Famous for energizing the Beat Generation literary movement upon his historic encounter with Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs in mid-century New York City, Ginsberg influenced several generations of writers, musicians, and poets. When he died on April 5, 1997, we lost one of..... More
[Item #2863]