Howl Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, First Edition (38 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. * AS PICTURED * FIRST EDITION THUS, Impression 019. Near Fine. (proceeds donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. First printing in this format with the number '1' on the verso of the title page. Slight moister stain to the bottom corner of the rear cover otherwise a firm, clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii 117pp paperback, very good.

Condition: New. 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked' Beat movement icon and visionary poet, the author broke boundaries with his fearless, pyrotechnic verse. This book brings together the famous poems that made his name as a defining figure of the counterculture. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102. . . . . .

Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Popular Penguins. Mass market paperback. A LIKE NEW very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 117pp. SB-87.

Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Popular Penguins. Mass market paperback. A LIKE NEW very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 117pp. SB-95.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, eighth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. September 1959 printing. Interior unmarked, covers as shown, aged. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Audio Book (LP). Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. LP - NEW (Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap) - On February 13 and 14, 1956, Gary Snyder and Allen Ginsberg read at Reed College, with the Valentine's Day performance recorded, forgotten, then found in a box in 2007. Reading "Howl" out loud in front of an audience is an exhausting and emotional experience, so Ginsberg warmed up by reading several shorter poems first. The Reed recording includes these shorter selections and most of Part I of "Howl." The restored recording is crystal clear; you can not only hear Ginsberg turning the pages, but taking breaths after each long line. The audience is pin-drop quiet except for a few places in the reading, for instance, one moment when someone in the audience says something that can't be heard that elicits laughter, to which Ginsberg responds, "I don't want to corrupt the youth." Other lines generate laughter, but the audience is attentive and respectful, allowing for a present-day fly-on-the-wall listening experience. In testimony to how emotionally draining it was to read the poem two nights in a row, as Ginsberg launches into Part II, he stops after four lines saying, "I don't really feel like reading any more, I haven't got any kind of steam. So I'd like to cut, do you mind?" Thus ends the first known recording of "Howl"? and now begins its 21st century access for all to hear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. An early printing in the original format and quality of this classic book, Ginsberg's most controversial, just after it was removed from the banned books list. Original format in The Pocket Poets Series (Number four). A clean, bright, unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. First Thus. Like new hardcover 1996 reprint.

Condition: Good. Eighth printing, September 1959. Moderate wear and handling to cover, minor soiling and age-toning. Small ink drawing on first page. Uncommon early printing of this iconic poem. Staple-bound sextodecimo, 44 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. Signed by Ginsberg on the title page.

1st ed. thus softback with french flaps Nice copy small octavo 154pp., colour plates., bibliog., Poems from two of Ginzberg's most famous volumes. Illustrated with 6 full-page colour illustrations taken from the works of William Blake. GREEK TEXT. Lovely volume.

Audio Book (LP). Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. LP & Book Set - Limited Edition Red Vinyl (Limited to 500 Copies) NEW (Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap) - Decades after its arrival, Howl remains one of the most important poems of the mid-20th century. Its 1959 release on red translucent vinyl (reproduced here as part of the Deluxe Package), is arguably the best-known recording to feature any beat-era poet. Although the poem "Howl" itself is the centerpiece of the program, each additional reading, namely the entrancing "Footnote to Howl" and "Howl" (Part One)," are born into life full of passion and equally world-weary and world-embracing totality of Ginsberg's inherent greatness. - This deluxe vinyl box set includes the LP, a reproduction of the original City Lights reading invite, a photo of Ginsberg, a reproduction of the Pocket Poem book, as well as a booklet featuring new liner notes by Beat scholar Ann Charteris, and notes by Ann Waldman.

Softcover. First Edition; Twenty-Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Owner name on title page.

No Binding. Condition: Clamshell As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No Binding. Custom Clamshell Case. Ginsberg, Allen. HOWL AND OTHER POEMS. Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] White title & 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.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. First edition, twenty-fourth printing. Signed by Ginsberg on title-page and dated "10/24/92." Publisher's black and white paper wrappers, lettered in black and white. Near fine, with light toning to spine, light edgewear, and "AH" written inside the "O" in "Howl" on the title-page. Overall, an excellent copy. Published as the fourth installment of City Lights' Pocket Poets Series, Howl and Other Poems is Allen Ginsberg's first collection of poetry, which opens with the iconic line "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness." In many ways the mantra of the Beat Movement, "Howl" observes and addresses problems in American society. In addition to "Howl" this volume includes "A Supermarket in California," "Sunflower Sutra," "America," and "In Back of the Real," among others. Signed by Author.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: `. First Edition. The Fourth Printing, undated. Issued as Number 4 in the publisher's Pocket Poets Series. Cook 3. About Fine in black and white stapled wrappers. Small smooth crease lower front corner. 44pp. with Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Q19756.

Stapled wrappers. Condition: As New. Reprint. Originally published by City Lights Books as Number Four in the Pocket Poets Series in 1956, this is the Eighth printing of 1959, noted by Cook as the first printing to incorporate previously suppressed content. A Very Fine copy, bound with two staples in the familiar square black and white format. A noteworthy issue. Q17170.

Condition: Very good. Third printing (stated) and first produced in the U.S. of Ginsberg's landmark poem, number four in the Pocket Poets Series. While the first two printings of HOWL were produced in London by Villiers, when U.S. Customs seized more than 500 copies of the latter printing for alleged obscenity (leading to one of the most important censorship trials of the 20th century), publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti printed this third domestically, bringing the book out from under the jurisdiction of Customs a fact conspicuously noted on the copyright page, which clearly states "Manufactured in the United States of America." A significant copy from early in the history of this landmark poem that along with Kerouac's ON THE ROAD and Burroughs's NAKED LUNCH form the cornerstones of the Beat movement. It remains Ginsberg's most enduring work. 6.25'' x 5''. Original stiff black stapled wrappers (75 cents). 44 pages. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Covers rubbed and toned with a bit of spotting. Else sound and clean.

1st Edition. 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. Near Fine in New Clamshell case.

Softcover. First Edition; Thirtieth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. ; Personalized by Allen Ginsberg on title page with a drawing. ; Signed by Author.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Printing. Cook 4. Original black paper stapled wrappers with white wraparound pastedown, as issued. 75 cent price, first state with Lucien Carr on dedication page. A Good copy. Front cover with slight waviness. Wear to white wrapper at spine. Smoothed diagonal crease to title page. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. 44pp. The title piece, a signature work of the Beat Movement. Q21546.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the groundbreaking poem, for both the Beat movement, as well as freedom of speech and expression in the United States. Meets all points including "Lucien Carr" dedication and period after "Harlem" on rear cover as sentence continues. Book is about good or slightly better, showing a variety of different points of wear and toning. Book is complete aside from the front fore corner of wraps having lost 5mmx5mm triangular piece. Previous owner name neatly written in ink to front title. Small quarto in wraps, 44 pages. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition/First State (1 of 1000 copies). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Japanese edition. Translated by Yasujiro Furusawa. 70pp. Octavo. Silver-gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on black leather that wraps around both boards and the spine. Housed in publisher's gray cardboard slipcase with white paper label and wrapped in original unprinted glassine. Near fine with some rubbing, remainder marks at the bottom of the text block and faint glue residue to the pastedown, along with remnant of the glassine dust jacket; slipcase with some toning on the spine. Limited to 500 numbered copies; this is copy 234. Only the third foreign translation of this Ginsberg's work and notable for its accompanying commentary from fellow Beat Gary Snyder, whom by the time of this book's release, had lived in Japan for more than six years, pursuing the study of Zen Buddhism. An uncommon edition with *OCLC* locating three copies, one in Japan.

Condition: Fine- / Fine-. First Edition. First Pressing of this 33 1/3 rpm (12-inch) LP phonograph record (numbered 7006 on sleeve and vinyl), on which the poet recites (screams, begs, urges) "Howl" and other poems. Transparent red vinyl (not the later, more common black vinyl) with burgundy labels, plain paper slip, and original card sleeve printed in green, orange, andblack. Stamped in red: "Promotional Copy / Not for Sale" on rear of sleeve, with ownership of poet John Ciardi faintly stamped on upper right corner of front and neat blue ball-point notes to rear, probably in Ciardi's hand, commenting on the readings (Ginsberg recites "Howl," "The Sunflower Sutra," "Footnote to Howl," "A Supermarket in California," "Transcription of Organ Music," "America," "In the Back of the Real," "Strange New Cottage in Berkeley," "Europe! Europe!," and "Kaddish."). Long printed introduction by Ginsberg on rear sleeve. Offered with Third Printing (so stated on rear cover and priced 75 cents) of the First City Lights Edition of Howl and Other Poems, dedicated to Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady and introduced by William Carlos Williams. Foolscap 8vo (157 x 121mm): 44pp. Black and white stapled card covers, inside covers blank, without separate white paper wraparound label of first two printings (now incorporated into cover design). LP's paper slip wrinkled but intact without tears, card sleeve lightly toned else about Fine. Book about Fine, pages slightly toned but clean throughout. Cook 4. Morgan F2a and A3. In October, 1956, with publication of Howl and Other Poems in an edition of 1000 copies by Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights Bookshop, came fame and notoriety. Ferlinghetti was charged with disseminating obscene literature and arrested, but Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not obscene, and the collection ultimately was translated into twenty-eight languages. "Howl" became as famous "as any American poem since Eliot's"The Waste Land"and is still an icon of the Beat generation as powerful as Kerouac'sOn The Road . . . It is meant to be recited, and in his recitations Ginsberg was filled with gusto; he gesticulated and screamed, begged, urged and took off his clothes. . . . He was a lyric genius who, along with William Carlos Williams, was one of the greatest influences on the American poetical voice since Walt Whitman." (Literary Encyclopedia) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Stapled wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Second Printing with "Second Edition" printed on rear cover. This is the issue seized by U.S. Customs at San Francisco on its way from the Printer in London; hence, due to the destruction of many of the copies, decidedly scarcer even than the first printing. A beautiful, unequivocally Fine copy in black stapled wrappers with white printed wraparound pastedown (which conceals the staples). No wear. No soil. No tears or creases or dog-ears. No toning. 44pp., without Lucien Carr's name on the dedication. Laid in is a photocopy of the Poetry (Chicago) Magazine open letter from Henry Rago (Editor) to Lawrence Ferlinghetti informing him that the book has been approved for review in a subsequent issue. Cook Number Four ff. Scarce condition copy. Q13282.

Original wraps. Condition: Near Fine. A remarkable Association copy of the 1956 correct 1st edition. This copy not only conforms to all the original issue points but is in beautiful, near-pristine condition. Furthermore, THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY 5 OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE BOOK'S GENESIS: 1) ALLEN GINSBERG (on the title page); 2) LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI (on the copyright page); 3) LUCIEN CARR (on the dedication page); 4) WILLIAM BURROUGHS (also on the dedication page); and 5) CARL SOLOMON (on the first blank endpaper). In other words, this copy is signed by the book's author, its publisher and by 3 of its 5 dedicatees (only Jack Kerouac's and Neal Cassady's signatures are missing from this copy). Notably, of the 5 signatures, all critically important to the birth and evolution of "Howl", Lucien Carr's appears to be the most elusive. We know that Carr's relationship with the Beats grew tense early on and that he insisted his name be removed from all subsequent printings of "Howl". We also know that Carr himself introduced William Burroughs (an old friend from their St. Louis upbringing) to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg --and that Carr's infamous career at Columbia (as documented in the 2013 film "Kill Your Darlings") saw him as a very important muse to this budding literary scene. A fresh, tight copy, immaculate internally and easily Near Fine overall, while legitimately approaching Fine (even down to its unrusted staple). Also includes a hand-made chemise (signed by Ginsberg at a later date), a folded cardboard reproduction of the book's front cover which, among other things, capably protects the fragile 1st edition and no doubt helps to explain its remarkable condition. Of the 1,000 copies of "Howl" initially published, this must certainly rank as among the very most historic and significant.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Moderate staining to edges of pasted wraps (some from paste), and mild sunning to spine. 1/2" tear at tail. Else fine. Signed by Ginsberg on the title-page and by the dedicatee of Howl, Carl Solomon, at the beginning of Howl (p. 9). We know of only one copy with Solomon s signature at auction since 1975 (1992 reappearing in 2005) on ABPC. Presented in custom clam-shell box. First edition, first printing (with pasted card wrap). Signed by Author(s).