Long Live Man by Corso Gregory (43 results)

paperback. Condition: Good.

First printing Very good reading copy with strong spine and clean text. Wraps. Neat former owner's inscription to half title page which bothers none of the text. Opening flyleaf cleanly removed. An excellent reading copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Stated first printing. VG description is accurate, but has some scuffing and other slight imperfections to front cover. Also, previous owner's name written in ink on upper corner of flyleaf.

Wraps. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. Fourth Printing. 93pp; Edges worn else a bright copy; Size: 12mo. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Printing, stated. Softbound Book. Book is in Good condition, with overall handling and shelfwear to wraps and text block, binding is tight though book is canted toward foredge. Interior is clean, text is free of markings.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Fourth printing. Octavo, wrappers. Covers somewhat rubbed and soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Stated third printing of this classic 1962 collection of work by Gregory Corso. Unmarked copy (aside from erased price to front cover), a bit of general reading wear. Not Signed.

Good reading copy wraps, a bit beat about a great Beat. Still very readable in its early second printing.

No Jacket, as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing. Only issued in this paperbound edition. New Directions Paperbook 127. Very good condition with a small crease and some edge rubbing. In glassine protective cover.

sharp unmarked stiff wraps. Condition: Very Good. First edition, 1st Printing. First edition, First Printing Gregory Corso (1930-2001) was abandoned by his mother a month after his birth at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. Growing up in foster care and on the streets of Little Italy, Corso was a juvenile delinquent who spent time in Clinton Correctional Facility, in the cell recently vacated by gangster "Lucky" Luciano. An aspiring poet, Corso was taken under the wing of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, and became the youngest member of the Beat Generation's inner circle, with whom he lived and work in the Beat Hotel, a lodging house in Paris, during the late fifties. There he created one of his signature works, "Bomb", a poem composed of typewritten strips of paper arranged in the shape of a mushroom cloud. Late in life, Corso became reunited with his mother and maintained a close relationship with her until his death. 83 pages pp.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black and white wrappers--miniscule rub to fore-edge of rear cover. A paperback original. 93pp. Quite uncommon in this condition now. Q13481.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 5th or later Edition. Fine sixth printing signed by Gregory Corso on the half-title page. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. An uncommon copy signed by Corso. Signed by Author(s).

Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in black and white wrappers, a paperbound original. Clean and unworn. 93pp. Quite uncommon in this condition. Q19597.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A small crease at the bottom of the front wrap, else a nice, very good copy in wrappers. Signed by the author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. 8vo, orig wrappers, VG with small abrasion on rear wrappers, SIGNED by Corso in Silver Ink, Corso sold these for 20 dollars when he needed a fix, the silver ink is a bit of dandy affectation h4/4. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Near Fine. No binding. Long galley and page proofs. The page proofs are on clean white paper, the cheap paper of the long sheets is browned, as expected. There are some ink marks and deletions to the long sheets. Offered as a pair.

Unbound. Condition: Near Fine. Long galley and page proofs. Two sets. Long sheets folded, with a single staple in the upper right-hand corner; pages browned, a few small nicks, and one long closed tear to cover sheet, else near fine. Page proofs consisting of single sheets with printed rectos only, fine. Two sets of in-house proofs for *Long Live Man* with the page proof the earlier of the two and absent four poems found in the final version of the book. In-house proofs such as these are usually issued in only a few copies for the author, editor, and typesetter, this copy came from Edwin Erbe, the head of publicity for New Directions. A rarity.