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Original Wrappers. First Thus. Softcover octavo, pp. [48]. 10 large monochrome photographs by Alexandra Lawrence, of which one double-page. Publishers' pictorial card wraps with black titles to spine and upper board. Spine creased, and corners affecting leaves and covers. Contents otherwise clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions. Lengthy stream-of-consciousness poem by the counterculture Beat Generation American writer, critic and political activist (1926-1997). The work was composed during Ginsberg's travels through South East Asia in 1963 and inspired by visits to the largest religious structure in the world, the temple at Angkor-Wat. Lawrence's photographs depict the ruins and statues in decay, overgrown by creeping tree roots, matching well with the poet's prophetic verse.

8vo. [48 pp (unpaginated)]. Photo frntsp., photo illusts., text illusts. Green cloth, gilt lettrng (slght shlfwr), w/ d.j. (mnr dustsoilng bk cvr, price-clppd), VG/VG copy, w/ frmr ownrshp inscrptn on ffep. First edition of this long collage-voice poem by the noted beat poet of his pilgrimage to the Angkor Wat temples in 1963.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In 1963, Allen Ginsberg traveled to Cambodia and visited the ancient Khmer temples. He wrote 'Angkor Wat,' an eponymous poem about the temple complex. It was a very different time: pre-Vietnam War, pre-Khmer Rouge, and before the bustling tourism trade that is now the lifeblood of Siem Reap. Yet the Angkor Wat temples themselves remain a unique source of inspiration for poets and photographers who travel there from all over the world.Over half a century later, Angkor Wat by luke kurtis is both the artist's homage to Ginsberg's text as well a celebration of his own pilgrimages to the ancient city. Published in 1968, Ginsberg's Angkor Wat book was a single long poem accompanied by photographs by Alexandra Lawrence. kurtis's book is a suite of poems paired with his original photography. Chronicling the poet's own travels where he explored mythical stories and experienced mystical visions, kurtis's poems take you on a tour of Angkor Wat (and beyond) unlike any other and tell the story of one American poet deepening his Buddhist spirituality.

First edition, first printing Fine bright illustrated stapled wraps with crisp bright text. All art and photographs by Ira Cohen including the cover collage. Title page from Angkor Wat in 2003. Back cover photograph from Afghanistan in 1970. This collection is dedicated to "ONDI". Back cover about Ira is a beauty by Allen Ginsberg: "Ira Cohen is on Stilts". Wonderfully inscribed on the entire opening flyleaf to Janine Pommy Vega and a partner in 2005 as dated by Ira Cohen. Strong association copy.