Howl and Other Poems
San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956. Second edition. Paperback. 44pp. Slim sextodecimo [15.5 cm] Black and white saddle-stitched wraps, with toning and a couple of moisture rings on the front wrap. Internally clean. "Second Edition" on rear wrap. Dowden pgs. 4-7. Very Good Minus. Item #67190
The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Introduction by Ginsberg's mentor, William Carlos Williams.
The title poem forever changed the landscape of writing as well as popular culture. One of the principal works of the Beat Generation. Originally performed at the legendary Gallery Six reading. "Howl and Other Poems" is Ginsberg's first published book. Following the book's publication in 1956, "Howl" was subsequently seized by U.S. Customs and the San Francisco police, and was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene.
Price: $750.00