Allen Ginsberg

Howl and Other Poems

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1958.

Sixth Printing. 44 pp. Original black and white stiff paper wrappers; saddle-stitched. Minor age-toning to the white panels and light rubbing to the spine. Internally Fine; pages clean. A tight, well-preserved copy.

The definitive collection of the Beat Generation, featuring the title poem "Howl," which was the subject of a famous obscenity trial. This early 1958 printing was issued during the peak of the poem's initial impact on the American literary landscape. Includes "A Supermarket in California" and "Sunflower Sutra."

. Very Good. Item #681

Price: $160.00