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Howl : and other poems

Title
Howl : and other poems / by Allen Ginsberg.
Author
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Publication
San Francisco : City Lights Pocket Bookshop, c1956.

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TextRestricted use *KL 91-2Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextPermit needed Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1956Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextPermit needed Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1957Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextPermit needed Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1958Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextPermit needed Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1956 c.2Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
Description
44 p.; 16 cm.
Series Statement
The Pocket poets series ; no. 4
Genre/Form
  • Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance).
  • Annotations (Provenance).
  • Ink stamps (Provenance).
Note
  • "Howl for Carl Solomon" (introduction by William Carlos Williams): p. 7-8.
  • "Printed at the Press of Villiers Publications, Holloway, London, England"--p. [4].
  • Bound in printed paper wrappers.
Access (note)
  • Berg Collection copies are restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • Dowden, G. Ginsberg
  • Wallace, E.M. Williams
Provenance (note)
  • Berg Coll. copy of 1st printing (1956) inscribed: "Allen Ginsberg for Jack's biographer, old friend, helpful scholar, Ann Charters"--t.p.
Call Number
8-NBI (Ginsberg, A. Howl, and other poems)
LCCN
56008587 /L/r81
OCLC
NYPG754066984-B
Author
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997.
Title
Howl : and other poems / by Allen Ginsberg.
Imprint
San Francisco : City Lights Pocket Bookshop, c1956.
Series
The Pocket poets series ; no. 4
Access
Berg Collection copies are restricted access; request permission in holding division.
Indexed In:
Dowden, G. Ginsberg, p. 4-7
Wallace, E.M. Williams, B71
Provenance
Berg Coll. copy of 1st printing (1956) inscribed: "Allen Ginsberg for Jack's biographer, old friend, helpful scholar, Ann Charters"--t.p.
Local Note
Berg Coll. copy of 1st printing (1956) used for first public radio broadcast over KPFA in Berkeley, 1956, with publicly censored passages noted in pencil in the margins.
Berg Coll. copy of 1st printing (1956) contains "Butler" ink stamp on front wrapper.
Berg Coll. copy 2 of 1st printing (1956) inscribed and signed by the author in black pen on the title page, "for Gordon Ball now professor at old Dominion Norfolk October 4, 1982." Annotated throughout.
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Added Author
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963.
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997. ins; . Signer
Charters, Ann. Former owner
Ball, Gordon Former owner
Research Call Number
8-NBI (Ginsberg, A. Howl, and other poems)
Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1956
Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1956 c. 2
Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1957
Berg Coll Ginsberg H69 1958
*KL 91-2 First printing, with dedication to Lucien Carr; cf. Dowden, p. 5.
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