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GINSBERG, Allen. A group of 12 works by or about Ginsberg, MANY SIGNED OR INSCRIBED.
Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
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 GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997). A group of 12 works by or about Ginsberg, MANY SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:

1) Ankor Wat. London: Fulcrum Press, 1968. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, number 42 of 100, SIGNED BY GINSBERG.

2) Indian Journals. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1970. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket.

3) Bixby Canyon Ocean Path Word Breeze. New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 6 of 100 copies, SIGNED BY GINSBERG.

4) Allen Verbatim: Lectures on Poetry, Politics, Consciousness. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1974. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG.

5) To Eberhart from Ginsberg. Lincoln, MA: The Penmaen Press, 1976. Original cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 44 of 1,300, SIGNED BY BOTH GINSBERG AND RICHARD EBERHART.

6) Journals: Early Fifties Early Sixties. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1977. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG.

7) As Ever: The Collected Correspondence of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company, 1977. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION.

8) Straight Hearts’ Delight. Peter Orlovsky, co-author. San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1980. Publisher’s printed wraps. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY BOTH GINSBERG AND ORLOVSKY.

9) Collected Poems 1947-1980. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Publisher’s printed wraps. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG.

10) White Shroud. New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Original cloth; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, number 143 of 200 copies, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG.

11) Cosmopolitan Greetings. New York: Harper Collins, 1994. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.

12) KRAMER, Jane. Allen Ginsberg in America. New York: Random House, 1969. Original cloth; publisher’s dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GINSBERG.

Together, 12 works in 12 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally fine.

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