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Howl. Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography.
NY: Harper & Row, 1986. First edition. 4to. Deep red cloth covered boards, with Harry Smith’s motif of three fish with one head in gilt to upper board, and matching cloth slipcase. 194pp.
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies SIGNED by the author (this copy #76).
The annotated edition of “Howl”, based on the Faber facsimile of “The Waste Land” and edited by Barry Miles, who worked with Ginsberg on it in New York during the winter of 1985-86, thirty years after its original publication.
Includes an “Author’s Preface: A Reading Guide”, “A Note on the Manuscript” by Miles, a “Statement” and other texts by Carl Solomon, and five appendices, including a bibliography of “Howl” by Bill Morgan. Illustrated with 19 b/w contemporary photographs “Relevant to Howl”.
Minor shelfwear to slipcase, o/w Near Fine.
Price:
£500.00
