Allen Ginsberg: Journals Mid-Fifties 1954-1958 (Signed Presentation Copy and TLS)
New York: Harpercollins, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Item #014513
ISBN: 0060167718
8vo.,489p. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($27.50), has a touch of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed and inscribed by the editor, Gordon Ball, on the title page, "For Ron Janoff with every good wish. Gordon Ball 4-20-95'. Ron Janoff is the beloved poet and a retired NYU professor who was a friend to several Beat writers including Ginsberg. Also, laid in is a typed letter signed by Ball to Janoff, discussing a project of publishing more of Ginsbergs papers and describes the current volume of journals. A gorgeous collectable copy.
Price: $125.00