Endless Life: Selected Poems / With: Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet At Large by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence - 1981 / 1983

New York, NY: New Directions Publishing / Southern Illinois University Press, 1981 / 1983. First Edition. Hardcover / Very Fine; Softcover. Very Fine/Very fine. In 1981, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's longtime publisher New Directions released the first & most enduring anthology of Ferlinghetti's work, "Endless Life." Ferlinghetti, at the enthusiastic approval of personal friend & publishing giant James Laughlin, assembled this canonical collection of masterful verses as introduction & retrospective to potential readers and dedicated scholars. Also included is an erudite selection of literary criticism from Southern Illinois University professor & scholar Larry Smith. In "Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Poet At Large," Smith pares down Ferlinghetti's life and work as they correspond to distinct eras in his personal & poetic development, beginning with the section "A Biographic Portrait" and continuing with "A Stance Towards Life & Art," "The Poetry," "The Theatre," and "The Prose." Smith provides an illuminating & essential overview of the poet's life & oeuvre. A great companion volume to Ferlinghetti's Selected Poems. (1) Book in very fine condition with only slight spotting to text block and at bottom of rear boards; dust jacket in very fine condition with only slight rubbing near rightmost fine-edge of front cover & surrounding cover image. .(2) Book in very fine condition with only slight shelf-wear, slight rubbing to front, back covers esp. spine-edge of back cover; bump-crease on top-left, bottom-left corners of same; bump-crease on top-right, bottom-right corner of front cover.