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Giant Night.
by WALDMAN, Anne
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- Hardcover
- first
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Corinth Books,, 1970. First edition, signed limited issue, number 39 of 50 copies, numbered and signed by the author. Giant Night was Waldman's third poetry collection. The total edition comprised 3,000 copies, of which 2,000 were issued in wrappers and 1,000 in cloth. Anne Waldman (b.1945) is an American writer, experimental poet, and lecturer connected to the Beat poets, in particular Allen Ginsberg, who once referred to Waldman as his spiritual wife. She is "known as one of the most influential performance poets of the 20th century", founded the poetry journal Angel Hair, and was active in editing a number of other key Beat publications (Oakes, p. 352). The poem "Giant Night" was previously published alone by Angel Hair in a pamphlet in 1968. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in white. With the illustrated dust jacket, designed by Joe Brainard. A near-fine copy, couple of spots to cloth, internally clean, in the like dust jacket, unclipped, bright and sharp. Elizabeth H. Oakes, American Writers, 2004.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145792
- Title
- Giant Night.
- Author
- WALDMAN, Anne
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Corinth Books,
- Date Published
- 1970
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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