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City Lights, 1996. The Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Fine and bright glossy stiff wraps with strong square spine and crisp bright text throughout. The classic

City Lights Books, 2000. New. New book.

The Pocket Poets Series Number Four, City Lights, 1999. 1999 edition. Fine and bright stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text throughout. Neat owner's name to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text.

San Francisco, CA: City Lights Publishers. Very Good+. 1980. Later Printing. Paperback. 0872860175 . This is a small format paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. "Best known for his poem "Howl", Ginsberg denounced what he saw as the destructive forces of capitalism and conformity in the United States. San Francisco police and US Customs seized copies of "Howl" in 1956, and a subsequent obscenity trial in 1957 attracted widespread publicity due to the poem's language and descriptions of heterosexual and homosexual sex at a time when sodomy laws made (male) homosexual acts a crime in every state. The poem reflected Ginsberg's own sexuality and his relationships with a number of men, including Peter Orlovsky, his lifelong partner. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not… Read More

San Francisco, CA: City Lights, 1966. Number four in the Pocket Poets Series. Owner's signature on front cover; Some doodles on FFEP and notes written through out the book in ink . Covers slightly worn, faded and aged; 44p.. Seventeenth Printing. Stapled Wraps. Good. 12mo over 6¾" 7¾" tall. Paper Back.

City Lights. Softcover, in Good + condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, paper is tanning with age, a good reading copy, . Good. Soft cover. 1959.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1982. 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. Clean, tight, square, unmarked copy. Flat spine. Not price clipped (2.50). No remainder mark. No store stamp, owner's name or bookplate. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. "The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four." The book's dedication is to Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, and Neal Cassady. Later printing of the 1956 original. Softcover. Very Good condition. 47pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

City Lights Books 1993 In-12, 64pp., Nb-0285, Unscrew the locks from the doors ! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!

San Francisco, California: City Lights Books, 1966. The Pocket Poets Series, Number Four. Stapled Wraps. pp. 44, [2]. Square 12mo., measuring 5" x 6.25". Twice-stapled self-wrappers issued with its classic black borders over white background. Well-preserved with no detectable flaws; near fine. "Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl and Other Poems' was originally published by City Lights Books in the Fall of 1956. Subsequenty seized by U.S. Customs and the San Francisco police, it was the subject of a long court trial at which a series of poets and professors persuaded the court that the book was not obscene."

City Lights Books, 1959. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover is lightly tanned and scuffed, but text is legible. Pages are lightly tanned along edges, but text is clean and bright.

City Lights Books, 1958. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Sixth printing. Covers shelfworn.

San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1958. Very Good +. San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, [1958]. Fourth Printing, stated at rear along with 75 cents price. 12mo. 44 pp. Original stiff stapled wraps. Light rubbing and toning to wraps with a crease to bottom front corner. Binding is sound. Contemporary ownership inscription and original pencil price to title page; interior otherwise unmarked. Early printings of Howl have become relatively scarce, A Very Good copy.

San Francisco: City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1967. 3rd Printing. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Pocket Poets Series Number Four. Third Printing printed on the rear. 75 cents price on the rear. Age toning & rubbing to edges of cover. Size: Square 16mo

San Francisco: The City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1957. Third Printing. Saddle-stitched. Small Octavo, 44 pages. In Good plus condition. Black and white covers with two staples in spine. Covers have light age toning to covers, mild shelf wear, and moderate edge wear. Textblock has gray mark on fore edge. Shelved Case 0. 1374081. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

San Francisco: The City Loghts Pocket Poet Bookshop, 1957. Third Printing stated and 75 Cents price rear cover. #4 in the Pocket Poets Series. The first printing of Ginsberg's classic poem to be Manufactured in the United States. Very Good, light rubbing at edges, toning at spine and front wrapper. . Third Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1957. Pamphlet. 44p., 4.75x5.5 inch chapbook, second edition stated on rear cover, white wraparound title sheet pasted on and 75 cents cover price. Lightly-toned covers, mild corner crease to front cover. Carr not mentioned on Dedication page. Pocket Poets Series Number Four. This second edition was confiscated by US Customs and many destroyed.

San Francisco: City Lights Books “Pocket Poets Series, Number Four”, 1956. First Edition/First State (1 of 1000 copies) . Softcover. Very Good. 12mo (44 pages). This is a very good copy of the true First State of the First Edition (with the name “Lucien Carr” – later removed – on the dedication page). There is some faint staining to the white front cover panel and to the title page, which is SIGNED and dated in ink: “Allen Ginsberg, ‘74” beneath a drawing by Ginsberg of the sun and a large flower that utilizes the “O” in “Howl” as its corolla. Perhaps the most important volume of American poetry of the twentieth century, signed and uniquely decorated by the author.