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JOURNALS: Early Fifties Early Sixties
by GINSBERG, Allen; Gordon Ball (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0802101348
- ISBN 13
- 9780802101341
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1977. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. An important record of the early years of the seminal American poet, with a nice association. Inscribed to Ken Mikolowski, who with his wife Ann founded the Alternative Press. For more than 30 years, the Alternative Press published unbound letterpress-printed mail art, including the work of Beat and Black Mountain writers and poets from their native Detroit. Ginsberg was a frequent collaborator. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Publisher's black cloth in original dust jacket. INSCRIBED at ffep, " AH/ Allen Ginsberg/ for Ken Mikolowski/ Jan 24, 1978/ Ann Arbor, Mich./ 'on iron oceans'[?]." Trivial touches of shelfwear and minor toning. Near fine. 302pp.
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- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42182
- Title
- JOURNALS: Early Fifties Early Sixties
- Author
- GINSBERG, Allen; Gordon Ball (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0802101348
- ISBN 13
- 9780802101341
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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