Allen Ginsberg
84 copies for sale · $12–$50,000 · 49 first editions · 23 signed
Notable copies for sale
Howl and Other Poems (SIGNED BY 5 OF THE BOOK'S PRINCIPAL FIGURES) (first edition, signed, 1956) — Biblio$50,000
Howl: For Carl Solomon (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$28,000
Mostly Sitting Haiku (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$800
Wales: A Visitation July 29th 1967 (first edition, signed) — Between the Covers$750
BROADSIDE: YOU ARE INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE OF THE GREAT FALLS HISTORIC DISTRICT PATERSO (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$375
COLLECTED POEMS: 1947-1980 (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$350
Sad Dust Glories, poems during work summer in Woods (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$250
JOURNALS MID-FIFTIES 1954-1958 (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$250
Collected poems (first edition, signed) — Rulon-Miller Books$250
The Gates of Wrath, Rhymed Poems: 1948-1952 (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$175
Howl and Other Poems (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$35,000
Howl and Other Poems (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$20,000
Works on the market
WHITE SHROUD: Poems 1980-19854 copies · $15–$350
Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals4 copies · €25–€150
HOWL AND OTHER POEMS3 copies · $25–$500
Howl and Other Poems2 copies · $20,000–$35,000
Photographs2 copies · $95–$950
White Shroud Poems 1980-19852 copies · $30–$650
JOURNALS MID-FIFTIES 1954-19582 copies · $35–$250
IRON HORSE2 copies · $100–$175
Planet News 1961-19672 copies · $35–$125
COLLECTED POEMS 1947-19972 copies · $44–$113
Planet News 1961-19672 copies · $25–$75
REALITY SANDWICHES2 copies · $40–$43
The Gates of Wrath: rhymed poems: 1948-19522 copies · $12–$20
Howl: For Carl Solomon1 copy · $28,000
AH Allen1 copy · $12,500
HOWL AND OTHER POEMS; Signed1 copy · $1,798
Empty Mirror: Early Poems1 copy · $1,500
Market context
21 copies of Allen Ginsberg's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $75 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
La Nouvelle Chute de l'Amerique, one of 80 copies signed by Ginsberg and Roy Lichtenstein, (forum, 2026-04-23)£460
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