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Lawrence Ferlinghetti

45 copies for sale · $20–$17,500 · 26 first editions · 17 signed

Notable copies for sale

Pictures of the Gone World First copy of the first City Lights book (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$17,500
Pictures of the Gone World (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
Two Parisian Models (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$950
Two New Poems; Poet as Fisherman • Introduction to a Poetry Exhibition (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$300
Pictures of the Gone World Pocket Poets Series Number One (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$225
Street's Kiss (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$175
Artist's Diatribe (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$150
The Hopper House at Truro (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$120
Obrazy Zmizelého Sveta • Lunapark v Hlave • Startuji ze San Francisca (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$95
Poesie Vecchie & Nuove (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$75
AFTER The CRIES Of The BIRDS (first edition, signed) — Tavistock Books$50
Lei; Romancero (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$50

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Works on the market

A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND4 copies · $48–$200
Unfair Arguments with Existence: Seven Plays for a New Theatre2 copies · $40–$50
STARTING From SAN FRANCISCO2 copies · $38–$45
LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO: A PICTORIAL HISTORY FROM ITS By Lawrence Ferlinghetti2 copies · $41
TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION Of A DINNER GIVEN To PROMOTE The IMPEACHMENT Of PRESIDENT EISENHOWER2 copies · $25–$30
Pictures of the Gone World First copy of the first City Lights book1 copy · $17,500
Pictures of the Gone World1 copy · $2,800
Two Parisian Models1 copy · $950
Unfair Arguments with Existence1 copy · $750
A Group of Five Works; Including A Tribute to Jim Lowell; Where is Vietnam?; New Direction1 copy · $500
Il mare dentro noi/ Sulla rotta di Ulisse1 copy · $350
Two New Poems; Poet as Fisherman • Introduction to a Poetry Exhibition1 copy · $300
The Illustrated Wilfred Funk Signed1 copy · $250
Pictures of the Gone World Pocket Poets Series Number One1 copy · $225
Street's Kiss1 copy · $175
Artist's Diatribe1 copy · $150
LANDSCAPES OF LIVING & DYING1 copy · $125
The Hopper House at Truro1 copy · $120
A CONEY ISLAND Of The MIND. Poems. A New Directions Paperbook1 copy · $95
Obrazy Zmizelého Sveta • Lunapark v Hlave • Startuji ze San Francisca1 copy · $95

Market context

22 copies of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $49 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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