Allen. Mind Breaths Poems 1972-1977.

by GINSBERG

£350 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd · No longer available

GINSBERG, Allen. Mind Breaths Poems 1972-1977. San Francisco: City Lights Books . 1977. Small 4to. Publisher's red cloth, lettered in black to spine and upper board, black and white typographic dust-jacket retaining price of $7.50 to front flap; pp. [8], 123, [5, (advertisements)]; shelf wear to top and base edge of spine cloth, wear to black boarder of dust-jacket, authors signature in black ink to ffep; near fine. First edition. Signed by author. This is a collection of Ginsberg's more spiritual poetry, containing frequent references to eastern mysticism and new age philosophies. At this point in his career, Ginsberg's poetry was constantly in demand due to the success of Howl and Kaddish. As a result, the collection presented here is slightly less polished and depicts a subtle change in his writing stemming from newfound fame. First paperback edition published simultaneously to the hardback edition. This copy does not have a printer's notice, indicating that it is a first edition. (Cook, A123) SKU: 2120329

• Binding: Hardcover

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