Howl

by Allen Ginsberg 

Fine edition, signed.  San Francisco:  Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1971  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD+ condition.

• Illustrated linen covers are mostly clean, with color illustration.  Boards show some edgewear. See photos.  
• Spine has firm ends.
• Binding is strong. 
• Gray end papers/ pastedowns show little to no sign of age or wear.
• Publisher's prospectus announcing the edition and soliciting subscriptions is laid in.
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear; scattered toning of deckle edges.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have deckle fore and foot edges. 
• PS2025.0611

43 pages. 9 x 11.5 inches

A Very Good Plus copy of the fine edition produced by Andrew Hoyem and Robert Grabhorn of Howl by Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997).  Linen boards are illustrated in color by Robert LaVigne with images based on the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco.  Handmade paper is printed in generous 18 point type, with block initials.  The text of Howl is followed by the poetic fragment The Names, written by Ginsberg in 1957 and first published in the Paris Review (Spring 1966).

Laid in is a scarce copy of the Prospectus announcing this work.

Fine edition of 275 copies, printed on handmade paper.  Signed by author on title page.

Please see photos. More photos available upon request.

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