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Howl 19567/5/2023 Morgan’s bibliography, however, sets the date of publication as Nov. In addition, both Gary Snyder and Louis Ginsberg report receiving copies they had ordered at the start of that month, likely from the earliest copies received at City Lights. Again, according to Publisher's Weekly, “he first edition passed through U.S. 1st), Howl seems to have only really begun to be distributed in October. 17th issue of Publisher's Weekly lists the official publication date as Sept. While Ferlinghetti sent Ginsberg “a few advance copies” in August of that year (Morgan, I Greet You, 5), and a small number of copies inscribed in September are known (the Sept. First, the book was published late in the year. “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.” The most likely opportunities for Ginsberg to sign copies of Howl in 1956 were few and far between. Presented in a custom, full black goatskin, clamshell box.Original stiff black stapled wrappers with pasted white printed wraparound label, as issued.Signed and dated by Ginsberg on the title page: “Allen Ginsberg / Oct 1956.”.San Francisco: The City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1956.Rare signed first edition of Howl, inscribed in the year of publication, likely at one of Ginsberg’s most infamous readings.
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