A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
by FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Minor Wear/No Jack`
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions Books, 1958. Two very small nicks front joint. 93pp. + 2-page advert. A crisp copy throughout. Louis Ferlinghetti (1919-2021) was an American poet and social activist. He was one of the founders of the Beat movement started in San Francisco in the mid-1950's. . Thirteenth Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Minor Wear/No Jack`. Thin Octavo.
Synopsis
A Coney Island of the Mind is a collection of poetry by Lawrence Ferlinghetti originally published in 1958. It contains some of Ferlinghetti's most famous poems, such as I am Waiting, and Junkman's Obbligato, which were created for jazz accompaniment. There are approximately a million copies in print of A Coney Island, and the book has been translated into over a dozen languages. It remains one of the best-selling and most popular books of poetry ever published.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014684
- Title
- A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
- Author
- FERLINGHETTI, LAWRENCE
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Jack`
- Edition
- Thirteenth Printing
- Publisher
- New Directions Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- Thin Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, American Poetry, Beat Poetry, Beat Movement
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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