A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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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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- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46209
- Title
- A CONEY ISLAND OF THE MIND
- Author
- Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Hutchinson & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1950s,English & British,Poetry,US American
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