The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965 - 1971
by Allen Ginsberg
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. Very Good. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. First Printing. Signed by Ginsberg "For David Williams" with his encircled mantra "AH" and dated 3/30/89 on title page. Pocket Poet's Series No. 30. [x], 188pp, [2]. Printed white paper wraps. Light edgewear and some general toning, with a dampstain down majority of spine edging shallowly onto front and back covers and affecting gutter margin of first and last few pages. Spine shows a few vertical creases, but is straight and unbroken. Prior owner's name dated March 73 at top of title page, with some marginal checks on contents page, a few notes on inside back cover, and a note, "(when I was 15 and in the 10th grade - the 4th Poem(?) - at Belmont Hill)" beneath first section title, and two or three marginal checks throughout text. Some smudging and foxing to textblock edges. Binding is sound.
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- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25147
- Title
- The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965 - 1971
- Author
- Allen Ginsberg
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- City Lights Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1972
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