First Blues
by Ginsberg, Allen
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On Dec 16, 2016, Anonymous said
The book has a picture of Ginsberg and Bob Dylan at the front, sitting at the grave of Jack Kerouac. It contains sheet music notes for many of Ginsberg's songs. In this book he is stressing the links between poetry and song, and trying to reach a larger audience. In these poems, no doubt influenced by the song tradition, he takes up rhyme. The book demonstrates the poet's willingness to evolve and try new things. Buddhism is a big influence here too. When you experiment, take risks and try something new, you don't always win. These poems just are not as good as Ginsberg's first volume with City Lights in the 1950's, with such poems as "Howl" and "Supermarket in California."
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971-1974.
by GINSBERG, Allen.
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- First trade
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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Full Court Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. First trade. Hardcover. Photos; Hard cover in grey cloth. DJ with shallow rubbing at top. Signed by Ginsberg in ink on title page, Some musical scores pictured with both notes and words. In clear plastic wrapper. Number line 10-2. Frontis photo. . Item Price
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First Blues
by Allen Ginsberg
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- 1983
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Two LP set of the first issue by John Hammond Records with the scarce inserts included.
Sleeve shows some rubbing but the records look fine without any trace of scratches.. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74 (Association Copy)
by GINSBERG, Allen
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- Used - A near fine copy in gray cloth boards, with minor rubbing to typographic jacket, thus close to near fine. Postcard with facsimil
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- 1975
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East Hampton, New York, USA
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New York: Full Court Press, 1975. A near fine copy in gray cloth boards, with minor rubbing to typographic jacket, thus close to near fine. Postcard with facsimile manuscript poem printed to recto (Returning to the Country for a Brief Visit), with SIGNED handwritten letter to verso, dated Sept. 18, 1976.. First Edition. Slim octavo. A collection of… Read more about this item Item Price
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First Blues
by Allen Ginsberg
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- Used
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- first softcover edition
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- 1975
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- 9780916190057
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Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA
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Profusely inscribed to Bob Dylan's manager, Albert Grossman, and his wife and signed by Ginsberg (see photo). Some cover scrapes and soiling
Description: First Softcover Edition. A collection of poem-songs from Ginsberg, first inspired by a jam session with Bob Dylan in 1971. Folkways would produce an LP of the songs in 1981, as recorded by Harry Smith. Item Price
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FIRST BLUES: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971-74
by GINSBERG, Allen
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- Used - Near fine.
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- First Edition
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- 1975
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New York: Full Court Press, 1975. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of this collection of Ginsberg lyrics and verse, often with musical accompaniment. 73+ pp. [Morgan A33a2.1]. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Near fine with faint sunning here and there to wraps. Else bright, sharp, and tight. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971-74
by Allen Ginsberg
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1975
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- Soft cover
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- 9780916190057
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New York: Full Court Press Inc., 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. A relatively scarce first soft cover edition of early 70s Ginsberg combining poetry and musical notations. Inscribed by Ginsberg and dated (April 14, 1979) by him. In publisher's pale red wrappers with only minor wear to extremities. A slight stain to the ES… Read more about this item Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- First Paperback Edition
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- 1975
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- 9780916190057
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New York: Full Court Press, 1975. 73pp. Pink stiff wraps, blue lettering. Author signature on the title page. Light crimping on the upper spine and right corner of the front panel, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy. Songs and lyrics of musical works of Ginsberg from 1971-74.. Signed by Allen Ginsberg. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Octavo. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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- 9780916190057
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NY: Full Court Press, 1975. 1st printing; 77 pages; ex-college library. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8 Vo. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971-74
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- Used - Near Fine Plus.
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- Second Printing
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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- 9780916190057
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New York: Full Court Press, 1975. Light rubbing to spine folds, otherwise a clean, tight copy. . Second Printing. Thin Trade Paperback. Near Fine Plus.. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Allen Ginsberg
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- Used - Good
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- 1975-01-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780916190057
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Full Court Press, 1975-01-01. Paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Appears signed on the first page with the date 4/6/86, there is a 7 written over the 6 for the day. Signature matches handwriting of verified samples but no authentication certificate available for this one. Pictures available upon request. Small smudge to upper right corner of first endpaper. Small crease to… Read more about this item Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Allen Ginsberg
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1975
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- Paperback
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- 9780916190057
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Full Court Press, 1975. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 3rd printing. . Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Allen Ginsberg
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- January 1975
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780916190057
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Full Court Press, January 1975. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- 1975
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- 9780916190057
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Full Court Press, 1975. Trade paperback. Good. No dust jacket.. 74 p. Audience: General/trade. Full Court Press, 1975, 3rd printing, 74+pages, trade paperback, spine completely sunned white, otherwise very light wear, no owner's mark or underlining, appears unread Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Ginsberg, Allen
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- Used - Good
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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- 9780916190040
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Full Court Press, 1975. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
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First Blues: Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs, 1971-74
by Allen Ginsberg
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Full Court Press. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Item Price
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