Cleveland: Ghost Press, 1967. First edition. One of 500 copies. Stapled wraps with silkscreened cover, silkscreen illustrations inside. Very Good, wraps lightly soiled, staples rusted, bumped corners, offsetting from silkscreens. A 1967 rallying of Cleveland local, mimeo, and a few well-known poets to the cause of Asphodel Bookshop owner Jim..... More
San Francisco: The City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1955. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's stapled pages into perfect bound black wraps with yellow card wraparound printed in black. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and inscribed to owners "Bill and Pat" in the year of publication on the recto of rear..... More
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San Francisco: The City Lights Pocket Bookshop, 1955. A copy of great historical significance: the very first copy of the first book ever published by City Lights. First edition, first printing. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti on the title page, inscribed, simply, "Lawrence Ferlinghetti / August 5, 1955 / (first copy)."..... More
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2007. First edition. Set of four etchings in different colors, each designed and signed by Ferlinghetti, with colophon leaf, housed in red cloth slipcase. Numbered 9/20. Fine. A rare item from the City Lights founder and poet, with only one institutional holding according to OCLC..... More