Howl for Carl Solomon.

GINSBERG, Allen.

$3,000.00

Item Number: 95298

San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1971.

First signed limited edition of Ginsberg’s Howl with new additions and corrections. Quarto, original illustrated linen designed by Robert La Vigne. One of 275 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem on hand-made paper with edges untrimmed and signed and dated by Allen Ginsberg on the title page, “Allen Ginsberg August 30, 1971 San Francisco.” Laid in are the original introductory announcements by Hoyem & Grabhorn and notes by Ginsberg. Also laid in is the original transmittal postcard signed by Ginsberg and entirely in his hand. Addressed to Glen Todd, the postcard reads, “Dec 31, 71 Dear Glen, Happy New Year Received Howl inside lovely cover a bit faint & delicate for the funky subject – Did recording here with Peter so didn’t get out to SF – Feb will pass then – Allen.” In fine condition.

Published by Andrew Hoyem and Robert Grabhorn, this first signed limited edition of Ginsbergs Howl contains the original text as it was published in 1956 with minute revisions by the author with the addition of the related poetic fragment The Names, which Ginsberg wrote in 1957. The present volume is the first appearance of the two collected works. Ginsberg's Howl is regarded as the spearhead of the literary movement of the Beat Generation, as Ginsberg notes in his introductory note, "Howl's random catalogue of heroic archetype Seeker Persons generalized and abstracted their nature for poetic/surrealist imagery, sometimes with absurd humor I thought struck humane balance with the apocalyptic manners described."