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First deluxe edition, limited to 275 copies signed by the author, printed on large handmade paper using Goudy Modern type, and bound in the vibrantly colour-illustrated linen depicting a cityscape by Robert La Vigne. This hugely influential poem, one of the great works of Beat Generation literature, is here finely printed for the first time. Of the 275 copies printed, "several copies were misbound and about 20 sets of sheets were not bound due to a lack of adequate covers" (Morgan). It includes a new note by Ginsberg on the poetic continuation The Names, which had never before appeared alongside Howl until this edition. The Names was first written in 1957 and published in the Paris Review in 1966. Howl was first published by City Lights in 1956 in a much-reproduced wrappers format. Quarto. Original grey linen richly illustrated in colour after a cityscape design by Robert La Vigne, grey endpapers, fore and bottom edges uncut. Large initial opening each section. A fine copy. Morgan A21.a1.

Howl and Other Poems is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg published in 1956. It contains Ginsberg's most famous poem, 'Howl', which is considered to be one of the principal works of the Beat Generation along with other notable poems.