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New York: Harper & Row, 1986. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A very unusual copy of the 1986 signed/limited. This copy #108 of 250 signed by Allen Ginsberg at the limitation (with an accompanying doodle) AND ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY CARL SOLOMON (TO WHOM "HOWL" WAS ORIGINALLY DEDICATED) AT THE TITLE PAGE OF THE SECTION CALLED "CARL SOLOMON SPEAKS". A very sharp, Near Fine copy to boot in its burgundy cloth, with bright gilt-design to the front panel and very slightly rubbed gilt-titling along the spine. Quarto, also includes a Fine example of the publisher's matching burgundy slipcase. (From the title page: "Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography").

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.