Books

First edition, first printing, first issue, signed by the author and three other Beat luminaires; small 4to; Number Four of The Pocket Poets Series; original black wrappers with cream cover label printed in black, small tear and creasing to back cover, spine with some browning, else very good. A remarkable copy of the most influential book of poetry published since the Second World War. Signed by the author on the title page, and additionally by William Burroughs, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (the publisher), and Carl Solomon (the poem's dedicatee). Whilst copies of later printings signed Ginsberg are far from rare, examples of the correct first issue with multiple signatures certainly are.`.

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.