Cosmopolitan Greetings. Poems 1986-1992 [SIGNED]

Author: Ginsberg, Allen
Title: Cosmopolitan Greetings. Poems 1986-1992 [SIGNED]
Publication: New York: Harper Collins, 1994
Edition: First edition

Description: Hardcover. Quarto. xviii, [1] 118pp. Original black half-cloth over black boards with design by Alma Hochhauser Orenstein, florescent purple lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with Orenstein design, black lettering and publisher's device on spine. Title page with design and Ginsberg offer: "I'm going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly." Signed "Alan Ginsberg '94" on front free endpaper.

True first edition "Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of The Beat Generation–that historic encounter in 1944 in New York City between Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs–Cosmopolitan Greetings is the first new collection of poems from Alan Ginsberg since his highly acclaimed book White Shroud appeared in 1986." (Publisher). Unclipped D/j, fine. Fine condition.

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