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Item Details
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| Author: |
Ginsberg, Allen |
| Title: |
Lot of 6 rare Ginsberg ephemeral items |
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Various places |
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1966-74 |
| Item # : |
168859 |
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| Sale Number |
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327 |
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208 |
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| The Edwin Blair Collection of Beat Literature, plus Modern Literature |
| Sale Date |
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03/09/2006 |
| Price realized |
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$ 172 |
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| Description: |
| Comprises: Printed letter of appeal on the stationary of Timothy Leary Defense Fund under the names of Diane Di Prima and Allen Ginsberg. Not signed. April 9, 1966. * Manifesto in form of one page flier put out by Committee on Poetry in defense of LeRoi Jones who had been sentenced for 2.5 years for supposedly carrying a gun in Newark. The names of those backing the flier are a list of the major poets in U.S., including Ginsberg. Jan. 6, 1968. * Program leaflet for Giuseppe Ungaretti poetry reading, plus others, including Ginsberg, signed by him. 1969. * The Poetry Center newsletter: Allen Ginsberg and Louis Ginsberg, reading by father & son. Dec. 1970. * 1974 National Book Award for poetry (2 items): Printed acceptance speech, 4 pp. on folded brown paper; and official 2-page advance press release for the April 18th event (with “living president” later changed in published version to “lying president”). Together, 6 items. |
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| Condition: |
| Occasional slight age wear; else fine. |
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