Signed by author

Ferlinghetti, Lawrence

Pictures of the Gone World (The Pocket Poets Series Number One [1])

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1955. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good. Item #2349404

1955 10th printing. Signed by author with a doodle and no additional inscription on title page. Wrappers a bit soiled, edges rubbed with light 1/2 inch crease on back corner.

27 pp. A collection of poetry by the author of A Coney Island of the Mind, and co-founder of City Lights Books, which published the works of the Beat poets and other influential authors of the mid-20th century. Most notable among these was Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems, which led to Ferlinghetti's obscenity trial.

Price: $150.00