OPEN EYE, OPEN HEART. A New Directions Paperbook. NDP361. $1.75;
New York: A New Directions Book, (1973). 1st pb edition. [8], 148, [4 (adverts)] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Black glossy paper wrappers, printed in white. Photographic image of Ferlnghetti to front cover. General wear & soiling to covers. Age-toning. A VG copy. Item #51576
Ferlinghetti "was an American poet, painter, social activist and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind [1958], which has been translated into 9 languages and sold over a million copies. Ferlinghetti achieved some noteriety for publishing Allen Ginsberg's influential collection Howl and Other Poems [1956]."
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