Item #51663 AFTER The CRIES Of The BIRDS. Lawrence FerlinghettI.

AFTER The CRIES Of The BIRDS.

San Francisco: Dave Haselwood Books, 1967. 1st edition. SIGNED by Ferlinghetti on the t.p. [in 1994]. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. 8vo. 8-1/4" x 6-1/8". Blue, white & yellow wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Modest wear, age-toning. A VG - VG+ copy. Item #51663

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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