Howl : for Carl Solomon, by Allen Ginsberg

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Label

Howl : for Carl Solomon, by Allen Ginsberg

Title remainder

for Carl Solomon

Statement of responsibility

by Allen Ginsberg

Instantiates

• Howl : for Carl Solomon

Publication

• San Francisco, Allen Ginsberg, 1956

Note

• Selected poems
• "Distributed free to friends. Published May 16, 1956 in an impression of 25 copies;" cf. Morgan
• "Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!"--T.p

Contents

Howl : for Carl Solomon -- A supermarket in California -- Sunflower sutra -- America

Dimensions

28 cm.

Extent

[2], 15 leaves

Governing access note

Open for research. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections reference desk in the Charles E. Young Research Library

Note

• Spec. Coll. copy 1: a pristine copy from the beginning of the mimeograph run. Removed from Box 115 of the Kenneth Rexroth Papers (Collection 175) for separate cataloging (photocopy facsimile substituted). Unbound leaves of the original copy are laid in a manila phase box; housed in custom beige cloth-covered clamshell box.
• Spec. Coll. copy 2: each of 17 mimeographed leaves of Ginsberg's text in its own archival mylar sleeve; accompanied by two additional mylar sleeves: one contains an original typescript letter to Stuart Wright, signed by John Ciardi, and dated Feb. 25, 1986, authenticating provenance of the mimeo; the other contains 5 leaves of dealer/collector correspondence, documenting chain of possession of the Ginsberg mimeo typescript, including a photocopy of Ciardi's letter, a memo of authentication to Jett Whitehead from Jeffrey Lee Pressman (Sept. 16, 2003), and letters from James P. Musser of Skyline Books to Jeffrey Pressman (Oct. 8, 2003), and Jett W. Whitehead of Jett W. Whitehead Rare Books to former owner Gerald A. Weiner of Highland Park, Ill. (Oct. 10, 2003). In custom black linen phase box and matching slipcase (31 cm). Gift of Gerald Weiner, 2010.

Record ID

6554919

System control number

• (OCoLC)57384356
• ucoclc57384356

Terms governing use

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