Been Down So Long It Looks Up To Me by Richard Farina - 1966

1966 1st Edition, Random House; Exlib.; Green cloth and blue paper boards good with good text. No dj.

Random House, 1966. First edition, first printing. One of the seminal counter culture writings from America's 1960s. The former owner has cleverly snuck in his name and date of purchase May 1966 in small signature onto the upper left hand corner of the inside book cover completely hidden under the front flap. Jacket design by Eric von Schmidt, a fellow traveler with Farina in the music world. An important jacket blurb by Thomas Pynchon, also a close friend with Farina. The books is dedicated to Richard Farina's wife, Mimi Farina. Fine bight blue green boards in close to fine and quite attractive dust jacket with back cover photograph of the author by David Gahr, one of the proficient photographers of the folk music scene of the 1960s. Overall, a wonderful production. Payment by personal check is required, thank you.