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First Blues : Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971 - 74
by Ginsberg, Allen (author), Opal Louis Nations (association copy)
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 0916190056
- ISBN 13
- 9780916190057
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Full Court Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. An unmarked copy of the original wrappers edition, from the collection of poet and artist Opal Louis Nations. Sunning to spine and covers and a bit of foxing to page edges.
Reviews
On Dec 16 2016, a reader said:
The book has a picture of Ginsberg and Bob Dylan at the front, sitting at the grave of Jack Kerouac. It contains sheet music notes for many of Ginsberg's songs. In this book he is stressing the links between poetry and song, and trying to reach a larger audience. In these poems, no doubt influenced by the song tradition, he takes up rhyme. The book demonstrates the poet's willingness to evolve and try new things. Buddhism is a big influence here too. When you experiment, take risks and try something new, you don't always win. These poems just are not as good as Ginsberg's first volume with City Lights in the 1950's, with such poems as "Howl" and "Supermarket in California."
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- Bookseller
- Philip Smith, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- OLN310
- Title
- First Blues : Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971 - 74
- Author
- Ginsberg, Allen (author), Opal Louis Nations (association copy)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0916190056
- ISBN 13
- 9780916190057
- Publisher
- New York: Full Court Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- Allen Ginsberg First Blues Rags, Ballads & Harmonium Songs 1971 1974 Full Court Press 1975 Folkways Records Beat Generation Seventies Beatnik Counterculture LGBTQ poetry Banned Books Opal Louis Nations association copy Strange Faeces 0916190056
- Bookseller catalogs
- Beat Generation;
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About the Seller
Philip Smith, Bookseller
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About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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