Mindfield. New and Selected Poems.

CORSO, Gregory; BURROUGHS, William S., & Allen Ginsberg (intro.)

Edité par New York: New Directions, 1989

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First edition, first printing, limited issue, number 29 of 250 copies signed by the author, and additionally signed by William Burroughs, though not called for; Burroughs and Ginsberg each wrote an introduction. Of the limited edition, a further 26 copies were signed and lettered by the author. The youngest member of the Beat generation, Gregory Corso established close but fraught friendships with Burroughs and Ginsberg in 1953, sharing an apartment with the latter, and eventually being kicked out of that apartment by the former. "From the time the beat generation emerged in the mid-fifties until his death, Corso was often as controversial as Allen Ginsberg, the movement's mercurial mastermind; as William Burroughs, its visionary, satirical brain; as Jack Kerouac, its chronicler and heart. The group's original impact cannot be grasped without Corso's particular assistance. Burroughs, Ginsberg, and Kerouac imprinted the beat lifestyle on the public consciousness. Corso, especially, acted it out for everyone" (ANB). Octavo. Illustrations by the author. Original black cloth-backed red paper-covered sides, spine lettered in gilt, red endpapers. With dust jacket. Housed in the original red slipcase. A fine copy, in near-fine dust jacket, unclipped, faint sunning to spine, remains sharp and bright.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Mindfield. New and Selected Poems.
• Éditeur: New York: New Directions, 1989
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur