signed first edition Cloth
1984 · Madras, India
by Allen Ginsberg
Madras, India: Kalakshetra Publications Press, 1984. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. Francesco Clemente. A wonderful Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ALLEN GINSBERG TO LEGENDARY GROVE PRESS EDITOR FRED JORDAN on the second blank endpaper ("For Fred Jordan from Allen Ginsberg February 12, 1986 New York City --Good luck with the art of publishing works of genius!"). A very solid copy to boot of the 1984 true 1st edition, #98 of 1,111 copies issued out of Madras, India by Kalakshetra Press. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its navy-blue (madras) cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Light bowing to the boards, otherwise very solid. And in a crisp, VG example of the thick mylar dustjacket, which shows a bit of very minor paper residue along the front panel's edges. Folio, "published on the occasion on the exhibition of Francesco Clemente at the Kunsthalle, Basel"
(Inventory #: 14304)