first edition single sheet
2001 · San Francisco
by Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2001. single sheet. A leaf of tan cardstock printed in sepia, 11x4 inches, about 250 words; has a small corner crease and general faint crimping, a good copy. Lawrence presents this "history" in nine stanzas, the first re Kitty Hawk, the next the Spirit of Saint Louis, "the famous Flying Clipper" &c, on to bomber planes and jets and finally 9/11. (Inventory #: 226217)