Cosmopolitan Greetings. Poems 1986-1992 [SIGNED]

New York: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Quarto. xviii, [1] 118pp. Original black half-cloth over black boards with design by Alma Hochhauser Orenstein, florescent purple lettering on spine; in original photo-illustrated dustjacket with Orenstein design, black lettering and publisher's device on spine. Title page with design and Ginsberg offer: "I'm going to try speaking some reckless words, and I want you to try to listen recklessly." Signed "Alan Ginsberg '94" on front free endpaper.

True first edition "Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of The Beat Generation-that historic encounter in 1944 in New York City between Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs-Cosmopolitan Greetings is the first new collection of poems from Alan Ginsberg since his highly acclaimed book White Shroud appeared in 1986." (Publisher). Unclipped D/j, fine.