The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971, Allen Ginsberg — 1st Ed

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The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971, Allen Ginsberg — 1st Ed

Name: The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971, Allen Ginsberg — 1st Ed
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 5838
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Publication: San Francisco, City Lights Books, 1972

Formatting: 16mo, pp. 188.

Condition Report: Good. The book's grade is constrained by noticeable shelf-wear to the publisher's original pictorial card wrappers, exhibiting pronounced rubbing along the spine folds, hinges, and corner tips, with the white substrate clearly showing through the black ink. The front and rear panels display light to moderate creasing that breaks the laminate. The spine remains square and unfaded, though it is rubbed at the head and tail. Internally, the binding remains secure and tight. The page block shows uniform age-toning commensurate with the paper stock utilized by the publisher during this period, but the text remains entirely clean and completely free of any underlining, marginalia, or significant blemishes.

Catalogue Note: This is a true first edition, first printing of Allen Ginsberg’s National Book Award-winning poetry collection, identifiable by the $2.50 original retail price printed on the rear wrapper and the lack of any later printing statements on the copyright page.

Issued as Number 30 in the iconic Pocket Poets Series, the book is famously dedicated to Walt Whitman and represents a crucial piece of countercultural literary history. While later printings and subsequent editions are quite common on the open market, true first printings in their original wrappers retain a modest but steady desirability among Beat Generation collectors.

Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, The Fall of America continues the panoramic chronicle Ginsberg began in Planet News. Composed largely on a tape recorder as Ginsberg traversed the United States during the volatile years of the Vietnam War, these poems represent a masterful use of "auto poesy". Blending the sprawling vision of his literary predecessors with the spontaneous energy of the Beat Generation, Ginsberg records the changing American landscape, from radio headlines to flashing headlights, delivering a profound and fiercely critical portrait of the country's collective consciousness.

Book Condition: Good

Book Authors: Allen Ginsberg

Book Publisher: City Lights Books

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Poetry

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 188

Book Publication Year: 1972

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Paperback

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: The Pocket Poets Series

Country/region of manufacture: San Francisco, United States

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