Allen Ginsberg. First edition (stated), first printing. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover in Very Good+ condition.
"The revealing personal journals of premier American poet Allen Ginsberg from the crucial years of his youth, Journals Mid-Fifties 1954-1958 is a must-read for everyone fascinated by the Beat Generation and its place in American literary and cultural history. A portrait of the artist as a young man at peak creative energy...In these years Ginsberg made radical discoveries in poetics- including development of the condensed long line- which bore fruit in the controversial poem "Howl."
