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a coney island of the mind

first clothbound edition, 1968.

performable and slyly utopian verse splicing quick-cut images, boardwalk satire, and jazz cadence. some pieces are written to be read in time with music. among the most widely read american poetry books of the postwar period, with over a million in print.

new york: new directions. 116 pages. 6 x 8.15". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: slight staining to front and back boards, gentle sunning to text block. very good.

from the library of richard perlbinder. Item #1324

Price: $85.00

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Item #1324 a coney island of the mind. lawrence ferlinghetti.
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