Ginsberg, Allen. Empty Mirror. Early Poems.. Totem Press, New York, 1961 1961, 1961.
Price: US$22.26 + shipping
Description: 47, (1) pp. Publisher's printed wrappers, staple-bound. Covers and endpapers slightly yellowed, rear cover with vertical crease next to the spine. Condition VG+. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Ginsberg's third collection of poems. No indication of printing, verso of title-leaf with copyright date 1961, front cover with the printed price of 1.25, title-leaf with address "17 West Eigth Street".
Seller: Rönnells Antikvariat AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Price: US$24.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean interior. Square binding. Light rubbing and soiling to cover at spine.
Seller: Genesee Books, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen. Empty Mirror : Early Poems. Totem Press / Corinth Books, New York, 1961.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 47 pages. Collection of various poems, written 1946-1950; with an introduction by William Carlos Williams (dated 1952); dedicated to fellow Beat writer Herbert E. Huncke. Dowden, pages 2-3; Wallace B88, C543 (Williams). One of 3000 copies printed (the entire edition). Slight stains, rubbing and browning to wrappers; slight internal browning to edges, particularly to title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing with "17 West Eighth Street" address on title page, Morgan A5. a1.4. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Owner's name neatly stamped on fore-edge and preliminary page, wrappers lightly age-toned, very good.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Some pen underlining and marginalia on a few pages, moderately soiled and stained wrappers, a good only copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.50 + shipping
Description: 44p., 5.25x8 inches, ownership signature otherwise very good first edition, first printing in stapled pictorial white wraps. Cover price $1.25. No statement of printing. Poet's third book. Young 1448.
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Very good with ink owner name and moderate toning to the edges.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Lightly soiled wrappers and page edges, else a very good copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Fourth printing with "17 West Eighth Street" address on title page. Cover drawing by Jesse Sorrentino. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Stapled printed wrappers. Lightly toned spine, near fine.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First paper bound printing. Paper bound. Stapled binding. Very good condition. Some browning to front and, especially, rear cover; text age-browned overall, but internally clean and tight.
Seller: Waverly & Rugby Books, Pinehurst, NC, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen. Empty Mirror.. Totem Press, NY, 1961.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Slight browning to spine edge, otherwise fine.
Seller: Eliot Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
GINSBERG, Allen. Empty Mirror: Early Poems. Totem Press in association with Corinth, New York, 1961.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. A collection of early poems from the author of "Howl" and numerous other classics. Features an introduction by William Carlos Williams and with a cover illustration by Jessie Sorrentino. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers with minor wear and some toning to the edges and along the spine. Internally a clean copy.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 47 pp. 1 vols. 12mo.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: 47pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Toning to edges, mild foxing to first and last page. A very good copy. ; Octavo.
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$63.01 + shipping
Description: Very Good in wrappers. Minor toning to wrappers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
GINSBERG, ALLEN.; INTRO BY CARLOS WILLIAMS. EMPTY MIRROR EARLEY POEMS. TOTEM PRESS, NY, 1961.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: COVER, BOTH SIDE SLIGHTLY SOILED
Seller: STUDIO V, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Pages and spine toned, calligraphic coffee stain front cover, a very good copy with a latter day inscription by Ginsberg to Keith Abbott. Cover illustration by Jesse Sorrentino. Poet's third book. Signed. 47 pages; Signed by Author(s)
Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: Original printed wrappers, faintly soiled, else a fine copy. Contains an introduction by William Carlos Williams. Includes Ginsberg's poems A crazy spiritual; Marijuana notation; The blue angel, and many others. Wallace, B88.
Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Very slight toning on the spine, else fine. A nicer than usual copy.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen. Empty Mirror. Totem Press, S.L., 1961.
Price: US$167.06 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Poetry. Poesia. Signed by Author
Seller: Libreria Giorgio Maffei, Torino, Italy
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth printing with "17 West Eighth Street" address on title page. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Octavo. 47pp. Stapled wrappers. Very good with some toning and light staining to the wrappers. Though not signed, poet Clark Coolidge's copy with his hand written notes and underlining in red ink on nearly every page. On the dedication page he has underlined Herbert E. Huncke's name and scribbled the note - "see Playboy article October 1968" - indicating he annotated this publications seven years after first meeting Ginsberg at a 1963 summer poetry seminar at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Morgan A5. a1.4.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. Age-toning to the wrappers, else near fine. Signed by Ginsberg.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Introduction by William Carlos Williams. 48 pp. 8vo, original printed wrappers. First edition. Edges of text block very slightly tanned; light crease to the rear wrapper with some minor soiling. Signed by Allen Ginsberg on the title page.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$285.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Cover has a few spots. Otherwise, a very nice copy. Pages are clean, the covers are square with no folds, creases or tears. Signed by the poet on the title page.
Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$625.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, 8vo, pp. 47; original printed wrappers, soiled and spotted. This copy inscribed by Ginsberg "Allen Ginsberg for Israel Young, January 29, 1983 Stockholm Sweden." Also with Ginsberg's Buddhist syllable mark "AH" in a circle. From the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Wrappers. Introduction by William Carlos Williams. A couple of small stains on the rear panel, else fine. Inscribed by Ginsberg on Staten Island in 1964 to Ted Berrigan with drawings of a flower and Ginsberg's three-fish-with-one-head symbol.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.