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Ginsberg, Allen. Airplane Dreams. Published by House of Anansi, Toronto, 1968.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. 38pp. 8vo. SIGNED. Signed by author on title-page. Blue pictorial wrappers. Almost fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen.. AIRPLANE DREAMS: Compositions from Journals.. Anansi: Toronto., 1968.
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Description: 9 x 6, boards, 38 pp, vg in slightly torn and creased dw. FIRST HARDCOVER ED., LIMITED TO 6000 COPIES, SIGNED AND DATED (1985) BY GINSBERG. Errata present.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen. Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals. The House of Anansi, Toronto, 1968.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 38pp. From the library of Ed Grier with a signed presentation from the author. Very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound / good dust jacket with a one inch closed tear and tiny chipping which is now in a clear protective mylar sleeve.
Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
GINSBERG, Allen. Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals. Anansi, Toronto, 1968.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, hardcover issue. Small crease on front fly, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Ginsberg. The hardcover edition is scarce, especially signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: Pictorial wraps; (viii), 38 pages. Fine Association Copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by Ginsberg to poet Robert Duncan: "For Robert Duncan at home--/San Francisco 1968/August 11,/Allen Ginsberg." Additionally Ginsberg has written an eight-line piece titled "Oh!" that he labels as a "Bengali Mantra to/Devi Saraswati (Music, Poetry)." Also on the front endpaper, Duncan has presented the book to an unknown party: "inscribed on this happy/transition in which the volume/passes into your library/Robert/Oct. 1973." Ginsberg has annotated three pages. On page 7 he writes: "Errata: This whole block belongs on page 9 where indicated"; and on page 9: "Insert 1-1/2 pps 6-7 as noted/AG." Bookplate of Robert Duncan and Jess on the inside front cover with the handwritten notation "8-11-1968" and numbered "4363." Small stains to front cover, larger stains on rear. Very Good
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Ginsberg, Allen. Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals. Anansi, Toronto, 1968.
Price: US$9714.55 + shipping
Description: First edition. Inscribed by Ginsberg to Gregory Corso and Eila Kokkinen. In publisher's wrappers. [10], 38 p. First edition, association copy, inscribed to Gregory Corso and Eila Kokkinen. Airplane Dreams was published after the occasion of Ginsberg's visit to Toronto to read at Hart House the University of Toronto's student club. George (then Doug) Fetherling acted as Ginsberg's handler during this trip and convinced Ginsberg to leave behind journal material that was eventually published in this booklet. The present copy was inscribed by Ginsberg to Gregory Corso, the fellow Beat poet, and lifelong friend, probably at Ginsberg's farm ("To Gregory Corso out in the country together Summer 1968 with old love Allen"), however apparently Corso forget about the book, thus Ginsberg reinscribed it to another friend, Eila Kokkinen ("Gregory left it here, so it's yours Eila - Allen Aug 26, '69"), who at the time worked as an art curator at MoMA. The second text "Understand That This is a Dream"is annotated by Ginsberg, a large part of the text on pp. 6-7 is "transferred" to p. 9, and in the colophon, Doug Fetherling's name circled also in Ginsberg's hand. . With notes in ink by Ginsberg. Cover dusted, creased with a small tear, otherwise in fine condition. First edition. Inscribed by Ginsberg to Gregory Corso and Eila Kokkinen.
Seller: Földvári Books, Budapest, Hungary