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![[BEAT LITERATURE]. HUNCKE, Herbert (1915-1996). Huncke's Journal. Drawings by Erin Matson. New York: The Poet's Press, 1965.](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3808/38084047.jpeg?t=1WMxOz)
Lot 443
[BEAT LITERATURE]. HUNCKE, Herbert (1915-1996). Huncke's Journal. Drawings by Erin Matson. New York: The Poet's Press, 1965.
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[BEAT LITERATURE]. HUNCKE, Herbert (1915-1996). Huncke's Journal. Drawings by Erin Matson. New York: The Poet's Press, 1965. 4to. Illustrated. 78 pp. Publisher's staple-bound blue wrappers. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (without the quote by Allen Ginsberg) OF THE FIRST BOOK BY ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THE BEAT MOVEMENT. Published by Diane Di Prima's Poet's Press, this collection of essays is a great rarity by "The Times Square Hustler," who had introduced Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs to the New York underground scene.
Condition
Wrappers lightly worn, soiled, text a bit toned at margins, Near fine.
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