Author: FerlinghettI, Lawrence [1919 - 2021]
Title: A CONEY ISLAND Of The MIND. Poems. A New Directions Paperbook
Description: New York: A New Directions Book, 1958. 1st edition. Black glossy paper wrappers, printed in white. Photographic image of Coney Island to front cover. Book now protected by a custom cut clear mylar wrapper. 93, [3] pp. 8vo. 8" x 5-3/8". General wear & soiling to covers. Age-toning. A VG copy. Ferlinghetti "was an American poet, painter, social activist and co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers in San Francisco. An author of poetry, translations, fiction, theatre, art criticism, and film narration, Ferlinghetti was best known for his second collection of poems, A Coney Island of the Mind [1958], which has been translated into 9 languages and sold over a million copies. Ferlinghetti achieved some noteriety for publishing Allen Ginsberg's influential collection Howl and Other Poems [1956].".

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