The Old Italians Dying

Ferlinghetti (Lawrence).    City Lights Bookshop, San Francisco,  1976 First Edition, Second Printing   4to The text is a reproduction of the author’s holograph manuscript A very nice copy with one horizontal fold, upper cover slightly darkened. This is the Author’s Presentation Copy, inscribed on the upper cover, and with his holograph manuscript correction to the second line of the poem  One of Ferlinghetti's most important poems of later years, this a significant contribution to the literature documenting the immigrant experience in America. It is sold together with a photocopied typescript (2 pages) of the poem ‘Expressionist History of German Expressionism’, a keepsake ‘History of the Airplane’ produced to celebrate the dedication of City Lights Books as a Cultural Landmark on October 28 2001, and a photocopy of a poem from The New York Times, inscribed ‘Op/Ed’ by the poet. 

Price: £100