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This classic collection of stories from Beat Generation legend Herbert Huncke (1915-1996) was published by Diane di Prima\'s Poet\'s Press in New York City during 1965. Di Prima was among the first to see the immense naturalistic talent of a writer such as Huncke; his raw, gritty, unrelenting tales are replicated with an honesty that could be analogized to James Joyce\'s Dubliners.
Offered here is the true first edition, first printing, as proven by the absence of Allen Ginsberg\'s introduction, which was added for the second printing. In 1965, Huncke was just beginning to garner acclaim as a writer- he was reading these stories at places including the Cafe Le Metro & the Gaslight with the likes of Ed Sanders and other NYC countercultural staples during the thriving Mimeograph revolution.
First printing. Quarto, blue textured card covers printed in black. Pp (viii), 78, (2). Soiling and spots to covers, spine rubbed, rear cover about 1 cm short of fore edge (as issued, fairly low tech production), pencil owner name on half-title leaf, in all, a good, uncreased copy, text clean and unworn, tight in the covers.
