Allen Ginsberg’s Waking in New York, in an artist’s book by Henry Gunther
(Editions Balance/Henry Günther) Erwachen (Waking in) New York. [German and English texts.] [Poem] by Allen Ginsberg. Graphics by Christiane Baumgartner. Gotha. Germany. 1996. n.p. 19.75” x 10”. Designed by Henry Günther. Full-page frontispiece, four full-page mixed media black, gray and cream/yellow illustrations, one double page spread in black, gray and cream/yellow, and 2 smaller woodcuts. Handset and printed on Zerkall-Bütten in Garamond and Helvetica by Thomas Glöss, printed in black for the German text and gray for the English text. Black cloth spine, gray paper boards with title and woodblock in black on front cover. Blue cloth dropback box. No. 30 in an edition of 38 numbered copies, signed by Baumgartner, Glöss and Günther. Fine.
A wonderful edition of a famous Allen Ginsberg poem. Highly recommended.
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