NMLP P-036425 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Howl and Other Poems

Allen Ginsberg · City Lights Books (San Francisco) · 1956

City Lights 1956 (Pocket Poets 4) is the true first worldwide — there is no prior edition. The first two printings were printed in England by Villiers; U.S. Customs seized imported copies of the second printing, precipitating the obscenity prosecution (People v. Ferlinghetti, 1957) that made the book famous. Author-signed copies are especially prized.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036425 for "Howl and Other Poems" by Allen Ginsberg (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036425, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).