White shroud. Poems 1980-1985
New York: Harper & Row, n.d., [ca. 1994]. Fifth printing, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 89, [1]; original wrappers printed in red and gilt; gnerally fine. This copy with an inscription by Ginsberg on the title page "For Patricia Hampl & Terence Williams / Allen Ginsberg / 3/20/94 / Minneapolis" with a full-page drawing by Ginsberg on the preceeding page of a Buddha figure surrounded by stars, a moon, a mishapen skull, and Ginsberg's customary "AH" within a not-so-mishapen sun. Laid in a bifoliate invitation to a Ginsberg reading at Coffee House Press in Minneapolis, also signed and dated by Ginsberg. Terry Williams and Allen Ginsberg go way back. Terry was early proponent of xerox and mimeograph and during his days in Lawrence, Kansas where he was employed in the Special Collections department at the University of Kansas. At the vanguard of the mimeograph revolution, Terry published nearly two dozen poetry broadsides and chapbooks, including those of Robert Creeley, Kirby Congdon, Ken Irby, Edward Dorn, and Allen Ginsberg. (He also published the first edition in English, and the first appearance in print of Tomas Transtromer in the Western Hemisphere, as translated by Robert Bly.) Ginsberg was introduced to Terry by Ed Sanders of the Peace Eye Book Store in Manhattan from whom Terry had been purchasing mimeos for Kansas. When Sanders and the rest of the Fugs traveled cross-country in their VW microbus, Terry and his wife gave them a place to stay for what turned out to be almost a week. Ginsberg was part of that scene, as was Robert Frank, the photographer, who was traveling with the Fugs. Ginsberg and Williams remained close for the rest of their lives. Item #62249
Price: $350.00
