Poetry. Published to celebrate forty years of City Lights publishing, which was begun with the letterpress printing of this book in 1955. It was Lawrence Ferlinghetti's first book, and it went through twenty-one printings, having never been out-of-print. The original edition contained the first 27 poems herein, to which the author has now added 18 new verses.
- ISBN10 0872860159
- ISBN13 9780872860155
- Publish Date 12 December 1955 (first published 17 February 1955)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 January 1996
- Publish Country US
- Imprint City Lights Books
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 40
- Language English