FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence. Back Roads To Far Places.

FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence. Back Roads To Far Places.FERLINGHETTI, Lawrence. Back Roads To Far Places. New York: New Directions. 1971. Small 4to. Black and white front card cover with illustration of a building in abstract white; white back card cover with black lettering; black lettering to white spine; [unpaginated]; fading to black cover; very faint indentation on top of front cover; red stamp of 'Laurence Pollinger Ltd' to end paper; otherwise near fine. First edition. Ferlinghetti's single long

presented by Eluard to the Surrealist writer Georges Mouton

wrappers with a little wear to edges and flaw to upper inner corner of front cover

Four volumes

externally very nearly fine with a minute knock to bottom forecorner of upper cover and very mild bruising to head of spine

Miriam MACGREGOR (wood engravings)

[this] is a journal recording events in the Punjab of the period from 19 May to 13 July 1838 and the author’s personal impressions

These constitute breaks in the poem with the intention of encouraging the reader to pause and reflect as well as to create a sense of his prevailing and unique play with rhythm

and in reaction to fears of invasion by Napoleon III

The Lion and the three Bulls

with the very rare wrappers

designed in England and printed in Germany

John George Dodson MP