Allen Ginsberg
Amsterdam: In & Outs Press, 1980.
First printing. 4.25 x 6 inches. Offset lithography on cardstock. Two postcards; one as new, the other with slight soiling to the reverse but otherwise fine. Item #4659
Two versions of a postcard featuring a photograph by Ira Cohen, from the Bandaged Poets series (bandages by Caroline Gosselin). One card appears to be an earlier or proof version; in the later or final version the type has been reset, the date has been added, ruled lines for the addressee have been removed, and the printing of the type is significantly better. Though the differences are subtle, it is interesting to see the two realizations, one seeming rather DIY and the other more sophisticated and commercial (and yet the printing of the photograph is paradoxically slightly better in the first version).
Price: $40.00