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ASHBERY, John.
Rivers and Mountains.
Publisher: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966
Stock code: 63485
Price: £375 Currency Conversion
First edition, first impression, hardback issue. From the library of Alan Ansen, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Alan Ansen, 'We are nearing the Moorish coast, I think, in a bateau…' p. 43. Best, John, Hotel Chelsea, June 20, 1967". Ansen (1922-2006) was a central figure in the loose collection of writers known as the Beats. He was close friends with Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac, and was the inspiration for several of Kerouac's characters including "Rollo Greb" in On the Road, and for "A.J." in Burroughs's Naked Lunch.
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in black, yellow endpapers. With the dust jacket. Lower edges a little rubbed. An excellent copy in the rubbed and marked jacket with a chip from the head of the spine panel slightly affecting the title.
