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Ginsberg, Allen.
Ankor Wat.
Publisher: Fulcrum Press, London;
Date of Publication: 1968
Stock Code: 12629
First Thus. Softcover octavo, pp. [48]. 10 large monochrome photographs by Alexandra Lawrence, of which one double-page. Publishers’ pictorial card wraps with black titles to spine and upper board. Spine creased, and corners affecting leaves and covers. Contents otherwise clean and bright, with no annotation or inscriptions. Lengthy stream-of-consciousness poem by the counterculture Beat Generation American writer, critic and political activist (1926-1997). The work was composed during Ginsberg’s travels through South East Asia in 1963 and inspired by visits to the largest religious structure in the world, the temple at Angkor-Wat. Lawrence’s photographs depict the ruins and statues in decay, overgrown by creeping tree roots, matching well with the poet’s prophetic verse. £25.00