| In 1978 Penmaen Press
printed and published this broadside of Allen Ginsberg's "Moloch" section
from his book Howl accompanied by an original wood engraving by the great American
wood engraver and illustrator Lynd Ward. The poem was hand
set, hand printed, and published by Michael McCurdy. (It
was McCurdy who brought Ginsberg and Ward together after Ginsberg told McCurdy
how influential Ward's woodcut novels from the 1930s had been on his poetry,
especially Howl.) The broadside is signed by both Ginsberg and Ward and measures 18 x 25". Three hundred were printed, with 150 signed and numbered. See
Penmaen Press's site for further details and visit Michael McCurdy's Home Page
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