Here is another odd title: Stories and Illustrations by Harley: Introduced by Allen Ginsburg. Evidently, Harley has misspelled poet Ginsberg's last name, but that is understandable. He was only nine years old. This is a work of illustrated poetry by the young Harley Flanagan, who would go on to sing and play with the '80s hardcore punk band Cro-Mags. How he evolved from poetry to thrash metal is unclear, but perhaps explained by an online posting of Flanagan's - "…in '77 I got the [Sex] Pistols' album when I was ten and that f***ked it all up for me." Apparently, Harley's mother was a hippie who had at one time lived on a farm with Ginsberg. The 1976 book is signed by both Ginsberg and Harley Flanagan, the latter in youthful handwriting. Item 27. $600.
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