Kaddish for Naomi Ginsberg, 1894-1956 by Ginsberg, Allen - 1992

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. Stiff green printed wrappers, slender 8vo., (8) pages, two portraits by R.B. Kitaj. Letter, order form and broadside announcement offering copies of the Grabhorn-Hoyem "Howl" laid in. A fine copy in the original, lightly used mailing envelope.

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Limited. Cloth. Near Fine. R.B. Kitaj. Limited edition of 200, this is 65, 1992. Near Fine. Small folio, 62 pp., with lithographs by Kitaj. Bound in publishers two colors of Japanese cloth, black and grey/green, black lettering on the front, binding design with a flap enclosing the fore-edge that folds into the front cover; cream endpapers, fore- and bottom edges uncut. Very, very slight signs of shelf wear - no notable defects. Signed by author and artist.

San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1992. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Kitaj, R.B.. No. 196 of 200, folio size, 63 pp., signed by Allen Ginsberg and R.B. Kitaj. Written three years after the death of his mother, Ginsberg focused on a cryptic note left to him by her, the mother who had been hospitalized for mental illness for many years, and used that as his inspiration for the poem written in her honour. The volume contains, at Ginsberg's suggestion, two related poems that also relate to his mother. Bound into the volume, facing each other, are two lithographs by R.B. Kitaj, portraits of Allen and Naomi Ginsberg, picturing them both at about age 30; the lithograph of Naomi is signed in pencil by Kitaj. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in two colours of imported Japanese cloth, black with tan fibers and greyed blueish green, black lettering on the front, binding design unusual with a flap enclosing the fore-edge that folds into the front cover; cream endpapers, fore- and bottom edges uncut, copy number and… Read More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Near fine, without any notable defects. Lovely copy.