Allen Ginsberg

Beautifully bound and signed copy of Ginsberg's masterful poem written five years after Howl.

• Allen Ginsberg (American).
• Illustrated with lithographic portraits by R.B. Kitaj (American).
• San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992.
• 64 pages.
• Limited edition of 200, this is number 66 signed by Ginsberg and Kitaj.
• The types are Monotype Imprint and handset Weiss Titling, lithography by Curwen Chilford in Cambridge, England, and the paper is English mold made by T. H. Saunders.
• Accompanying the book is the original prospectus.
• Bound in two colors of cloth and has a flap enclosing the fore-edge that folds into the front cover.

From the publisher: "Allen Ginsberg is one of the most celebrated poets in America. The long poem Kaddish is considered his masterpiece. It was written in 1961, five years after his poem Howl had shocked the literary world and brought Ginsberg and the Beat Movement to prominence. Kaddish is dedicated to Ginsberg's mother, Naomi, who died tragically in 1956 in a mental institution. Two other poems, White Shroud and Black Shroud, are included for their further recollections, dreams, and reincarnations of the departed mother. R. B. Kitaj is a highly respected American painter who has long resided in London, where a major retrospective exhibition of his work was mounted at the Tate Gallery in 1994 and toured museums in the United States.”

Since its inception in 1974, the Arion Press has published 118 deluxe limited editions that are breathtaking in their scope and artistry. Combining notable literature illustrated with original artwork from prominent artists, Andrew Hoyem and his team at the Arion Press have carried on the tradition of the livre d’artiste in spectacular fashion. Michael Kimmelman of The New York Times put it best when he wrote, "The Arion Press produces some of the most beautiful limited-edition, hand-printed books in the world."