ALLEN GINSBERG | MOSTLY SITTING HAIKU. (PATERSON, NEW JERSEY: FROM HERE PRESS, 1978); PRESENTATION COPY

ALLEN GINSBERG

MOSTLY SITTING HAIKU. (PATERSON, NEW JERSEY: FROM HERE PRESS, 1978)

8vo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.). Publisher's tan printed wrappers (this copy bound with two sets of the wrapper), stapled.

First edition; presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the author to O'Keeffe on the title-page: "for Georgia O'Keefe [sic] | Allen Ginsberg | Ghost Ranch | July 30, 1978 | AH."

"Ginsberg's gift to O'Keeffe of a book of his haiku reflects their shared interest in Asian poetry and philosophy" (The Book Room).

LITERATURE:

Sarah L. Burt, The Book Room: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Library in Abiquiu, New York, p. 34

PROVENANCE:

Allen Ginsberg

Georgia O’Keeffe, Abiquiu, New Mexico

By descent to the present owner