Kaddish by Allen Ginsberg is a masterwork of Beat poetry presented here in a finely produced limited edition from the Arion Press, published in San Francisco in 1992. This deluxe edition features Ginsberg’s deeply personal elegy for his mother, Naomi Ginsberg, alongside the related poems White Shroud and Black Shroud, forming a powerful and intimate literary trilogy.

This example is part of a signed limited edition of only 200 copies and is individually numbered (Copy 171), enhancing its rarity and desirability among collectors. The book is hand-signed by Allen Ginsberg, with additional artistic contribution by R. B. Kitaj, whose lithographic portraits enrich the volume. Produced with exceptional attention to craftsmanship, it is printed on high-quality mouldmade paper and bound in a distinctive two-tone cloth design with a unique folding fore-edge flap enclosure.

Included with the book is the original prospectus and an additional printed note on the binding, further enhancing its completeness and appeal. The Arion Press is renowned for its fine press publications, and this edition stands as a significant example of late 20th-century American fine printing and literary history.

Elegant, scarce, and culturally important, this volume will appeal to collectors of Beat literature, fine press books, and signed first editions, as well as admirers of Allen Ginsberg’s enduring legacy.

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