Meditations in an Emergency
New York: Grove Press, 1957.
First edition, limited hardcover issue. Number 15 of a limited 75 copies signed by Frank O'Hara. An association copy additionally inscribed on the front free endpapaer by poet Ann Waldman and presented to her then husband, poet, Lewis Warsh "For you Lewis - far but near Love, Ann Dec. 1969" Bound in publisher's green cloth lettered in black, lacking the slipcase. Near Fine with slight lean to binding; minor fading to spine and light soiling to cloth. Foxing to endsheets. An interesting association copy between three major poets of the 60's. Ann Waldman and Lewis Warsh, both New York natives, met at the Berkeley Poetry Conference in 1965. Together they founded the short-lived small press and magazine, Angel Hair. This is Frank O'Hara's third collection of poems. In 1989, Anne wrote "A Phonecall from Frank O'Hara" - a testament to their friendship on his sudden passing.
Price: $9,500