Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960.

First edition of this significant collection of poems—including the title piece, part lamentation for his mother, part protest of American society. Duodecimo, original printed wrappers as issued, number fourteen in the Pocket Poets series. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the title page with an original drawing in black ink of a haloed skull set within a Star of David and a flower blossoming below, "For a later Naomi, Allen Ginsberg." The inscription "For a later Naomi" poignantly connects the recipient to the poet's own mother, Naomi Ginsberg, whose death is the subject of the title poem. The recipient, Naomi Siegler Savage, was a highly innovative American photographer who lived and worked in Princeton, New Jersey, best known as the niece and protégée of the legendary Dada and Surrealist artist Man Ray, under whose mentorship in Hollywood she developed her signature experimental approach to the photographic medium. Influenced by Man Ray's techniques, Savage pioneered the use of the photographic metal plate, producing three-dimensional forms with metallic surfaces, and her best-known work is a magnesium mural for the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Fogg Museum at Harvard, and the International Center of Photography. In 1950 she married David Savage, a painter, sculptor, and architect, with whom she settled in Princeton for the remainder of her career. In near fine condition. An exceptional association.