GINSBERG (ALLEN) Siesta in Xbalba and Return to the States, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY ...

GINSBERG (ALLEN) Siesta in Xbalba and Return to the States, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF APPROXIMATELY 50 COPIES, INSCRIBED TO GARY SNYDER on p.1 below the introduction ('For Gary Snyder, another poet/ Kitkitdizze Aug 28, 1971/ Allen Ginsberg'), and signed by Snyder on the title, 22pp., mimeographed typescript, stapled as issued in original self wrappers, slight browning around edges of first and last pages but otherwise very good, preserved in black cloth solander box, lettered in gilt, small 4to (20 x 165mm.), As Published by the Author... Near Icy Cape Alaska At the Sign of the Midnight Sun, July 1956 Footnotes: FINE PRESENTATION COPY TO A FELLOW BEAT POET OF GINSBERG'S RARE SELF-PUBLISHED SECOND BOOK, PRINTED BY HIM WHILST ON BOARD A SHIP OFF ALASKA. 'Siesta in Xbalba' is a long hallucinatory poem Ginsberg wrote in Mexico in 1954. He personally ran off some fifty-three copies whilst on board a Navy freight ship off the coast of Alaska, thirteen of which he sent to his publisher to sell at 50 cents each, with the remainder retained by Ginsberg for presentation over the years. Provenance: Gary Snyder (born 1930), American poet, writer and environmental activist sometimes referred to as the 'poet laureate of Deep Ecology', with his signature and inscribed to him by Ginsberg. Snyder was initially associated with the Beat Generation, largely inspired Jack Kerouac's main character in The Dharma Bums, and had travelled extensively over the years with Ginsberg. In 1966, jointly with two others, Snyder and Ginsberg bought some land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, Northern California; Snyder named his portion of the land Kitkitdizze and moved there in 1970. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing