NMLP P-009369 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Lunch Poems

Frank O'Hara · City Lights Books / The Pocket Poets Series No. 19 (San Francisco) · 1964

City Lights US is the true first; no separate UK first. The scarce clothbound/hardcover state commands a premium over the standard wrappered issue. Signed copies (O'Hara died in 1966) are uncommon.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-009369 for "Lunch Poems" by Frank O'Hara (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-009369, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).