ALI, Agha Shahid. A Nostalgist's Map of America.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1991.
 
8vo.; in black cloth with dust-jacket; fine.
 
First edition, inscribed by Ali: “for Paul & Jean – my ‘own’ America is imbued with the flavors of Kashmir & the mist of Irelad & the ‘secular’ of the Jews – Warmly – Shahid / 6 March ’99 / Princeton”. In this collection, Ali blends the landscapes of his native Kashmir and his life in America, where he lived and taught creative writing.