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Haven O’More (DOB unknown – present)

Haven O’More was the renowned creative force behind The Garden LTD collection of magnificent books. According to the book "A Gentle Madness" by Nicolas A. Basbanes, his appearance first attracted attention at the 1979 London sale of books of the personal collection of Arthur Houghton Jr. who was the principle benefactor of the Houghton Library at Harvard University. Haven O’More bought “impressively” at the sale.

Over the next decade, O’More acquired an astounding array of some of the finest and rarest books ever assembled, including William Butler Yeats' autograph manuscript journal and the first edition of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence, the only one in private hands and only one of three known to exist.

His collecting and public appearances ended when his hitherto unknown benefactor withdrew support and the collection was dispersed at a sale at Sotheby's auction house in New York in 1989.

Little is known about Haven O'More's background.