As Umbrellas Follow Rain
Lenox: Qua Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 48 pp. A fine copy in glossy illustrated dustwrapper. One of one thousand copies from the first trade edition. More
New York School Poetry
Expect Delays (Inscribed); Poems
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original volume of poems. 136 pp. Slight bump to one corner, else a fine copy in bound printed orange wrappers. Rear cover blurbs by John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Bernadette Mayer and Publisher's Weekly. INSCRIBED by Berkson to a friend on..... More
Recent Visitors
New York: Angel Hair, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in tall card wrappers with cover art by George Schneeman. Some fading to top of front cover. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Berkson to two fellow poets. Signed by Author. More
Start Over
Bolinas: Tombouctou, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Small stapled wrappers. An unpaginated chapbook by the well-known New York School poet and publisher. Slight toning near spine else a clean very good copy in stapled blue wrappers lettered in silver. More
I Love You De Kooning
No Place: Yanagi. First Edition. Paperback. #57 of 300 of this folded broadside - a typical New York School production. A very good copy. Folded into 16 squares that tell its story through comic book form. More
Two Serious Poems & One Other (Signed Limited Edition)
Bolinas: Big Sky Books, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in stapled wrappers with cover design by Joe Brainard. This is number 2 of only 10 SIGNED copies (both authors have signed). Very good condition. Signed by Author. More
Ted Berrigan
Austin: Cuneiform Press, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Paper folio. A beautifully produced and printed collaboration between poet Bill Berkson and artist George Schneeman giving tribute to poet Ted Berrigan. A fine copy in thick illustrated sewn wrappers. Book measures 10 x 13" tall. More
Recent Visitors (Inscribed)
New York: Angel Hair Books, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 4to. A volume of poems by Berkson with illustrations by Schneeman. Light fade to cover edges (but better than usually seen) else a very good copy. From the trade edition of one thousand copies. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Berkson to..... More
Summer Sleeper (Inscribed)
Guilford: A Telephone Book, 1981. First edition. Paperback. 4to. First edition. A volume of poems printed with the use of the mimeograph machine at St. Mark's Poetry Project in New York. One of three hundred trade copies. A near fine example in thick side-stapled wrappers with cover artwork by Sophia..... More
Cancelled Check Signed by Berrigan (from the Phoenix Book Shop)
New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1979. No Edition. Loose Sheets. Offered here is a single cancelled check from the Phoenix Book Shop in New York made payable to poet Ted Berrigan for $90.00. Berrigan has SIGNED the check on the verso. One can only wonder what treasures Berrigan sold to..... More
Clear The Range
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in bound wrappers. One of 750 copies. Near fine condition. Very nice copy of a strangely uncommon title. More
A Feeling For Leaving
New York: Frontward Books, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. First edition. A fine copy in decorated stapled wrappers with cover artwork hand-colored by Rochelle Kraut. One of four hundred copies of the trade edition. New York School. More
A Feeling For Leaving (Signed)
New York: Frontward Books, 1975. First edition. Paperback. First edition. This is one of only 25 copies SIGNED by Berrigan and Rochelle Kraut who designed and hand-colored the front cover. Mild soiling to covers. A near fine copy in side-stapled wrappers. One of the author's scarcer titles... More
Fragment For Jim Brodey (Signed Broadside Poem)
London: Cape Goliard, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Single sheet printed on rag paper. A poem by Berrigan with illustration by Jim Dine. This is number 14 of only 60 copies specially SIGNED by Berrigan and Dine. Measures 11.5" by 15" tall. Near fine copy. Signed by Author. More
Great Stories of the Chair
New York: Situations, 1998. First edition thus. Paperback. First thus. A collection of poems originally published in Angel Hair #4 Winter 1967/68 edition by Anne Waldman and Lewis warsh. Fine condition in slender illustrated wrappers. More
Guillaume Apollinaire Ist Tot. Und Anderes
Germany: Marz Verlag, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this scarce early collection of poems by Berrigan. Text in English and in German. Includes 12 pages of terrific photos of Berrigan and friends. A solid very good copy. More
In A Blue River
New York: Little Light Books, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine first edition in decorated stapled wrappers. Despite an ample limitation of five hundred copies, this title turns it much less frequently than most of Ted's trade editions. More
An Interview With Ted Berrigan
No Place: Ignu, 1971. First Edition. Paperback. First and only printing of this interview with Berrigan by George MacBeth. A near fine copy in stapled mimeo with yellow cover. Comes in an original mailing envelope from the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, New York. Scarce, particularly in such nice condition. More
Many Happy Returns
New York: Corinth Books, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Cover artwork by Joe Brainard. An early book of poems by Berrigan. This copy very nicely INSCRIBED by the poet to Darrell Gray, a former student of Berrigan's. Very good condition in bound wrappers. Signed by Author. More
Nothing For You
New York: Angel Hair Books, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. This is Letter "A" of 26 copies SIGNED by Berrigan and illustrator George Schneeman. Also, this is a special dedication copy to Ted's friend and collaborator Harris Schiff. INSCRIBED in three separate places and with several hand written corrections and amendments..... More
Nothing For You (Inscribed)
Lenox: Angel Hair Books, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this poetry volume, one of a thousand copies in oversize sewn wrappers. A clean near fine copy in bound wrappers illustrated by George Schneeman. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the title page and signed off..... More
On The Level Everyday: Selected Talks on Poetry and the Art of Living
Jersey City: Talisman House, 1997. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 140 pp. Essays by Berrigan edited by Joel Lewis and with an introduction by Alice Notley. A fine copy in simple red buckram binding. Scarce in this format. More
One Page Typed Letter from The Poetry Project Announcing the Ted Berrigan Memorial Reading on November 15, 1983
New York: Poetry Project, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet, folded with hand-addressed envelope. A one page typed letter from The Poetry Project providing details for the Ted Berrigan Memorial Reading on November 15th, 1983. Letter is not signed but was written by the Berrigan Reading Comittee which included Elinor..... More
Red Wagon
Chicago: Yellow Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this poetry volume. Some (intentional) small stains to front endpaper (by Berrigan himself presumably) else a clean near fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Berrigan and INSCRIBED TWICE, once to friends Phyllis and Allen (but never..... More
Red Wagon (Inscribed)
Chicago: Yellow Press, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. Cover art by Rochelle Kraut. Back photograph by Gerard Malanga. 73 pp. A handsome very good or better copy. With an interesting INSCRIPTION by Berrigan on the title page "Ted Berrigan best book in the world / 1975" Interesting in..... More