Primitive State (Inscribed)
No Place: What Where, 2010. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. A fine copy in sewn illustrated wrappers. A poetry chabook. 22 pp. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the poet. Already a scarce title. More
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They Beat Me Over The Head With A Sack
Washington DC: Edge Books, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Chapbook. Fine copy in decorated stapled wrappers. One of two variants - this one with flower scene by Rod Smith on front cover. More
To Hell With Sleep (Inscribed)
Chicago: Letter Machine Editions, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Slender trade paperbound volume of poems. 27 pp. A near fine example in glosyy bound photo-illustrated wrappers. This copy hasbeen INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the half-title page. More
Strangers in the Nest (Signed Limited)
Baltimore: Dolphin Press - New Lights Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Tall, narrow volume. Quarter navy cloth over decorated boards. An attractive collaboration between poet Anselm Berrigan and artist Hunter Stabler. One of only 40 hand-numbered copies. SIGNED by Berrigan. Very good condition with some toning and wear at the..... More
And the Risen Bread: Selected Poems, 1957 - 1997 (Inscribed)
New York: Fordham University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound ocatvo in dustwrapper. 417 pp. Edited by John Dear. Introduction by Ross Labrie. A near fine copy in red boards in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. Briefly INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the front endpaper and quite uncommon thus. Highly recommended for..... More
No One Walks Waters
New York: MacMillan Company, 1966. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition of this early collection of Berrigan's poems. 78 pp. A near copy in blue cloth covers in a very good price-intact dustwrapper. Some toning to spine colors. More
Disarming Matter (Inscribed)
Woodacre: The Owl Press, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book of poems by Berrigan. 82 pp. Rear cover blurbs by Bill Berkson, Maureen Owen and Anselm Hollo. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the poet and signed off as Eddie B...... More
Hopper (Signed)
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Large single sheet of multi-folded paper printed on both sides. A series of short poems by Sandy Berrigan. No publication info provided. SIGNED by the author. When opened the sheet measures nearly 17" wide x 11" tall. Other than for..... 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
The Tall Man
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. Poetry by Berrigan with illustrations by Sophia Sutherland. A slender unpaginated volume. Fine condition. Book is not dated. No print limitation indicated. 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
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
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
Lenox: Angel Hair Books, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this poetry volume, one of a thousand copies in oversize sewn wrappers. Very good condition with prior name ownership to front endpaper. 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
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
So Going Around Cities
Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. First edition of this collection of new and selected poems. A lovely fine copy with cloth spine color unfaded. Not issed with a dustwrapper. The cloth edition was also issued in a limited signed edition of seventy-five copies in a cloth slipcase..... More
So Going Around Cities
Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, softbound in large trade paperback format (there also was a tiny clothbound edition). New and Selected Poems 1958-1979. Prior owner name to front flyleaf else a solid very good copy. Uncommon, even in this edition. More
So Going Around Cities
Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, the simultaneous edition in bound wrappers (large trade paperback size format) of this uncommon poetry book. Very good condition, tight and sound. A special copy in that this has been INSCRIBED by Berrigan in year of publication "and stopping here..... More
The Sonnets
New York: Grove Press, 1964. Second Printing. Paperback. Second printing of the first Grove edition. Very good in stapled glossy wrappers with crease to rear cover. This, a remarkable Association Copy. INSCRIBED by Berrigan in year of publication to his friend and fellow poet Harris Schiff. Signed by Author. More
The Sonnets (Inscribed Association Copy)
New York: Grove Press, 1967. First Thus. Paperback. First trade edition published three years after the Gude edition. A fine ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Berrigan to writer Joe LeSueur (roommate and biographer of Frank O'Hara). "For Joe / with Love / & admiration / Ted Berrigan" Berrigan's first regularly published..... More
Bean Spasms
New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this wonderfully comic anthology of poems, cartoons and drawings by Joe Brainard. Probably the best collaboration from these three New York School pals. A very good plus copy in bound wrappers with cover design by Joe Brainard. There was..... More