"For Ted"

MEMORY

By Bernadette Mayer

(1975)

Inscribed first edition, association copy, of this increasingly uncommon work from Mayer — presented to fellow New York School poet Ted Berrigan.

Very good plus.

Price: $750.00

MEMORY

"[W]e begin with a white sink…"

Originally executed by the poet as a series of photographs with accompanying texts from her journals, Mayer would call MEMORY "an emotional science project." While this first edition includes the text from that project, and the photographs were originally exhibited by gallerist Holly Solomon in 1972, the complete book would not be published until the 2020 Siglio Press edition. Since the time, this first edition has become increasingly uncommon, especially signed. A fantastic association.

The Object

First printing. (Plainfield, VT): North Atlantic Books, (1975). 9'' x 6''. Original black-and-white photographic wrappers. 196 pages. Inscribed by Mayer on the title page and around the title itself: "For Ted, in / [MEMORY] / of __'s bathtub / Bernadette." Some foxing to edges of book. Minor toning, rubbing to covers. Overall, clean and sound.

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