CARRYING A TORCH
Chapbook (issued as Clown War 22) from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Cover by Jan Vredeman De Vries.
Chapbook (issued as Clown War 22) from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Cover by Jan Vredeman De Vries.
One from an unnumbered edition of 474.
First edition, with cover by Tom Clark. A late collection by Berrigan; one of 250 copies.
Printed by Ken and Ann Mikolowski "on the cardboard envelope filler that was sent out with Issue 12 of the Alternative Press subscription mailing ("In Memoriam Ted Berrigan.) -- Aaron Fischer, "Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist," 1998.
Uncorrected proofs for SELECTED POEMS, edited by Aram Saroyan with an introduction by Alice Notley,. Uncommon.
A then-unpublished sonnet by Berrigan, as he notes; it would later be printed in the United Artists edition of THE SONNETS. Signed and dated September 24, 1982, this example was never issued, as it is from the collection of Ken and Ann Mikolowski (proprietors of the Alternative Press).
Edited by Ron Padgett (who also typed the stencils), this remains the definitive statement of the Second Generation of the New York School as well as Berrigan's most influential, popular, and lasting work - a measure of which can be seen in the fact that it is the only major American collection of the last fifty years to go through four separate editions, each at different publishers.
Last regular issue (and next to last issue overall) of Berrigan's quintessential NY mimeo, a cornerstone of the movement.
Scarce collaboration, with Brainard illustrating Berrigan's poem about babysitting fellow poet Dick Gallup's daughter.
Collaborations by Berrigan and Padgett, illustrated by Joe Brainard, mostly composed between 1962 and '65.
The book that concludes THE DREAM SONGS, HIS TOY, HIS DREAM, HIS REST won Berryman both the National Book Award and the Bollingen Prize.
The final book published within Berryman's lifetime, it is difficult to find signed in its trade edition. Scarce thus.
Poetry magazine published by Bertholf, a professor at Kent State. Features two poems by Robert Duncan alongside work by William Bronk, Donald Byrd, Sanders Russell, Grant Fisher, and several others.
Final issue of this seminal rock zine, one of the most important of the pre-punk era.
Text in German and English. A nice example of this lovely catalogue, comprising plates of 20 etchings and lithographs affixed to dark mustard-colored paper.
Uncommon sci-fi time-travel novel from Lenox. 192pp.
Text in German.
Includes two drawings, four pages of poetry (English, with German translation below), followed by 114 pages of photographs in color and black and white.
Ford was an almost unique figure in the American poetry community.
First printing of this practical trip manual, by a disciple of Leary and Alpert and early advocate for sensible use of psychedelics.
Short collection of verse.
Signed limited edition of this Bishop poem, originally published in the NEW YORKER.
A recent college graduate takes a job as private tutor to a priveleged teen.
Association copy inscribed to fellow Canadian poet George B. Johnston.