the new york school
MONDAY SPRING 1975
New York: Monday, 1975. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo. Wraps Dampstained along spine with touches of shelfwear. Interior bright. Good. Printed at the Poetry Project. Mimeo mag featuring work from Michael Sappol, Yuki Hartman, Larry Hayes, John Neely and others.
VORT #6: Fall 1974
Silver Spring, MD: Vort, (1974). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Perfect bound in original wraps. Toned at spine and long edges. Interior bright and clean. Very good. 160pp. DC area poetry mag, this issue featuring Gilbert Sorrentino and Donald Phelps along with work from Eric Mottram, Fielding Dawson and others.
HEADLINES
New York: No Books, (1972). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo. Toned at edges with trivial rubbing. Interior clean. Very good. Cover art by Lynn Kotula. Published by Harris Schiff in an edition of 300.
EROTICA
(Woodstock, NY): (Woodstock Press), (1974). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Pictorial wraps. Near fine. Touch of curl to wraps, some mild surface wear. Internally about fine. Bright and clean. 21pp. A collection of erotic poems by Berge herself and Pat Jackson, Andrea Price, Vera Cochran, Andrew Gebert among several others. Scarce.....
ANTS
Berkeley: Arif Press, 1974. First Edition. Wraps. 48mo. Saddle-stapled at top in original wraps. INSCRIBED by the author at ffep incorporating the price marked in pencil, "For Terry- / and well worth - / 75 / Love, Bill". Minor soil to wraps and touch of wear to corners. Interior clean.....
PORTRAIT AND DREAM: New and Selected Poems
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2009. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Publisher's wraps. Briefly INSCRIBED at half title, "For Terry/ my pleasure/ Bill." Crease at lower corner of front wrap. Rear wrap lightly rubbed. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 314pp. A large collection of verse by the New York School.....
SHINING LEAVES
New York: Angel Hair Books, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled original wraps. Some foxing and light soil to front cover. Very good plus. One of 500, with cover illustration by Alex Katz, published by Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh's Angel Hair imprint. Berkson's second book of verse.
BIG SKY - Number Six
Bolinas: Big Sky, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Large 8vo. Publisher's wraps printed in red and black. Two correction slips laid in. Moderate toning around spine and touches of edgewear. Interior clean with mild toning at extremities. Very good. Berkson's Bolinas literary magazine, with contributions from Ted Greenwald, Dick Gallup, James.....
HYMNS OF ST. BRIDGET
New York: Adventures in Poetry, [1974]. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled in publisher's card wraps with illustrated cover. INSCRIBED by Berkson at title page, "For Terry/ 'alas ach yelp'/ Bill". Minor wear at edges and some toning. Touches of rubbing around staples. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Cover design.....
TED BERRIGAN
Austin: Cuneiform Press, 2009. First Edition. Wraps. Large 4to. Handsewn in publisher's wraps with portrait of Berrigan at front cover. Minor instances of thumbsoiling and rubbing to wraps. Interior clean and bright. Very near fine. A collaborative work between Berkson and Schneeman, paying homage to their mutual friend Ted Berrigan.....
CARRYING A TORCH
Brooklyn, New York: Clown War, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Beige stapled wraps. Fine. Limited edition, one of 26 copies SIGNED by Berrigan, this the “I” copy. Chapbook (issued as Clown War 22) from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Cover by.....
CARRYING A TORCH (Clown War 22)
Brooklyn: Clown War, 1980. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Saddle-stapled in wraps. Touches of shelfwear. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. One from an unnumbered edition of 474. Verse collection from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Unpaginated, approx. 15pp.
THE MORNING LINE
(Santa Barbara): Am Here Books/Immediate Editions, (1982). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled card wraps. Interior printed rectos only. Moderate toning and faint foxing to covers. Near fine. Unpaginated. Cover by Tom Clark. A late collection by Berrigan; one of 250 copies. [Fischer, p. 56].
SELECTED POEMS
New York: Penguin Books, (1994). First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Publisher's original textured wraps. Minor soil to wraps with light wear at edges. Very good. 132pp. Uncorrected proofs for SELECTED POEMS, edited by Aram Saroyan with an introduction by Alice Notley,. Uncommon.
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SONNET XIV [Handwritten Alternative Press Poetry Postcard]
Grindstone City, MI: The Alternative Press, 1982. First Edition. Postcard printed recto only, with holograph poem in felt-tip to verso. 7" by 4.5" approx. Fine. 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.....
THE SONNETS
[New York]: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First edition. Wraps. Side-stapled 4to. Cover by Joe Brainard, offset duplicated; remainder mimeographed. Very good with the usual toning, mild edgewear. Faint penned notation to top edge of front cover. Final leaf (colophon) loose. Lacking rear cover and terminal blank (as in many.....
“C”: A Journal of Poetry - Vol. 2, No. 13 (May 1966)
New York: Ted Berrigan, 1966. First Edition. Wraps. Tall 4to. stapled wraps. Toning to edges, with a few faint smudges to covers. Small scuff mark to top edge; corners worn. Last few leaves detached from top staple, still securely fastened by remaining staples. Very good minus overall. Cover by Joe.....
LIVING WITH CHRIS
New York: Boke Press, nd. First edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps. Very good or better with minimal shelfwear and faint soil here and there. Else bright and sound. Unpaginated. Scarce collaboration, with Brainard illustrating Berrigan's poem about babysitting fellow poet Dick Gallup's daughter. An early title for all participants.....
BEAN SPASMS
New York: Kulchur Press, 1967. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Wraps. Light edgewear and creasing to corners and spine. Spine ends scuffed. Faint pencil dot to fore-edge; interior pages clean and unmarked. 202pp. Very good. Collaborations by Berrigan and Padgett, illustrated by Joe Brainard, mostly composed between 1962 and '65. Individual.....
MIMEO MIMEO No. 7: The Lewis Warsh Issue - Fall 2012
(Victoria, TX): (Cuneiform Press), 2012. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Perfect-bound pictorial wraps. Very near fine. Hints of surface soil to wraps. Interior bright, crisp, clean, and sharp. Binding tight. 202pp. Magazine on mimeo culture close to our hearts. This issue focuses on Lewis Warsh, co-publisher with Anne Waldman of ANGEL.....
29 MINI-ESSAYS
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. 5" x 3" oblong, perfect bound in original wraps. INSCRIBED at colophon, "For Ann and Ken / With LOVE / Joe." Touches of wear to edges. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. From an edition of 500, the first 50 of which.....
SUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH / KISS MY ASS!
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled mimeo wraps. Very good plus or better. Faint toning to edges, touches shelfwear. Else clean and sound. Two comics-style Brainard collaborations, printed tete-beche. One of 274 unnumbered copies. Scarce.
WORKBOOK
New York: Doones Press, (1976). First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled wraps. Very good. Light yellowing, tiny spot of soil to front cover. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated. A visual work, with many reproduced drawings. Published by Ray DiPalma's Doones Press. Not in Clay and Phillips.
[Original Poster for Musical Performance and Poetry Reading at 98 Greene St. Loft]
New York: 98 Greene St. Loft, [1972]. First Edition. Poster printed in B&W recto only; 18" x 23". Folded for mailing. Some creasing and some splitting at folds. Overall though, very good. Striking Schneeman-designed poster for a pair of 1972 events at Holly Solomon's 98 Greene St. Loft, her important.....
HIGHWAY TO THE SKY
New York: Columbia University Press/Frank O'Hara Foundation, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps. Very good. Touches of soil to wraps. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. 73pp. Collection of verse by Brownstein. A Frank O'Hara Award book; Brownstein was the winner of the 1969 Frank O'Hara award for.....