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Price: US$1875.00 + shipping
Description: Gray paper wrappers with title printed in orange, with publisher's printed envelope. Copy #60 of 500 copies. Berryman's uncommon second book, a slim collection of poems, this copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title page to the critically-acclaimed essayist Edward Hoagland: "To Ted Hoagland/affectionately/John Berryman/mpls/21 mar '59." Berryman, along with Archibald MacLeish, was a mentor to Hoagland when he attended Harvard in the early 1950s. A superb association copy. Fine in a Very Good envelope with light wear
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover. Letter I of only 26 copies from a total edition of 526. A slim early book of poems from this Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with a leather spine that has some minor wear and housed in a custom cloth chemise and cloth and leather slipcase. Signed by Berryman. A very nice copy of one of the scarcest titles in the Berryman canon.
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.