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$125.00Kensington: L Publications, 1976. First edition, lettered & signed issue. Small 4to. 124 pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Berkson.
$350.00Bolinas: Big Sky (1975). First edition. [46 pp]. Small stain and two small chips to bottom edge of font cover, else very good plus in printed wrappers. Poems with cover art and illustrations by Philip Guston. INSCRIBED by Berskon to Virgil [Thomson], “For Virgil / with much love, / as ever, / Bill.” Laid into this copy is a thirty-seven word ALS from Berkson to Thomson, in part presenting this book.
$50.00[Chicago]: Poetry Foundation, 2013. First edition. 13 1/2 x 6 inch illustrated broadside. Fine. Berkson’s poem with a doubled photograph of Joan Mitchell on a diving board. Produced on the occasion of Sitting Between the Sea and the Buildings: A Symposium of Poets and Artists celebrating the legacy of Joan Mitchell. SIGNED by Berkson.
$15.00Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2014. First edition. 136 pp w/notes. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Poems grouped under the titles “Lady Air,” “16 Acrostics in Love and Friendship,” “Songs for Bands,” and “Sister Cadence.”
$15.00Buffalo: Blaz/Vox (2010). First edition. 285 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
$12.50Brooklyn: Ugly Duckling Presse (2016). First edition. 71 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Includes several facsimile pages.
$25.00New Rochelle: Missing Edition, 2009. First edition. [40 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. One of 75 copies. Thirty-two full color reproductions, each with Berkson’s text.
$20.00Woodacre: Owl Press 2007. First edition. 62 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art an image by Val Celmins. Poems in two sections, “25 Grand View” and “Same Here.”
$150.00NY: Angel Hair Books (1973). First edition, numbered & signed issue. Small 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. One of 26 numbered copies SIGNED by Berkson and Schneeman.
$35.00Grindstone City: Alternative Press (1987). First edition. 11 x 7 3/4 inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Originally included in Alternative Press double issue 14/15, but also available separately.
$75.00Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1982). Second printing. 4to. [36 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a few trivial marks. Cover art by Lynn O’Hare. INSCRIBED by Berkson on the title page to San Francisco gallerist Paule Anglim, “For Paule - / A Classic: / Merry Christmas 1989 / with our love, - Bill” afterwhich O’Hare has signed “Lynn.”
$50.00[Victoria]: Cuneiform Press (2015). Second edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inch broadside, printed in full color. Fine. One of 50 copies “printed for friends.” The 1987 edition was printed in two colors. Briefly INSCRIBED by Berkson, “For Les - ‘as men’ -Bill.”
$45.00[San Francisco]: Bill Berkson, 2006. First edition. 4to. [40 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Constance Lewallen. One of 12 copies produced by Berkson.
$20.00Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1975. Second edition. [48 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Norman Bluhm. Berkson’s first book, published originally by Tibor de Nagy in 1961. This second edition contains some new poems, corrections, and additions. Sand Dollar 18.
$25.00Cambridge: Zoland Books (2000). First edition. 125 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal drawings by Joe Brainard. Laid into this copy are two notes from the publisher to Joanne Kyger, presenting this copy, and thanking her for providing an endorsement that was used on the rear cover.
$100.00[Victoria]: Cuneiform Press, 2007. First edition, lettered & signed issue. 109 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Cover art a drawing by Philip Guston. One of 26 lettered copies SIGNED by Berkson. This is copy “B.”
$450.00Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1988. First edition. 101 pp. Fine in full cloth with gilt stamping to spine and front cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Twelve short stories, with four tipped-on illustrations by Frances Butler. Only five of these stories were included in her widely celebrated selected stories (FSG 2015).
$125.00Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1989. First trade paperback printing. 97 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover by Frances Butler. Twelve stories.
$3,500.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1993. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 214 pp. Faint foxing to the top edges, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Berlin. Additionally INSCRIBED by Berlin, “Aug. 1993 / for Bob / with thanks, + love, / always / Lucia.” Laid into this copy is a thirty-two word ALS from Berlin dated August 19, 1993 in part presenting this book, and apologizing for the oversight. The recipient is Robert Callahan of the Turtle Island Foundation, who published Berlin’s second book, ANGELS LAUNDROMAT in 1977.
$75.00NY: Simon & Schuster (1978). First edition. 288 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A psychological thriller. Review slip laid in. Young 265*.![[Poster/Poem].](https://www.detritus.com/wp-content/uploads/84839.jpg)
$2,500.00Los Angeles: John Martin [1967]. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 25 x 22 1/4 inch poster, lithographed in three colors. Very near fine. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Berman. Morrow & Cooney 12a.
$450.00[NY]: Sea Cliff Press, 1983. First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn rose-colored printed wrappers. Original etching by Sultan as a frontispiece. One of 90 numbered copies SIGNED by Bernard and INSCRIBED by Sultan, “Black Tulip Oct 1983 D.S.” Original printed mailing envelope (near fine) accompanies.
$350.00Montcalm: Cygnet Press (2000). First printing of this reissue. vii + 99 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Edited by John Byrne, with his introduction. One of 500 (of 750) copies. Originally published in 1935 in a small edition under the pen name “Adela Quebec.”
$50.00Cambridge: Whale Cloth Press, 1981. First edition. [16 pp]. Fine in sewn wrappers and fine dust jacket. Larbaud’s original French text with Bernheimer’s facing English translation. Illustration by Thomas Mairs. One of 150 copies on Maidstone paper.
$45.00London: Harvill Secker (2008). First edition. 212 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by De Bernières on the title page.
$150.00Washington DC: Counterpoint (1996). First edition. 342 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket with light sunning to spine. INSCRIBED by Berriault on the half-title page to her publisher Jack Shoemaker and his wife Jane Vandenburgh, “For Jack and Jane / Gratefully / Gina Berriault.”
$250.00NY: Kulchur Press (1967). First trade paperback printing. Small 4to. 202 pp w/notes & credits. Bend to one lower corner, else very good plus in illustrated wrappers with light wear along spine edges. Collaborative poems with cover art and internal drawings by Joe Brainard.
$200.00NY: Kulchur (1967). First edition. Small 4to. 202 pp. Light rubbing and edgewear to covers, else solid very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Illustrations throughout by Joe Brainard.
$400.00NY: Kulchur (1967). First edition. Small 4to. 202 pp w/credits. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with a small UK price sticker on a blank corner of the front panel. Cover art and illustrations throughout by Joe Brainard. One of the best collaborative titles from the NY via Tulsa scene.
$450.00[NY: Lines, 1965]. First edition. 13 x 8 inch broadside, printed in red on buff laid paper. Very near fine. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Berrigan and Padgett. Issued as LINESHEET 1, but destined to be the only one. Uncommon in commerce, OCLC shows half the print run in libraries.
$450.00London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First edition. Small 4to. [104 pp]. Hard bumps to bottom edges, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Berrigan, who added “for Michael Brownstein” on the copyright page, and “+ Mike” to the dedication page. Finally, Berrigan has added two words to the poem “Heroin.”
$1,500.00NY: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. First edition. 4to. [134 pp]. Covers lightly toned, else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Joe Brainard. One of 300 numbered copies. The first separate incarnation of Berrigan’s major poetic statement, dedicated to his friend Joe Brainard, and edited by his friend Ron Padgett. This copy has the unprinted rear cover, and is scarce thus.