Berrigan, Ted (Glover, Albert)

The Sonnets

New York, NY, USA: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. From the collection of Albert Glover, with his ownership stamp. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1964. First Trade Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Ted Berrigan likes to read a lot. He is smart, as well as being intelligent. I like the way he walks and I like the way he talks. He is a real poet, 24 hours a day, and a wonderful person." (Joe Brainard, from back cover) The first trade edition of the first collection of poems by Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), the great New York School-&-Beyond American poet. Dedicated to & with back cover commentary (quoted above) by Joe Brainard (1942-1994), another great New York School poet & artist who was Berrigan's colleague, friend & close neighbor in NYC. A production of the legendary Barney Rosset's Grove Press "Evergreen Original" series. This key inaugural collection, considered by some critics to be his finest work, was subsequently published in various expanded editions from the later 1960s through the beginning of the twenty-first century. From the collection of Albert Glover (b. 1942), the great American scholar, bibliographer, author & publisher who is the foremost living authority on literary (and literal) giant Charles Olson (our favorite Maximus Obscurantist), with whom we’re honored to be acquainted. Glover has on the half-title page stamped his ownership symbol, a glove with a capital A. Chapbook-Format softcover original in stapled wrappers: First (Trade) Edition, First Printing, as stated on copyright page. [See also item No. 6262] In Fine condition with light rubbing and scratching to front, back covers & stapled spine; some tiny bumps, chips & creases at edges & corners of same; very minor loss of surface paper at spine edges; some scratching to textblock. Interior very fine with only very minor creasing & chipping to corners of some leaves. Fine. [Item #8187]

Price: $120.00