Five Young American Poets

by John Berryman, Randall Jarrell, Mary Barnard, W. R.

$3,000 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: New Directions, 1940. First edition. Signed by John Berryman on front paste down and inscribed to novelist Frederick Boyden, so much skill, much faith - signed John Berryman , Boston 16 Dec 1941. 221 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Near Fine in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket that is rubbed along edges, slightly chipped at head and tail, closed tear along front flap fold, a few faint stains.

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