Poems

by John Berryman

$1,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

First edition · Signed

New York: New Directions, 1942. Signed by poet on front free endpaper. First edition, wrappered issue. 25, 3 pp. Plain wraps in blue dust jacket. Very close to Fine with very slight toning and a tiny stain to wraps, jacket unclipped. The American poet's first separate publication following his appearance in Five Young American Poets, with eleven poems in toto, three of which debuted here. An uncommon signature.

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