Bean Spasms, First Edition (12 results)

Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near Fine, small rubs at edges of wrappers. Illustrated end pages. 7 1/2 x 10 in., 212 pp., wrappers. One of an edition of 1000 copies, a book that has been called the defining publication of the 1960s literary/Pop scene in New York.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST EDITION IN PAPERBACK CLEAN NO WRITINGTed Berrigan, Joe Brainard and Ron Padgett's Bean Spasms is the defining publication of the 1960s literary/Pop scene in New York. Originally published in 1967 by Kulchur Press in an edition of 1,000, and out of print for more than 40 years,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kulchur Press, New York, 1967. Softcover w/ illustrated wraps. Condition: Very Good. 4to. [202]pp. Collaborative publication printed in an edition of 1,000 copies with the contents left intentionally unattributed. Padgett, Berrigan and Brainard began collaborating in 1960, this being the first publication collecting these works. Padgett described the collaboration in his foreword to the 2012 Granary Books reprint as "plays, a fictitious correspondence, a picaresque novel, goofy interviews and poems of various types and lengths, as well as mistranslations and parodies of each other's work and the work of others." In very good condition with mild toning to the fore and top edge. Innocuous creasing to the spine from the perfect bound glue with the back wrapper starting to loosen slightly at notoriously fragile spine. Otherwise a clean, presentable copy of this New York School classic.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Joe Brainard (illustrator). First Edition. 202pgs. stiff pictorial wraps. creased corners on fronrt panel, the upper corner is tender. Internally clean, unmarked. A collection of poetry and vignettes by collaborators and 60s counter-culture poets Ted Berrigan and Ron Padgett. Illustrated by Joe Brainard, this is A rare and historical example of the New York School of poets and artists active in the 50's and 60's. Size: Large Octavo. Book.

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.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to. Wrappers. 202pp. Very Good, slightly spotted to the head edge and moderately shelfworn, the upper spine fold with a gentle bump. This copy has been signed by Padgett ('Ron') and inscribed to Tom and Val (Raworth) in 1970. Signed by Author(s).

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.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing of the paperbound issue, Fine in black, yellow, green and white wrappers, patterned endpapers. Mild crease to spine, spine-ends rubbed, but book appears unread. Unfaded and bright. 202pp. A collection of poems, drawings, stories, mock interviews, playlets--all presented with an air of comic absurdity by these two literary bandits. A crucial and welcome item in the Second Generation New York School of Poets canon. And the Brainard illustrations are priceless. Q09124.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Scarce hardcover issue of this collaboration by Berrigan and Padgett, illustrated by Joe Brainard, mostly composed between 1962 and '65. Individual pieces are unattributed in the text, though credits note several contributions from other artists and writers, notably Gerard Malanga and Peter Orlovsky, and "Peter Schjeldahl says he wrote parts of WHAT THE THUNDER SAID. He didn't." From Lita Hornick's great press, includes Berrigan's fictional "interview" with John Cage. A fragile book, this is an exceptional example. 9.75'' x 7.25''. Original color pictorial boards. In original acetate jacket. Trace shelfwear at extremities. Tiny scuff to two preliminary pages. Else clean, bright, and sound. Near fine in original acetate jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Hardcover Edition, First Printing. New York: Kulchur Press, 1967. Rare in the hardcover edition, Bean Spasms is comprised of various poems, drawings, stories, mock interviews, and playlets from two counter-culture icons and seminal second generation New York School poets, with additional contributions by Joe Brainerd. A fair or better copy. Missing the backstrip, else good. Slightly shaken binding, with some shelfwear and rubbing to boards. Crease to table of contents. A scarce artifact.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1967. With Illustrations and Drawings by Joe Brainard. A Fine hardcover copy in black, white, green and yellow decorated paper covered boards, in acetate dustwrapper, as issued. Acetate nicked at crown of spine and top rear flapfold. 202pp. The very scarce hardcover issue. A collection of poems, drawings, stories, mock interviews, playlets--all presented in an air of comic absurdity by these two literary bandits. A crucial and welcome item in the Second Generation New York School of Poets canon. And the Brainard illustrations are priceless.

Condition: Very Good. New York: Kulchur Foundation, 1967. First Edition, wrapper issue. Small quarto; 202pp. Illustrations by Brainard. Illustrated wraps. Light wear to edges and mild curling to corners. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy of this celebrated New York School collaboration.