The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan

Berrigan, Ted; Alice Notley & Anselm Berrigan & Edmund Berrigan (Eds)

ISBN 10: 0520239865 / ISBN 13: 9780520239869

Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, 2005

About this Item

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 758 pages; 2005 University of California Press. Stout HC/DJ First edition, first printing. Tightly bound copy in original color pictorial dust jacket. The book feels and appears unread; a pair of tiny spil splotches to the front edge. Dust jacket is crisp edges but has mild toning and superficial foxing to the unlaminated whites, with a few instances of mild soiling to surfaces. NF/VG+ . Oversize book likely to require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan
• Publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520239865
• ISBN 13: 9780520239869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern 1st editions
  • Literature: Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

This landmark collection brings Ted Berrigan's published and unpublished poetry together in a single authoritative volume for the first time. Edited by the poet Alice Notley, Berrigan's second wife, and their two sons, The Collected Poems demonstrates the remarkable range, power, and importance of Berrigan's work.

About the Author

Ted Berrigan (1934-1983) was the author of more than 20 books, including The Sonnets (1964); Bean Spasms, with Ron Padgett and Joe Brainard (1967); Red Wagon (1976); and A Certain Slant of Sunlight (1988). Alice Notley is the editor of two of Ted Berrigan's books, The Sonnets (2000) and A Certain Slant of Sunlight (1988). She is the author of numerous volumes of poetry, including Mysteries of Small Houses (1998) and Disobedience (2001). Anselm Berrigan is the director of the St. Mark's Poetry Project and the author of Zero Star Hotel (2002). Edmund Berrigan is a poet and songwriter and the author of Disarming Matter (1999).