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Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since May 27, 2000
First edition in stapled wrappers. One of 500 trade copies. Very good condition in stapled wrappers. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Berrigan to friend and fellow poet Harris Schiff " For Harris, my torch-bearer, from Ted Berrigan 10 Feb '80" Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 007277
Title: Carrying A Torch
Publisher: Clown War, Brooklyn
Publication Date: 1980
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First edition, first printing Dedicated to Bernadette Mayer. A scarce Ted Berrigan publication. Very close to fine bright stapled wraps and one of 500 copies. Seller Inventory # 72013
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First edition, first printing One of only 500. New and bright stapled wraps and illustrated. Has become quite scarce. Seller Inventory # 69878
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Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Near fine. First Edition. One from an unnumbered edition of 474. Verse collection from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Unpaginated, approx. 15pp. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Saddle-stapled in wraps. Touches of shelfwear. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. Seller Inventory # 42190
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Seller: W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera, ABAA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches. [16] pp., containing four illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, saddle-stapled. Fine. Nine poems by leading member of the second generation of the New York School of poets, Ted Berrigan (134-1983), published in Bob Heman's CLOWN WAR series. The cover and contents contain five illustrations reproduced from Jan Vredeman de Vries's architectural work, PERSPECTIVE, first published in Leiden in 1604 and 1605. One of 500 copies. Clay & Phillips, p. 269 (CLOWN WAR series). Fischer, p. 25. Seller Inventory # 828
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Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Clown War, Brooklyn, NY. 1980. Unpaginated (16 pgs). Four illustrations. One of 500 copies. Issued in stapled pictorial wraps. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Nine poems by leading member of the second generation of the New York School of poets, Ted Berrigan (1934-1983) , published in Bob Heman's CLOWN WAR series. The cover and contents contain five illustrations reproduced from Jan Vredeman de Vries's architectural work, PERSPECTIVE, first published in Leiden in 1604 and 1605. One of Ted Berrigan's last chapbooks before his death. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 59907
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Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Saddle-stitched wrappers. Published as Clown War, no. 22. Jan, 1980, Bob Heman, ed. Engravings by Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604?) from Perspective. This is from an edition of 500 copies, of which 26 are lettered A-Z and signed by the poet. From the regular edition, this copy inscribed "To Annabel [Levitt, now Lee], with love, Ted 31 Jan 80," with a small drawing of a heart. Very good plus. Seller Inventory # 3244
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Stapled Wrappers. Condition: As New. First Edition. First Printing. Limited Issue, copy #R/26cc Numbered and SIGNED by Berrigan on the colophon. A Very Fine copy in oblong stapled wrappers. Nine poems and five line illustrations (including cover) by Jan Vredeman de Vries [1527-1604?]. Q15698. Seller Inventory # Q15698
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine. First Edition. Chapbook (issued as Clown War 22) from the New York School poet, one of his last before his untimely death. Cover by Jan Vredeman De Vries. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Beige stapled wraps. Fine. Limited edition, one of 26 copies SIGNED by Berrigan, this the "I" copy. Seller Inventory # 41624
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Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Saddle-stitched wrappers. Published as Clown War, no. 22. Jan, 1980, Bob Heman, ed. Engravings by Jan Vredeman de Vries (1527-1604?) from Perspective. This is from an edition of 500 copies, of which 26 are lettered A-Z and signed by the poet. From the regular edition, this copy inscribed "For Anselm [Hollo] in NYC, 10 Feb. 80 with love, Ted." Near fine. Seller Inventory # 650
Quantity: 1 available