signed first edition Cloth
1976 · Chicago
by Ted Berrigan
Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1976. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY TED BERRIGAN on the front free endpaper. A crisp, near-pristine copy to boot of the 1976 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, rear photograph of Ted Berrigan by Gerard Malanga. THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES 2 CANCELLED CHECKS FROM NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY PHOENIX BOOKSHOP. THE FIRST IS MADE OUT (IN HIS OWN HAND) TO TED BERRIGAN AND IS SIGNED BY PHOENIX'S OWNER, ROBERT WILSON. AND THE SECOND IS MADE OUT (IN 1969) TO DIANE DI PRIMA MARLOWE AND IS SIGNED BY PHOENIX'S ATTORNEY, MARSHALL CLEMENTE. Nice examples of downtown New York literary history. (Inventory #: 14322)