THE FREEDOM OF THE POET

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Berryman's collected criticism and other short prose pieces, on literary subjects ranging from the Elizabethan playwrights to Anne Frank, Henry James, and Ezra Pound. 9'' x 6''. Original red cloth with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. In original unclipped ($12.50) dust jacket. 389, [1] pages. Minor toning to jacket flaps and rear panel, faint traces of soil to top edge of text block.