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Ted Berrigan – Collaborations

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SECTION B:
This index includes collaborations by Ted Berrigan with other writers and artists.


1. Berrigan, Ted, Joe Brainard, and Ron Padgett. SOME THINGS
First edition:
New York: privately printed, 1963
Loose sheets in plain unprinted paper folder, 100 copies, signed by all three contributors on the title page, mimeograph printed. Illustrations by Joe Brainard.

2. Berrigan, Ted, and Ron Padgett. SEVENTEEN
First edition:
New York: privately printed, 1964
Side-stapled with printed cover, 8.5” x 11”, 48 copies, mimeograph printed. Plays by Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan, individually and collaboratively.

3. Berrigan, Ted, and Ron Padgett. NOH
First edition:
New York: Lines Press, 1965
Broadside, 8″ x 13″, 50 numbered and signed copies. Published as Linesheet 1.

4. Berrigan, Ted, and Joe Brainard. LIVING WITH CHRIS
First edition:
New York: Boke Press, 1965
Side-stapled with illustrated cover, 8.5” x 11”, mimeograph printed.

Note: Chris refers to Christina Gallup, the daughter of Dick and Carol Gallup, for whom Ted was babysitting when he wrote this poem.

5. Berrigan, Ted, and Ron Padgett. BEAN SPASMS
a. First edition, paperbound issue
New York: Kulchur Press, 1967
Sewn signatures bound in illustrated wrappers, 7.5″ x 10″, 202 pages, 1000 copies. Illustrations and Drawings by Joe Brainard.

b. First edition, hardcover issue
New York: Kulchur Press, 1967
Hardcover in illustrated paper bound boards, 7.5″ x 10″, 202 copies. Illustrations and Drawings by Joe Brainard.

6. Berrigan, Ted, and George Schneeman. NO HELP WANTED
First edition:
New York: n.p., 1967
Broadside, 35” x 23”, 20 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist, silkscreen printed.

7. Berrigan, Ted, and George Schneeman. 10 THINGS I DO EVERY DAY
First edition:
New York: n.p., 1967
Broadside, 35” x 23”, 20 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist, silkscreen printed.

8. Berrigan, Ted, and George Schneeman. HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY
First edition:
New York: n.p., 1967
Broadside, 35” x 23”, 20 copies numbered and signed by poet and artist, silkscreen printed.

9. Berrigan, Ted, and Anselm Hollo. DOUBLETALK
First edition:
Iowa City: Privately published, 1969
Wrappers, 240 signed copies, letterpress printed by T.G. Miller.

10. Berrigan, Ted, and Anne Waldman. MEMORIAL DAY
a. First edition:
New York: Poetry Project, St. Mark’s Church In-the-Bowery, 1971

b. Second printing:
London: Aloes Books, 1974

11. Berrigan, Ted, Tom Clark, and Ron Padgett. BACK IN BOSTON AGAIN
New York: Telegraph Books, 1972

12. Berrigan, Ted, and Joe Brainard. THE DRUNKEN BOAT
New York: Adventures In Poetry, 1974

13. Berrigan, Ted, and Robert Creeley. THINK OF ANYTHING
n.p.: Hard Press, 1977

14. Berrigan, Ted, and Harris Schiff. YO-YO’S WITH MONEY
Henniker, NH: United Artists Books, 1979

13. Berrigan, Ted, and George Schneeman. IN THE NAM WHAT CAN HAPPEN?
New York: Granary Books, 1997

Ted Berrigan – Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides

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SECTION A:
This index includes books, pamphlets, and broadsides


1. Berrigan, Ted. A LILY FOR MY LOVE: 13 POEMS
First edition:
Providence: privately printed, 1959
Saddle-stapled in printed wrappers, 20 pages.

Note: some poems previously appeared in Nimrod, The White Dove Review, Alembic.

2. Berrigan, Ted. THE SONNETS
a. First edition:
New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1964
Side-stapled in illustrated cover, 8.5” x 11”, 134 pages, 300 numbered copies, mimeograph printed. Dedicated to Joe Brainard. Cover art by Joe Brainard. Edited by Ron Padgett.

b. Second edition:
New York: Grove Press, 1966

c. Third edition:
New York: United Artists, 1982

d. Fourth edition:
New York: Penguin Books, 2000

3. Berrigan, Ted. MANY HAPPY RETURNS
First edition:
New York: Angel Hair, 1967
Folded broadside, 7″ x 9.5″, 200 copies (including 4 lettered and signed copies hors commerce), letterpress printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem, for Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh December 25, 1967.

4. Berrigan, Ted. SONNET L
First edition:
New York: Moil Press, 1968
First edition, broadside, 8.5” x 11”, mimeograph printed. Drawn and lettered by Alice Notley. Published as Free Poems Among Friends #2.

According to a Granary Books catalog entry for this broadside: “This is a spinoff publication inspired by the Detroit Artists’ Workshop Press series of the same name.”

5. Berrigan, Ted. MANY HAPPY RETURNS
a. First edition, regular issue
New York: Corinth Books, 1969
Sewn signatures bound in illustrated wrappers, 6” x 8”, 47 pages, 1450 copies. Cover art by Joe Brainard. Book design by Joan Wilentz.

b. First edition, numbered and signed issue
New York: Corinth Books, 1969
Sewn signatures bound in illustrated wrappers, 6” x 8”, 47 pages, 50 copies numbered and signed by the poet and artist. Cover art by Joe Brainard. Book design by Joan Wilentz.

6. Berrigan, Ted. WORDS FOR LOVE
First edition:
N.p.: n.p., 1969
Broadside, 17.5” x 22.5”, 300 copies, letterpress printed by Michael Fine.

7. Berrigan, Ted. A FRAGMENT
First edition:
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1969
Broadside in printed folder, 11” x 15”, 327 numbered copies. Illustration by Jim Dine.

8. Berrigan, Ted. PEACE
First edition:
Detroit: Alternative Press, 1969
Broadside, 8.5” x 13”, letterpress printed by Ken and Ann Mikolowski at the Alternative Press.

9. Berrigan, Ted. SCORPION, EAGLE & DOVE
First edition:
n.p.: privately published, 1970
Broadside, 11” x 17”, 150 copies. Illustration by Fairfield Porter.

10. Berrigan, Ted. IN THE EARLY MORNING RAIN
a. First edition, regular issue:
London: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman
Publishers, 1970
Sewn signatures in printed and illustrated wrappers, 6.5” x 9.75”, 104 pages. Cover art and illustrations by George Schneeman.

b. First edition, hardcover issue:
London: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman
Publishers, 1970
Hardcover in printed and illustrated paper bound boards, 6.5” x 9.75”104 pages. Cover art and illustrations by George Schneeman.

c. First edition, numbered and signed issue:
London: Cape Goliard Press in association with Grossman
Publishers, 1970
Hardcover in printed and illustrated paper bound boards, 104 pages, 50 copies numbered and signed by the poet and artist. Cover art and illustrations by George Schneeman.

11. Berrigan, Ted. A FEELING FOR LEAVING
New York: Frontward Books, 1975

12. Berrigan, Ted. LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, 1975
postcard

13. Berrigan, Ted. RED WAGON
Chicago: Yellow Press, 1976

14. Berrigan, Ted. CLEAR THE RANGE
New York: Adventures In Poetry/Coach House South, 1977

15. Berrigan, Ted. NOTHING FOR YOU
Lenox, MA & NY: Angel Hair Books, 1977

16. Berrigan, Ted. TRAIN RIDE
New York: Vehicle Editions, 1978

17. Berrigan, Ted. CARRYING A TORCH
Brooklyn: Clown War, 1980

18. Berrigan, Ted. SO GOING AROUND CITIES: NEW & SELECTED POEMS 1958-1979
Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980

19. Berrigan, Ted. IN A BLUE RIVER
New York: Little Light, 1981

20. Berrigan, Ted. PARIS, FRANCES
Grindstone City: Alternative Press, 1981
Postcard

21. Berrigan, Ted. THE MORNING LINE
Santa Barbara: Am Here Books/Immediate Editions, 1982

22. Berrigan, Ted. POSTCARD FROM THE SKY
n.p.: Hard Press, 1982

23. Berrigan, Ted. REMEMBERED POEM
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, 1983

24. Berrigan, Ted. SONNET LXXX
Minneapolis: n.p., 1985

25. Berrigan, Ted. A CERTAIN SLANT OF SUNLIGHT
Oakland: 0 Books, 1988

26. Berrigan, Ted. SELECTED POEMS
New York: Penguin Books, 1994

27. Berrigan, Ted. GREAT STORIES OF THE CHAIR
New York: Situations, 1998

28. Berrigan, Ted. THE COLLECTED POEMS
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005

 

Jack Spicer – Books

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Section A:
This index collects books, chapbooks, and pamphlets


1. Spicer, Jack. AFTER LORCA
spicer_lorcaa. First edition, regular copies:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, November-December 1957
Saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers, 6.5″ x 8.5″, 76 pages, 474 copies, multilith printed by Joe Dunn. Jack Spicer’s first book of poetry. Cover illustration by Jess Collins. Introduction by Federico Garcia Lorca.
(Johnston A2)

b. First edition, lettered and signed copies: 
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, November-December 1957
Saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers, 6.5″ x 8.5″, 76 pages, 26 copies lettered and signed with a drawing by the author, multilith printed by Joe Dunn. Jack Spicer’s first book of poetry. Cover illustration by Jess Collins. Introduction by Federico Garcia Lorca.
(Johnston A2)

c. First edition, second issue:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, November-December 1957
Unbound (but collated and folded) without wrappers issued in mailing envelope at a later date.
(Johnston A2)

d. First UK edition:
London: Aloes Books, 1969

e. Second edition:
n.p.: Marco Polio, 1974

2. Spicer, Jack. HOMAGE TO CREELEY 
spicer_homageFirst edition:
Annapolis: Harold and Dore Dull, Summer 1959
Side-stapled in printed covers, 8.5″ x 11″, 33 pages, 100 copies, spirit-mimeo printed. Incorporated into A4.


3. Spicer, Jack. BILLY THE KID
spicer_billya. First edition, first state:
Stinson Beach: Enkidu Surrogate, October 1959
Saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers, 6.5″ x 8.5″, 16 pages, 750 copies, offset printed.  Illustrations by Jess Collins.

b. First edition, second state:
The second state includes holograph corrections to text on page 8; holograph addition of ‘Face’ at end of section VI.

c. Second edition:
Dublin: New Writers’ Press, 1969

d. Third edition
n.p.: Oyster Press, March 1975

4. Spicer, Jack. THE HEADS IF THE TOWN UP TO THE AETHER
spicer_headsa. First edition, regular copies:
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962
Perfect-bound in illustrated  and printed wrappers, 4.75″ x 6.75″, 109 pages, 750 copies, letterpress printed by Dave Haselwood. Illustrated by Fran Herndon.
(Auerhahn 21)

b. First edition, hardcover, signed copies:
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962
Hardcover in cloth-bound boards, 4.75″ x 7.25″, 109 pages, 50 copies signed by the author and artist, with an original drawing by Spicer, letterpress printed by Dave Haselwood, bound by the Schuberth Bindery. Illustrated by Fran Herndon.
(Auerhahn 21)

Note: Printed announcement issued.

5. Spicer, Jack. LAMENT FOR THE MAKERS
spicer_lamenta. First edition:
Oakland: White Rabbit Press, 1962
Hand-sewn in illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8″, 16 pages, 100 copies, offset printed. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A11)

Note: According to Johnston, “Back of title page has a fictitious acknowledgments list (by Graham Mackintosh) taken from Robert Duncan’s The Opening of the Field.”

b. First UK edition:
London: Aloes, 1971

6. Spicer, Jack. THE HOLY GRAIL
spicer_holya. First edition, regular copies:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1964
Saddle-stapled and glued into illustrated wrappers, 6.25″ x 8.5″, 80 pages, offset printed. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A19)

b. First edition, hardcover copies:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1964
Hardcover, 6.25″ x 8.5″, 80 pages, 13 copies signed (4 were reportedly destroyed during signing), offset printed. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A19)

spicer_holy2c. Second, Pirated edition:
Berkeley: Jolly Roger Press, February 1969
Side-stapled printed and illustrated sheets, 8.5″ x 11″, 20 pages, 500 copies. Published anonymously by Richard Krech and John Oliver Simon at the Undermine Press.

Pirate’s Note: “I only heard Jack Spicer read once, at the the Berkeley poetry conference in july 65. an hour after he read THE HOLY GRAIL, the last copy was gone from the avenue bookstores… this free pirate edition is distributed to make the poem available to those who need it.”

d. Third edition:
Watertown: Augtwofive, 1970





e. Fourth edition:
Portland: Timeworn (Poor Claudia at Revolution Publishing), 2014

7. Spicer, Jack. LANGUAGE
spicer_languagea. First edition:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, June 1965
Perfect-bound illustrated wrappers, 6.25″ x 10″, 72 pages, 950 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A30)

Note: Most of these poems first appeared in OPEN SPACE.

b. First edition, second printing:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1970
Perfect-bound illustrated wrappers, 6.25″ x 10″, 72 pages, 950 copies, offset printed from the first edition. Text added to the colophon: “Second printing 1970”.
(Johnston A54)

8. Spicer, Jack. BOOK OF MAGAZINE VERSE
spicer_magazinea. First edition:
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1966
Perfect-bound printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 7.75″, 56 pages, 1500 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh. Prepared for publication from the original manuscript by Stan Persky. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A33)

According to Johnston, “The cover is a parody of the cover of Poetry (Chicago). The poems are arranged in groups intended for various little magazines and newspapers, each section printed on a stock appropriate to that publication, so that for example, the poems for Tish are on blue mimeo paper, those for the St. Louis Sporting News on newsprint.”

b. First edition, second printing
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1970
Perfect-bound printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 7.75″, 56 pages, 1500 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh. Prepared for publication from the original manuscript by Stan Persky. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A33)

9. Spicer, Jack. A BOOK OF MUSIC
spicer_musica. First edition, regular copies:
San Francisco: White Rabbit, 1969
Saddle-stapled illustrated wrappers, 6.25″ x 9.25″, 20 pages, 1800 copies designed and printed by Ron and Graham Mackintosh from a typescript made available by Peter Howard. The cover was one decided upon by the author. Illustrated by Graham Mackintosh.
(Johnston A48)

b. First edition, variant copies:
Variant copies include additional printed text on the front leaf: “150 copies printed Christmas, 1969 / for friends of White Rabbit, Oyez, / and the author”.
(Johnston A48a)

10. Spicer, Jack. THE RED WHEELBARROW
a. First edition, regular copies:
Berkeley: Arif Press, June 1971
Hand-sewn printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 5.5″, 24 pages, 475 copies, letterpress printed. Illustrated by  Wesley Tanner. Printed by Wesley Tanner at Cranium Press.

b. First edition, numbered copies:
Berkeley: Arif Press, June 1971
Hand-sewn printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 5.5″, 24 pages, 25 copies with hand-colored frontispiece, signed by the illustrator, letterpress printed. Illustrated by  Wesley Tanner. Printed by Wesley Tanner at Cranium Press.

Note: Printed announcement issued.

11. Spicer, Jack. SOME THINGS FROM JACK
First edition:
Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1972
Wrappers, 6.5″ x 10.25″, 11 pages, 91 numbered copies, printed letterpress. Introduction by Richard Rummonds. Linocut by Miroslav Zahradka.

12. Spicer, Jack. ADMONITIONS
First edition:
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1974
Side-stapled printed wrappers, 8.5″ x 11″, 44 pages, mimeograph printed.



13. Spicer, Jack. QUARTUS 1: A LOST POEM
First edition:
Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1974
Hardcover in cloth-bound boards, 9.5″ x 11.5″, 8 pages, 114 numbered copies signed by the artist, letterpress printed. Postscript by Richard-Gabriel Rummonds. Illustrated with two etchings by Ariel Parkinson.

14. Spicer, Jack. FIFTEEN FALSE PROPOSITIONS ABOUT GOD
First edition:
South San Francisco: Manroot, September 1974
Saddle-stapled printed and illustrated wrappers, 6.5″ x 8.5″, 16 pages, offset printed.

Note: This poem first appeared in Beatitude, No. 3 (San Francisco, May 1959)

15. Spicer, Jack. THE COLLECTED BOOKS OF JACK SPICER
a. First edition, paperback copies:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1975
Perfect-bound printed wrappers, 6.25″ x 8.75″, 382 pages including bibliography of first editions, 1000 copies. Edited and with commentary by Robin Blaser. Typography by Graham Mackintosh/White Rabbit.

b. First edition, hardcover copies: 
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1975
Hardcover in acetate dust jacket, 6.5″ x 9″, 382 pages including bibliography of first editions, 1000 copies. Edited and with commentary by Robin Blaser. Typography by Graham Mackintosh/White Rabbit.

c. First edition, hardcover, numbered and signed copies:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1975
Hardcover in acetate dust jacket and slipcase, 6.5″ x 9″, 382 pages including bibliography of first editions, 100 copies, numbered and signed by Robin Blaser. Edited and with commentary by Robin Blaser. Typography by Graham Mackintosh/White Rabbit.

16. Spicer, Jack. ONE NIGHT STAND & OTHER POEMS
First edition:
San Francisco: Grey Fox Press, 1980
Hardcover in cloth-bound boards without dust jacket as issued, 98 pages. Edited by Donald Allen. Preface by Robert Duncan.

17. Spicer, Jack. COLLECTED POEMS, 1945-46
First edition:
Berkeley: Oyez/White Rabbit Press, 1981
Saddle-stapled printed wrappers, 7″ x 9″, 32 pages, lithographed from the author’s typescript.


18. Spicer, Jack. THE TOWER OF BABEL
First edition:
Hoboken, N.J: Talisman House, 1994
Perfect-bound photo-illustrated wrappers, 170 pages. Chapter one of Jack Spicer’s Detective Novel, edited by Ed Foster and Kevin Killian.

Described by Lewis Ellingham and Kevin Killian as “a satiric look at the private world of poetry gone public in the wake of the Six Gallery HOWL reading of October, 1955.”

19. Spicer, Jack. TRAIN OF THOUGHT
First edition:
Gran Canaria: Zasterle Press, 1994
Perfect-bound in illustrated wrappers, 62 pages, 300 numbered copies. Edited with an introduction by Lewis Ellingham and Kevin Killian.
Chapter three of Jack Spicer’s unpublished detective novel

20. Spicer, Jack. MAP POEMS
First edition:
Berkeley: The Bancroft Library Press, 2005
Thirty-five copies printed: bound in brown paper wrappers. Introduction by Kevin Killian and Peter Gizzi