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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

 

C Press

Begun in May 1963 by Ted Berrigan, with Lorenz Gude as publisher, the C Press and it’s mimeograph-printed magazine, provided an important early outlet for the writings of younger poets and their immediate predecessors.

1. Veitch, Tom. LITERARY DAYS
New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1964
First edition, side-stapled in illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 200 numbered and signed copies, mimeograph printed. Cover art and illustration by Joe Brainard. Edited by Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan.

According to Granary Books catalog, Poets’ First Books, A Short List: This is Tom Veitch’s first book and is also the first book published by C Press.

2. Berrigan, Ted. THE SONNETS
New York: C Press, 1964
First edition, first printing, 8.5″ x 11″, 300 copies, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Joe Brainard. Edited by Ron Padgett who also typed the stencils. Published by Lorenz and Ellen Gude at C Press. Berrigan has dedicated the book to Joe Brainard.

According to Granary Books catalog, Poets’ First Books, A Short List: Considered one of Berrigan’s most influential works, this book is widely considered his first, in the first edition. However, its publication is technically preceded by A Lily for My Love, which Berrigan attempted to round up copies and destroy (and this thus incredibly scarce).

3. Padgett, Ron. IN ADVANCE OF THE BROKEN ARM
New York: C Press, 1965
Second edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 8.5” x 11”, 200 numbered copies, mimeograph printed. Cover art and illustrations by Joe Brainard (all differ from the first edition published by Lorenz Gude in 1964).

4. Burroughs, William. TIME
a. First edition:
New York: C Press, 1965
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 8.5″ x 11″, 32 pages, 1000 copies (886 in a trade edition; 100 numbered and signed; 10 lettered A-J, hardbound, with original manuscript page by Burroughs and original drawing by Gysin, signed; and four hardcover numbered copies hors commerce). Cover art by Burroughs. Illustrated by Brion Gysin. Edited by Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, and Joe Brainard.

According to a Granary Books catalog entry for this item: Ron Padgett, editor for the edition, relates, “Burroughs’ original manuscript was so faintly typed that the printer (a very helpful gentleman named Mr. Dymm at Fleetwood Letter Service) said it would not be legible in an offset edition.” In order to solve the problem, the editor created a facsimile of Burroughs’ manuscript. He rented a typewriter (with the same font as Burroughs’) and then acquired “a fresh (used) copy of the issue of Time (‘Transatlantic Edition,’ it called itself) he had used as the basis for his manuscript.”

“It was a lot of work, and I became rather obsessed with creating a perfect replica, but I enjoyed doing it. Burroughs was pleased with the result, but, given his characteristic reserve, he didn’t gush. Throughout the project he was cordial, polite, somewhat old-fashioned in his formal good manners. Brion Gysin was equally polite but a bit warmer in his demeanor.”

5. Padgett, Ron. TWO STORIES FOR ANDY WARHOL
New York: C Press, 1965
Second edition, side-stapled with illustrated cover, 8.5” x 14”, 11 pages, mimeograph printed. Thermo-Fax cover by Andy Warhol. The found text was excerpted from an early twentieth-century novel and is repeated on each page of the mimeographed book, reflecting the poet’s interest in appropriation and repetition.

6. Ceravolo, Joseph FITS OF DAWN
New York: C Press, 1965
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Rosemary Ceravolo. Edited by Ted Berrigan. The poet’s first book.

7. Gallup, Dick. HINGES
New York: C Press, 1965
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, mimeograph printed. Cover illustration by Joe Brainard. Edited by Ted Berrigan. The author’s first book published while Gallup was still a student at Columbia.

According to Granary Books catalog, Poets’ First Books, A Short List: “Gallup moved to New York City in 1961 to join high school classmates from Tulsa, Ron Padgett and Joe Brainard. Also from Tulsa was Ted Berrigan, whose C Press published Gallup’s first book of poetry. Gallup had been writing since high school, often collaborating with Padgett or Berrigan on small handmade “bokes” or ephemeral publications.

8. Brownstein, Michael. BEHIND THE WHEEL
New York: C Press, 1967
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 200 copies, mimeograph printed. Edited by Ted Berrigan. Published as issue No. 14 of C magazine.

9. Elmslie, Kenward. POWER PLANT POEMS
New York: C Press, 1967
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 8.5″ x 11″, mimeograph printed. Cover art and illustrations by Joe Brainard. Edited by Ted Berrigan.

10. Notley, Alice. 165 MEETING HOUSE LANE / TWENTY-FOUR SONNETS
New York: C Press Publications, 1971
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 250 copies, mimeograph printed. Edited by Ted Berrigan.

11. Carey, Steve. THE LILY OF ST. MARK’S
New York: C Press, 1978
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 250 copies, mimeograph printed. Cover art by George Schneeman. Edited by Ted Berrigan.

12. Schneeman, Elio. IN FEBRUARY I THINK
New York: C Press, 1978
First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 250 copies, mimeograph printed. Cover art by George Schneeman.

Online Resources:

· From a Secret Location – C Press

· Reality Studio – C Press Archive

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