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$150.00NY: Angel Hair Books (1973). First edition, numbered & signed issue. Small 4to. [50 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. One of 26 numbered copies SIGNED by Berkson and Schneeman.
$65.00NY: Angel Hair Books, 1973. First edition. Near fine in wrappers, with smudging to cheap red printed covers and light spine fading Cover and drawings by George Schneeman. One of 1000 copies, INSCRIBED by Berkson to Michael Sykes of Floating Island, dated in Point Reyes. In an envelope with Michael Sykes’ notations.
$35.00Grindstone City: Alternative Press (1987). First edition. 11 x 7 3/4 inch illustrated broadside, printed in two colors. Fine. Originally included in Alternative Press double issue 14/15, but also available separately.
$75.00Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1982). Second printing. 4to. [36 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers with a few trivial marks. Cover art by Lynn O’Hare. INSCRIBED by Berkson on the title page to San Francisco gallerist Paule Anglim, “For Paule - / A Classic: / Merry Christmas 1989 / with our love, - Bill” afterwhich O’Hare has signed “Lynn.”$125.00Bolinas: Smithereens Press (1982). First edition, numbered & signed issue. 4to. [38 pp]. Page edges foxed, else near fine in side-stapled wrappers with some rust near the staples. One of 10 numbered copies SIGNED by Berkson with an additional full-page holograph poem.
$45.00[San Francisco]: Bill Berkson, 2006. First edition. 4to. [40 pp]. Fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover photograph by Constance Lewallen. One of 12 copies produced by Berkson.
$20.00Berkeley: Sand Dollar, 1975. First printing of this new revised edition (originally published by Tibor De Nagy in 1961). [48 pp]. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art by Norman Bluhm. This edition contains some new poems, and some corrections and additions. Sand Dollar 18.$10.00Cambridge: Zoland Books (2000). First edition. 125 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal artwork by Joe Brainard.$45.00NY: Angel Hair (1969). First edition. 4to. [66 pp]. Near fine in side-stapled wrappers. Cover art by Alex Katz. One of 464 (of 500) copies. Poems written July-September 1968.$15.00San Francisco: Omerta Publications (2013). First edition. 17 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers.$12.50San Francisco: Omerta Publications (2013). Second edition, revised and corrected. 17 pp. Fine in stapled wrappers.$25.00(np): Narcissus Press, 2006. First edition. 9 x 7 1/2 inch broadside, printed letterpress in two colors. Fine. One of 50 copies printed on the occasion of Berkson’s reading at the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard College Library.$45.00[Cambridge: Pressed Wafer, 2000]. First edition. 11 x 8 1/2 inch broadside, printed in black on yellow paper. Fine. Issued as part of the twenty-six copy “Broadsides for John Wieners.” One of a small number of extra copies produced beyond the edition.$17.50Bolinas: Tombouctou, 1983. First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. “Start Over is the midsection of a longer work-in-progress called DANTE DIARY.”$25.00Bolinas: Tombouctou, 1983. First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Berkson on the title page.$30.00Bolinas: Tombouctou, 1983. First edition. [28 pp]. Fine in stapled wrappers. Dated (Bolinas 2/4/84) and INSCRIBED by Berkson, “For ___ / 'Can the job get done and / never be televised? (p.xx) / love, / Bill.”
$25.00[Victoria]: Cuneiform Press, 2007. First edition. 109 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art a drawing by Philip Guston. One of 500 copies. The text of seven lectures with Berkson’s introduction.$12.50[Victoria]: Cuneiform Press, 2010. Second printing. 109 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers. Cover art a drawing by Philip Guston. One of 500 copies. The text of seven lectures with Berkson’s introduction.$20.00(np): (np) (nd). First edition. 15 x 11 1/2 inch illustrated poster, folded twice as issued. Fine. Full color reproduction of Rideal’s “Swedish Smithson” with Berkson’s poem printed on the verso.$20.00Cambridge: Pressed Wafer (2000). First edition. Folding card (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches, closed) in original envelope. Fine. Published on the occasion of Berkson’s reading at MIT.$35.00Jamestown: Qua Books (2003). First edition. 266 pp. Small mark on fore-edge, else fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Dated (January 10, 2004) and warmly INSCRIBED by Berkson.$15.00Jamestown: Qua Books (2003). First edition. 266 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.$10.00Peoria, IL: Spoon River Poetry Press, 1980. First edition. Near fine in wraps.$25.00Berkeley: Poets’ Commune Publications, 1970. First edition. [62 pp]. Near fine in illustrated wrappers.$125.00Berkeley: Turtle Island, 1981. First trade paperback printing. 86 pp. Near fine in printed wrappers. Rear cover endorsement by Ed Dorn. Six stories: The Musical Vanity Boxes, Mama and Dad, El Tim, A Foggy Day, Maggie May, and the title story.
$125.00Berkeley: Poltroon Press, 1989. First trade paperback printing. 97 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Cover by Frances Butler. Twelve stories.
$3,500.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1993. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 214 pp. Faint foxing to the top edges, else very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine unprinted clear acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Berlin. Additionally INSCRIBED by Berlin, “Aug. 1993 / for Bob / with thanks, + love, / always / Lucia.” Laid into this copy is a thirty-two word ALS from Berlin dated August 19, 1993 in part presenting this book, and apologizing for the oversight. The recipient is Robert Callahan of the Turtle Island Foundation, who published Berlin’s second book, ANGELS LAUNDROMAT in 1977.
$850.00Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow, 1999. First edition, numbered & signed issue. 240 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Berlin. Her third collection of stories, and the last published during her lifetime.
$75.00NY: Simon & Schuster (1978). First edition. 288 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. A psychological thriller. Review slip laid in. Young 265*.$25.00Panama City: Edicion de la Direccion Nacional de Cultura del Ministerio de Educacion, 1970. First edition. 51 pp. Fine in illustrated wrappers.
$450.00[NY]: Sea Cliff Press, 1983. First edition. [24 pp]. Fine in sewn rose-colored printed wrappers. Original etching by Sultan as a frontispiece. One of 90 numbered copies SIGNED by Bernard and INSCRIBED by Sultan, “Black Tulip Oct 1983 D.S.” Original printed mailing envelope (near fine) accompanies.$15.00NY: Random House (1989). First edition. 66 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (lightly rubbed). An announcement from the Academy of American Poets laid in. Winner of the 1988 Walt Whitman Award, this is Bernard's first book, notable for its title poem, whose passion, vatic tone and supplications points the way towards the gorgeous vocabulary of her second volume of poetry, PSALMS, now an underground classic.