BERRYMAN, John

HIS THOUGHTS MADE POCKETS & THE PLANE BUCKT

Pawlet, [VT]: Claude Fredericks [Banyan Press], 1958. First Edition. Softcover. Gray paper wrappers with title printed in orange, with publisher's printed envelope. Copy #60 of 500 copies. Berryman's uncommon second book, a slim collection of poems, this copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the title page to the critically-acclaimed essayist Edward Hoagland: "To Ted Hoagland/affectionately/John Berryman/mpls/21 mar '59." Berryman, along with Archibald MacLeish, was a mentor to Hoagland when he attended Harvard in the early 1950s. A superb association copy. Fine in a Very Good envelope with light wear. Item #018996

Price: $1,500.00