Berryman, John.

Poems. Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1942, first edition of the author's first book, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front free endpaper ("To David & Olivia [Posner] | gratefully | John | Calif | Apr '68"), original green paper covered boards, some slight discoloration to the boards; Homage to Mistress Bradsheet. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front free endpaper ("To David Posner | gratefully, for much | hospitality - and | w. every good wish | toward Miss Wedgwood | John Berryman | Providence | 5 March '63"), illustrations by Ben Shan, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, autograph envelope loosely inserted; His Toy, His Dream, His Rest. 308 Dream Songs. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968, first edition, author's compliments slip loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket; 8vo (3)



The recipient of the first two works, the poet David Louis Posner, later became Poetry Consultant to the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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