Letters/manuscripts from Alexander Rare Books

Bolinas, CA: n.p., 1975. ALs on Creeley's Bolinas, CA stationary with envelope addressed to Ted and Alice Berrigan at their Chicago address. In ink, on both sides, in Creely's very legible if not always grammatical hand. Approx. 175 words, some personal, but Creeley asks Alice for poems for a supplement to the American Poetry Journal, then finally he asks: "Also, 'help' - can you (Ted!' a more lovely man never lived...' old saying...) get me the $$ for plane - or let me know ... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)

Fresno, CA: n. p. , 1988. Paperback First edition Very Good Letter on verso of California State University - Fresno stationary, typed letter signed (Tls) on 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in (approx.). About 130 words written in reply to a letter asking for advice. Part of his response: ""I tried several notions on my own students, & without waiting or their response, just hearing myself saying these stupid things, I put them aside". Folded in thirds for mailing, else about fine. One of our major poets,... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)

Newark, DE: n. p. , 1989. Paperback First edition Very Good Letter on University of Delaware watermarked paper, typed letter signed (Tls) on 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in (approx.), recto blank.. About 160 words and a witty response, written in reply to a letter asking for advice. Part of his response: "Quit asking for advice; you know just as well as I do that you won't take it". Snodgrass won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Folded in thirds for mailing, else about fine. The letter is addressed to ... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)

Lake Oswego, OR: n. p. , 1988. Paperback First edition Very Good Typed letter (Tls); poem and an essay on 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in (approx.) paper. The letter is about 115 words written in reply to a letter asking for advice. Included is a typescript of the poem "FREEDOM" , previously published. Also, an essay written in response to the letter: "Looking Out the Window", which was not used (whether it was otherwise published I can not determine). (The poem was meant to follow the essay.) Fold... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)

Y RHIW, CYMRU [Wales]: n. p. , 1989. Paperback First edition Very Good Letter on blue Aerograme paper, typed letter signed (Tls) on 8 x 11 1/2 in (approx.), with recipient and return address on recto; folded in thirds in self mailer. About 95 words and a witty response, written in reply to a letter asking for advice. After quoting from the New Testament Thomas writes: "Alas, the enemy of truth and order and beauty is much more subtle than that, availing himself of the most alluring and sophisticated o... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)

n.p. : n.p., n.d. . Paperback First edition Very Good Two typed letters signed (Tls), with one handwritten, signed postcard to marshall A. Best Viking editor who oversaw the Viking Portables regarding publishing a Portable Stephen Crane. The first letter is dated 20 February 1950 on Berryman's Princeton stationary, some 250 words, regarding permissions, word count; the postcard is dated (publisher stamp) May 25 ,1951, begins with JB's current project: "I was breaking my brains out on the end o... Read More

Bookseller: Alexander Rare Books (Vermont, United States)