BIOTHERM (FOR BILL BERKSON) - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
by O'Hara, Frank (poem); Dine, Jim (illustrations); Berkson, Bill (essay)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1990. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the artist, this being copy no.127. Folio (57.75cm); loose lithographed sheets (ca.15" x 22"), housed in a red cloth clamshell case, with title printed in black on front cover, and the Companion To Biotherm booklet housed in a compartment on the inner front cover; with 42 lithographic prints by Jim Dine. A Fine copy. A striking production of O'Hara's last long poem, addressed to the poet and critic Bill Berkson, which first appeared in The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara. The 24pp booklet contains Berkson's essay "Air and Such," along with a glossary of notes, references, and quotations that appear in the poem, and a publisher's note by Andrew Hoyem. Arion No.32.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6971
- Title
- BIOTHERM (FOR BILL BERKSON) - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
- Author
- O'Hara, Frank (poem); Dine, Jim (illustrations); Berkson, Bill (essay)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Arion Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1990
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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