Ted BERRIGAN, Ron Padgett / Bean Spasms Collaborations 1st Edition 1967

Description: Bean Spasms: Collaborations Author: BERRIGAN, Ted; Ron Padgett; Drawings by Joe Brainard Title: Bean Spasms: Collaborations Publication: (New York): (Kulchur Press), (1967) Edition: First Edition Description: Softcover. Quarto, 202pp., illustrated. Near fine in the publisher's printed wrappers, with some nicks to the edges. Clear acetate dust jacket--which is contemporary and possibly original--with some small chips and creases. "Bean Spasms is perhaps Berrigan's and Padgett's most famous collaboration. In 1972, Berrigan told Barry Alpert about how "Big Travel Dialogue" came to be written: "We got the title off Frank's "Little Travel Dialogue." We were into a lot of collaborations in those days . . . and we decided to write these letters to each other. . . . the rule was that we would write them as if we were both traveling around the country and we were each writing from different places. . . . We actually wrote them as letters, and we did mail them to each other because I was living downtown in New York and Ron was living uptown. We always put them in envelopes and addressed them though sometimes I just took them up there since I was going up there anyway or Ron would bring them down. Often I'd draw the stamp instead of putting a new stamp on it and draw cancellation marks through it. But we were serious about the form. Ron wrote all of his in his house uptown and I wrote all of mine downtown in my house. . . . They gave us a chance to say a lot of things to each other that we really wanted to say too, the way you can in letters." - Berrigan to Barry Alpert in 1972, from Talking in Tranquility: Interviews with Ted Berrigan. Edited by Stephen Ratcliffe & Leslie Scalopino. (Bolinas & Oakland, CA: Avenue B / O Books, 1991), p. 40. Near fine. Seller ID: 12537 Subject: Poetry Cleveland Book Company, ABAA Rocky River, OH As a small, independent bookseller in Cleveland, Ohio, I deal in general used, rare, and antiquarian books, autographs, manuscripts, pamphlets, and personal and family papers in all subjects. My family has been in the antiquarian book business since 1971. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA) and several other leading trade organizations, and adhere strictly to their codes of professionalism and ethics. Guarantee All items may be returned within 30 days, with a full refund including shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Shipping All books shipped to US destinations by USPS Media Mail. Delivery typically takes 5 to 14 days, but may be longer, especially during the holidays. Tracking is provided on all domestic shipments. Expedited and international shipping is available, please contact us for a price quote BEFORE placing an order. We are happy to combine shipping on multiple items. Payment We prefer PayPal. Feedback We leave feedback after receiving buyer's feedback. If you are unhappy with your order for any reason, please contact us before leaving feedback, and we will resolve the problem! We take pride in our business and make every attempt to describe each item in our inventory accurately according to the highest standards of the rare book trade.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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