In the Early Morning Rain by Berrigan, Ted - 1970

Cape Goliard Press, London. 1970. 1st. edn. Hardback. Lge 8vo. VG in decorated laminated paper-covered boards. All edges blue, slight rubbing to head & tail of spine and corners & light foxing throughout. Former-owner's neat signture to fep. From the collection of Geoffrey Godbert, himself a published poet & anthologiser in the UK

Cape Golliard / Grossman, 1970. First edition, first printing. Cover drawings by George Schneeman. With a back cover quote by Robert Creeley. Always strong work by this poet. A lovely edition. Very close to fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text

-Cape Goliard Press (1970)-. First edition, 1970. unpaginated. Illustrated by George Schneeman. Pictorial boards, small nick to rear corner. Very good indeed. No dustjacket issued. In the Early Morning Rain (Berrigan, Ted) 0206619782

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London & NY: Cape Goliard/Grossman, (1970).. First US trade paperback printing.. Small 4to. [106 pp]. Very good plus in illustrated wrappers. Cover art and internal illustrations by George Schneeman. INSCRIBED by Berrigan on the third leaf to Keith Abbott, “for Keith, / 3/5 of my / best book of / all / time, / Love, / Ted Berrigan.” Abbott wrote a slightly negative review of this collection, in which he posited that some of the poems could have been dropped.

London and New York: Cape Goliard Press and Grossman Publishers, 1970. First Edition, First Printing.
Small Quarto (9 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches / 245 x 165 mm), [106] pages in printed wrappers (soft cover)
A book of poems and prose, INSCRIBED on the front end paper by Ted Berrigan to fellow poet Terry Jacobus: "For Terry in Chicago / at Dinner / 2 May 72. / 'The last of the / First Editions.' / Love, / Ted." Additionally signed in full on the title page; Berrigan has crossed out his name as printed on the page and signed with his own signature. A nice association from Berrigan's days in Chicago.
This is the wrappers edition featuring a cover and drawings by George Schneeman. There were two other simultaneous issues--a hardcover trade edition and a signed, limited edition. No priority. (See Aaron Fischer, Ted Berrigan: An Annotated Checklist, page 41.)
CONDITION: Bump to one corner, edge wear, a bit of soiling to the top edge and fore edge, and some very light toning to the pages. Slight lean. Overall, a Very… Read More

London: Cape Goliard Press,, 1970.. First edition.. Small 4to. [104 pp]. Hard bumps to bottom edges, else near fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. One of 50 numbered copies SIGNED by Berrigan, who added “for Michael Brownstein” on the copyright page, and “+ Mike” to the dedication page. Finally, Berrigan has added two words to the poem “Heroin.”