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Berryman (John) Homage to Mistress Bradsheet

Berryman (John) Homage to Mistress Bradsheet,

first edition in book form, fellow American poet James Merrill's copy, with ink autograph initials in the text and his signature on front free endpaper, illustrations by Ben Shahn, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 8vo, New York, 1956.

***An excellent copy of Berryman's first major work, and an important association copy. Merrill's simple annotations indicate divisions in the dialogue between the poem's two protagonists Anne Bradstreet (with the initial 'A') and Simon Bradstreet (the initial 'B')..