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Berkeley: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/poor. Hardbound octavo. 33 pp. First edition of Duncan's first published book. Cover and interior illustrations by Mary Fabilli. Light wear to edge of spine else a sound very good or better copy. Fragments of the original dustwrapper are present as well, but this should be considered a copy of the book only.

[Berkeley: Bern Porter, 1947. First Edition. Edges and spine toned, a touch of wear to spine ends; without dust jacket. 8vo, 33pp; pictorial boards. Poet's first book, nicely printed on laid paper.

Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/good. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 33pp. Designed by Ben Kennedy and printed at The Gillick Press. With Drawings by Mary Fabilli. Author's first book. Fellow poet, Victor Di Suvero's copy with his signature of ffep. Di Suvero was once the editior of UC Berkeley's literary magazine, The Occident. Pictorial paper cover over boards is darkened at edges and spine. Rubbing to spine top and corners. In pictorial blue paper dust jacket that has several tears to top edge and corners; minor fading to spine and edges. Lovely production, clean interior.

Berkeley, California, U.S.A.: Gillick Press, 1947. No statement of edition or printing. White illustrated paper-covered boards. With the rear flap of the dust jacket laid in. The boards are browned around the edges. The spine ends are frayed, with a short tear at the tail and a bit of loss at the head. Mild foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise unmarked and in a sound binding with hinges intact.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Mary Fabilli. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Berkeley: Bern Porter,, 1947.. First edition.. 33 pp. Near fine in printed paper-covered boards with a small stain and light tanning to spine. Lacks the fragile dust jacket. Poems with drawings by Mary Fabilli.

The Gillick Press. 1947. First edition.. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. no dust jacket, 1 inch tears at top and bottom of spine, some cover wear and sunning of cover. 33 p. Includes illustrations.

Berkeley: Bern Porter | printed at the Gillick Press, 1947. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [6], 33, [1] pp., frontis, illus. First edition. In publisher pictorial board with dust jacket. Light toning to the extremities; contents clean; jacket has tape reinforcement to verso at the head and tail of the spine--this tape has faintly toned the binding; spine of the jacket is bit toned and rubbed, particularly at the tail of the spine. First book by this important American poet and significant figure in the San Francisco poetry scene. Scarce, particularly in this condition and with the dust jacket.

[Berkeley]: Bern Porter, 1947. First edition. First issue; one of 250 (of 350 total) in white boards (this regular issue also in blue boards which are regarded as second issue) with blue-green dust jacket. Poet's first book. Inscribed in full to Berkeley librarian and book dealer Al[l]an Covici on title page. Worn at head and crown and bottom tips, else fine and bright in a dust jacket with moderate chipping on lower border, beginning to separate at spine folds, with several tape repairs on verso. Overall about very good, interior fine. Bertholf A1a.

Berkeley: Bern Porter, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by poet in year of publication on front free endpaper. 33 pp. Printed white boards. Former owner's name on paste down. Very Good with some toning to boards, wear and exposure at tips. Lacking dust jacket. The San Francisco Renaissance poet's first book.

(Berkeley: Bern Porter), 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Attractive, stamped name on the front pastedown and a touch of wear to the fragile papercovered boards else near fine in a very good plus dustwrapper with a couple of small chips on the thin spine. The uncommon first book by one of the most important poets of his era. Of a total edition of 350 copies this is one of 250 copies in white boards (the additional 100 were in green boards and were signed).

(Berkeley: Bern Porter), 1947. First edition of Duncan's first book. One of 250 copies (out of a total edition of 350). Bertholf A1a. Spine portion lightly tanned, faint offset along endpaper gutters, otherwise an unusually fine copy, with a short closed tear in the spine fold of the front panel of the dust jacket. Large 8vo, portrait, original illustrated paper over boards, dust jacket. Spine portion lightly tanned, faint offset along endpaper gutters, otherwise an unusually fine copy, with a short closed tear in the spine fold of the front panel of the dust jacket.

Bern Porter, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Berkeley: Bern Porter, 1947. Sm 4to. 33 pp. Author's first book. Signed by Duncan along with the year (1947, the year of publication) on the front free endpaper. A little toning to the very edges of the boards; bump to the head of the spine with two tiny splits in the boards. archival paper repairs to the edges of the verso of the jacket. Near fine.

(Berkeley: Bern Porter), 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Drawings by Mary Fabilli. Fine in fine dustwrapper with two tiny tears. A beautiful, fresh copy of this uncommon first book by one of the most important poets of his era. This copy Signed by the publisher Bern Porter. Of a total edition of 350 copies this is one of 250 copies in white boards (the additional 100 were in green boards and were signed by Duncan).