May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 61

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
(DINE, JIM.) O'Hara, Frank. Biotherm. Essay and glossary by Bill Berkson. 42 lithographs by Dine. 575x402 mm; 22 5/8x15 inches (sheets), full margins. Folio, contents loose as issued in red cloth portfolio box, some scuffing and a 1-inch oil stain on the lower front cover; companion essay in a small thin booklet contained in a recessed pocket of the portfolio. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1964
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number 36 of 150 copies numbered and signed by dine from a total edition of 180. Biotherm is the last long poem by O'Hara, written shortly before his accidental death in 1966 at age 40. The poet and critic Bill Berkson, to whom the poem is addressed, provided the essay and compiled a glossary to explicate the references in the poem and to recount the circumstances of its writing. The text was printed on English mouldmade paper on a hot-press finish and the lithographic work was done by Phelps-Schaefer, Brisbane, California.