BERRYMAN JOHN The Dispossessed

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BERRYMAN, JOHN. The Dispossessed. Galley proofs, 38 numbered leaves, rectos only, first and last pages rubber-stamped "Finished / Feb 23 1948 / The Maple Press Co." Edges creased with some small chips and dog-ears, scattered toning, last leaf with stains and tears but text intact; publishers slip, creased and tear with slight loss; preserved in plain paper portfolio within buckram folding case. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1948

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Containing twelve manuscript annotations (10 in pencil and 2 in ink), mostly ticks, asterisks and queries of underlined lines; all minor in nature, presumed to be in Berryman's hand. With a large number of variants from the printed version, unrecorded by the editor of Berryman's Collected Poems, and with some light annotation. Inexhaustive list of textual variants identified available upon request. John Berryman, Collected Poems 1937-1971, (London: Faber & Faber, 1990).