(New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972).

FIRST EDITION. Berryman’s last book, completed before taking his own life and published posthumously. Contains the poem “Ecce Homo”. The collection is broken into four parts, each with it’s own theme. Berryman won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1964 publication of 77 Dream Songs. Item #12287

First edition 8vo, black cloth lettered in gilt on spine, in the original dustjacket. x, 70 pp. A fine copy, the dustjacket with minor age, discreet blind embossed ex-libris on titlepage.