N. Y.: Farrar Straus & Giroux (1968). First edition. Stefanik A16. Laid in is Berryman's Acceptance Speech for the National Book Award in Poetry 1969, which Berryman received for His Toy, His Dream, His Rest. The speech, 1 page, 4to, was delivered on March 12, 1969. In our experience, such speeches were produced to be distributed on the occasion of the speech, and are consequently quite scarce, many of them having been rendered irretrievable by neglect. 8vo, original black cloth, dust jacket. Very fine copy.