Late Settings; Poems (Inscribed)
by Merrill, James
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- Seller
-
Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. 8vo. 87 pp. Stated first edition. A spectacular fine copy in red cloth binding in fine unfaded and unclipped dustwrapper. The poet's first major collection following his masterwork in 1982 of The Changing Light At Sandover. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Merril "With love to John early & late - Jimmy v.85" The John in the inscription (although unstated here) is John Bernard Myers, publisher of the Tiber Press and founder of the Tibor de Nagy Gallery. Myers published an early poem by Merrill in the 1950's in an issue of Semi: Colon. A nice Association Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14975
- Title
- Late Settings; Poems (Inscribed)
- Author
- Merrill, James
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Poetry, Inscribed, Association Copy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry Books;
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