New Haven: Yale U Press, (1986). 1st edition, full black cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. A specially signed, inscribed copy of the author's first book, selected as the Yale Series of Younger Poets by James Merrill, who provided the Foreword. ". . . a book which strives for that particular..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1965. 1st edition, full cloth, w/illustrated dj. A lovely copy of poet James Merrill's second novel, in complete (not price clipped) jacket. Mary McCarthy states on the jacket's front flap: "THE (DIBLOS) NOTEBOOK is charming--wry, puckered, like seersucker, or like what alum does to your mouth... More
New York: Knopf, 2004. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original green printed paperwraps (as issued.) A posthumous collection (pp. 751) edited by J. D. McClatchy and Stephen Yenser. Appears unopened. Fine. More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions/University of Nebraska, 1983. 1st edition, limited (1/290) hand swen original printed paperwraps (as issued). Handsomely designed and "printed by Harry Duncan from Joanna and Perpetua types on Goyu paper and sewed into covers by Alison Wilson" (from the colophon). The present offering is designated number "119" in..... More
New York: Sea Cliff Press, (1986). 1st edition, limited (1/220) numbered and signed, full cloth with illustrated cover, without dust jacket (as issued). A play in one act. The present copy is designated number "63" and signed by Merrill on the colophon page. Fine condition. More
New York: Knopf, 1988. 1st edition, full purple cloth, with dust jacket. A collection of thirty-eight poems, arranged in five sections. An uncommonly fine copy in bright jacket. More
Seluzicki/Rara Avis Press, 1982. 1st edition, limited (1/200) signed, illustrated hand-tied stiff paperwraps (as issued). This beautifully designed publication was printed by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press in Riverside, California. "The illustrations were taken from photographs of funeral masks" (from the colophon). There was not a trade edition..... More
Pawlet VT: The Banyan Press, (1977). 1st edition, limited (1/440) numbered, hand tied printed deckled paperwraps. "Metamorphosis Of 741, by James Merrill, is a section from a still untitled longer poem" (from the colophon). Beautifully printed by Claude Fredericks and David Beeken. A nearly square volume (10 inches high x...... More
New York: Atheneum, 1978. 1st edition, full maroon cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. This title won the National Book Award for the author, which was his first volume published after winning the Pulitzer Prize for DIVINE COMEDIES. Both volumes went on to form major pieces of his highly acclaimed THE..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1966. 1st edition, full cloth, with dust jacket. Merrill's fourth volume of poetry, and the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry in 1967. This volume includes Merrill's long poems, "The Thousand and Second Night" and "From the Cupola," along with sixteen other poems. Light sunning..... More
New York: Athenuem, 1966. 1st edition, full navy blue cloth, with printed dust jacket. Signed "James Merrill / --greetings to Tom Wall" in blue ink on the title page. Thomas Wall's signature is on the FEP. This title won the National Book Award for poetry in 1967. Very light shelf..... More
Deerfield / Dublin: Deerfield Press / Gallery Press, (1982). 1st edition, limited (1/300) signed, full black cloth, with printed dust jacket (as issued). Illustrated by Timophy Engelland. The text includes one long title poem in five sections, and one illustration. Bright, fine condition in like jacket. More
n.p. n.d. Original manuscript (ALS) of single short poem, signed by Merrill below the poem, with original mailing envelope. Size: 4 inches high x 6 inches wide, white index card, blue ink. Clean and fine, with original oversized mailing envelope. Unique. More
New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st edition, full gray cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Review copy with review slip laid in. "In this, his first new book of poems in seven years, Merrill is at the top of his form" (from the jacket notes). This is Merrill's final collection of new..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1980. 1st edition, green cloth with dust jacket. The volume that followed DIVINE COMEDIES & MIRABELL, the three of which formed the primary text of Merrill's THE CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER. A fine copy in jacket which shows only gentle wear. More
New York: Atheneum, 1980. 1st edition, full green cloth, with illustrated dust jacket. Specially signed by Merrill on the title page in black ink. The text of this title was later collected in Merrill's THE CHANGING LIGHT AT SANDOVER. A bright, fine copy in like jacket. More
New York: Knopf, 1992. Paperback original. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, stiff printed paperwraps (as issued). A large (pp 339) selection of Merrill's poetry, offered in the uncommon uncorrected proof format. Very light shelf rubs, else fine. More
Dublin: The Dedalus Press, (1995). 1st edition, limited (1/250) copies, original illustrated stiff paperwraps (as issued). Published as "Dedalus Editions 7" in May, 1995. A collection of eleven poems. Fine condition, appears 'as new'. More
New York: Atheneum, 1987. 1st edition thus, cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. A fine signed copy of the "30th Anniversary" edition of Merrill's novel, this copy specially signed by Merrill on the title page. Bright and fine. More
New York: Knopf, 1957. 1st edition, red cloth spine, w/illustrated dj. An inscribed copy of poet James Merrill's first novel, signed by him in red ink on the title page. In the novel, "James Merrill tells the teeming story of an American businessman of great wealth and power, aging and..... More
New York: Knopf, 2008. 1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed paperwraps (as issued.) "A new selection . . . This volume brings together the best of Merrill . . . this balanced and compact selection will be an ideal introduction to the work for both students and general readers, and..... More