The Image Maker; A Play in One Act

n.p.: Sea Cliff Press, 1986. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No. 133 of 220 copies, octavo size, 23 pp., signed by James Merrill. James Merrill (1926-1995), known as one of the leading poets of his generation, won nearly every major award for poetry - including two National Book Awards, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry awarded by the Library of Congress, and the Bollingen Prize in Poetry and the Pulitzer Prize. Praised for his stylish elegance, moral sensibilities, and transformation of autobiographical moments into deep and complex meditations, Merrill's work spans genres, including plays and prose, but the bulk of his artistic expression can be found in his poetry (n.b., from Poetry Foundation web site).

___DESCRIPTION: Full linen cloth over boards, paper onlay mounted onto front board with a reproduction of an etching of St. Anthony with title above and author below the image, title page in green and black; Bembo type on Saunders paper, octavo size (9 1/4" by 6 1/4"), pagination: [1-6] 7-20 [2, blanks] [1, colophon], this no. 133 of 220 copies, signed by Merrill at the colophon.

___CONDITION: Fine, with clean boards, the paper onlay clean and without wear, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, the interior is clean and bright, and entirely free of prior owner markings; clean, crisp, and as new.

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