First Poems

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. American poet James Ingram Merrill's poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover (published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980), which dominated his later career.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Signed by James Merrill on the title page, copy 82 of 990 thus. 72 pp. Crimson cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Gilt on spine rubbed, wear spot on bottom edge of back board. Jacket has a stain strateching from front… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/very good. Stated first edition, 1951, hardcover with brown cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 72pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild rubbing to boards and spine, binding tight, previous owner Suzy Mosher signature and date (March 1951) to front flyleaf, endpapers gently toned and foxed, otherwise text… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Merrill's third collection of poetry, and the first to be commercially published, 72 pages. Limited to 990 copies, this is number 115. Spine ends gently bumped with the spine sunned and nearly illegible. Bookplate on the front pastedown of Gertrude I. Behanna. Behanna was an influential writer and speaker for… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, #671 of 990 copies. Very good or better, clothbound with typical wear to spine lettering in very good price clipped dustwrapper, minor edgewear. A nice clean copy of his first regularly published book of poems.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very pleasing copy of the 1951 stated 1st edition of the poet's first commercially published book. #145 of 990 copies issued. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Truly a collector's copy.

New York: Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket.. First edition of Merrill's first regularly published book, after a very rare collection self-published by his father. One of the most auspicious debuts of the second half of the century, one that lived up to its promise. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt-stamped spine. Very good… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 72 pages. Number 885 from an edition of 990 copies. Merrill's first regularly published book after a book published by his father when he was only 16 years old. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket that has some edge tears a few small gouges… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in very slightly spine-sunned else fine dustwrapper. Copy number 32 of 990 numbered copies.

New York: Knopf, 1951. First edition. Maroon cloth, fine, slightly tanned dust jacket. One of 990 numbered copies.

New York: Knopf, 1951. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number 80 of 990 numbered copies. Near fine in cloth-covered boards and dust jacket. The book has a discoloration in the cloth at one corner and the dust jacket has wear on the rear panel. Bookplate of a notable Princeton literary scholar.

Knopf, 1951-01-01. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Poet Wilma Dykeman's copy with some of her notations throughout the text. No dust jacket.