James Merrill himself once called his body of work "chronicles of love and loss," and in twenty books written over four decades he used the details of his own life--comic and haunting, exotic and domestic--to shape a portrait that in turn mirrored the image of our world and our moment. This volume rings together the best of Merrill--from the ...
Edition: First Edition, Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thornwillow Press
Date Published: 1998
Description: Mariana Cook, Photographer. Fine. Hardcover book in fine condition, quarter bound in tan leather boards. Decorated endpapers. Seven poems by James Merrill. Introduction by J.D. McClatchy, frontis photograph by Mariana Cook, book design by Luke Ives Pontifell and signed by these three. Number 150 of 185 copies on on handmade paper. A beautiful copy in a fine cloth covered, plush lined black box with gilt title. Uncommon. Signed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thornwillow Press
Date Published: 1998
Description: Near Fine. Signed Unpagenated, 4to. Signed by photographer Mariana Cook, J.D. McClatchy (introduction), and Luke Ives Pontifell. "One hundred and eighty-five copies of these Last Poems by James Merrill have been typeset by Michael & Winifred Bixler in Monotype Garamond...The text was printed letterpress directly from the type on paper handmade especially for this edition at The Cardinal Mill in Moravia. " Portrait of James Merrill photographed by Marina Cook on April 3rd, 1992 in New York. ... read more
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Familiar Spirits: A Memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
