A Mask for Janus
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1952. Boards. The uncommon 1952 1st edition of poet W.S. Merwin's first publiished book. Solid and VG in its light-blue boards, with fading along the spine and a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Lacking the dustjacket. Octavo, edited by W.H. Auden. #49 in the formidable "Yale Series of Younger Poets", which also included the first books published by James Agee, Muriel Rukeyser and Adrienne Rich, among others. Very Good. Item #18109
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