Nights and Days SIGNED
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. More
Poetry
Samos SIGNED
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. Cloth. The 1980 1st edition, #51 of 330 copies issued signed by James Merrill at the limitation. Tight and VG+ in its light-green cloth, with pronounced, even offsetting to the front panel. Deckled fore and bottom-edges, designed by Grant Dahlstrom and printed at the..... More
Selected Poems
London: Chatto and Windus wit the Hogarth Press, 1961. Cloth. A near-immaculate copy of the 1961 1st UK edition (with no American counterpart) and 1st book of James Merrill's published in the UK. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with the slightest trace of minute..... More
Water Street SIGNED
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL TO NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST SHIRLEY HAZZARD on the title page. A tight, very presentable copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel top-edges..... More
Water Street SIGNED
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Original wraps. The 1962 stated 1st edition, in its simultaneous wrappers. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL on the half-title. A clean, solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine, with one tiny closed tear and chip along the lower spine. The poet's 3rd published book..... More
Yannina (One of 100 Numbered, Signed Copies) SIGNED
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. Decorative Wrappers. A lovely copy of the signed/limited. #34 OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JAMES MERRILL at the limitation. Clean and Fine in a crisp. Fine example of the decorative, dark-blue dustjacket. #17 in the Phoenix Book Shop's "Oblong Octavo" series. More
The Yellow Pages (of 50 Signed Copies in Hardback) SIGNED
Cambridge, MA: Temple Bar Bookshop, 1974. Cloth. Within the limitation of 800 copies, this is #43 of 50 copies signed by James Merrill and issued in dark cloth. A bright, very well-preserved copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine to Fine, with bright gilt-titling to the front panel and spine..... More
From Room to Room: Poems by Jane Kenyon SIGNED
Cambridge, MA: Alice James Books, 1979. George Schneeman. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY JANE KENYON on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 true 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing to the lower tips..... More
Just Dogs
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1927. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1927 1st edition of this charming love-song to dogs in the form of verse. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the wonderful --and very fragile-- dustjacket. 12mo, 64 pgs., including wonderful black-and-white photos thruout. More
Oeuvres de Jean-Arthur Rimbaud
New York: Brentano's, 1943. A handsome copy of the 1943 1st thus, published out of New York but in Rimbaud's native French. Tight and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with darkening along the spine. Octavo, 231 pgs., preface by Robert Goffin. More
Sightings I-IX & Red Easy a Color SIGNED
London: Circle Press Publications, 1968. Ian Tyson. Original wraps. #37 of only 125 copies issued of this 1968 1st edition. SIGNED BY BOTH THE POET JEROME ROTHENBERG AND THE ARTIST IAN TYSON at the limitation and published out of London by Circle Press Publications. A near-pristine copy to boot. Tight..... More
Locations SIGNED
New York: W.W. Norton, 1968. Original wraps. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JIM HARRISON on the half-title. A crisp, all-but-immaculate copy to boot of the 1968 stated 1st edition (here issued simultaneoulsy in paperback). Clean and Fine in its decorative wrappers. Harrison's 2nd published collection of poetry. More
Returning to Earth (Review Copy)
Ithaca, NY: Ithaca House (Court Street Chapbook Series), 1977. Original wraps. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1977 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. A Review Copy to boot, with the "Court Street Chapbook Series" Review Slip laid-in. Clean and Fine in it stapled, terracotta wrappers. More
The Double Dream of Spring SIGNED
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1970. Boards. INSCRIBED BY JOHN ASHBERY (TO RENOWNED COLLECTOR NORMAN UNGER) on the title page. A clean, crisp copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of faint..... More
The Double Dream of Spring (Review Copy)
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1970. Boards. A very solid copy of the 1970 stated 1st edition. A Review Copy to boot, with the E.P. Dutton Review Slip laid-in. Clean and Near Fine (very thin band of offsetting along the top-edges) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing --and..... More
The New Spirit SIGNED
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1970. Pictorial wrappers. #47 OF 65 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY JOHN ASHBERY at the limitation. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of this 1970 John Ashbery mimeo, published by New York's "Adventures in Poetry". Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pictorial wrappers..... More
Rivers and Mountains SIGNED
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JOHN ASHBERY on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (small, neat former owner name and date on the half-title -- the person to whom Ashbery inscribed the..... More
Some Trees
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1956. Cloth. The 1956 1st edition of poet John Ashbery's first regularly publshed book, part of the "Yale Series of Younger Poets". Solid and VG+ (rubbing to the gilt-titling along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG dustjacket, with mild soiling to the..... More
Some Trees
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1956. Cloth. A crisp, very presentable copy of the 1956 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine and just a touch of light offsetting at the rear panel's edges. Volume 52 of the..... More
Some Trees SIGNED
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1956. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JOHN ASHBERY on the title page. A gorgeous copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition of the poet's first regularly published book. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, easily Near Fine dustjacket, while legitimately bordering on pristine. Remarkably..... More
Sunrise in Suburbia (Lettered Copy) SIGNED
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. Decorative Wrappers. A lovely example of this 1968 signed/limited, of 126 copies. Within the limitation, this is a lettered copy, letter 'C', written as such at the limitation and signed by the poet just below this. Fine in its card wrappers. And in..... More
Three Madrigals SIGNED
New York: Poet's Press, 1968. Original wraps. SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY at the limitation. A very sharp copy to boot of the May 1968 1st edition, limited to "150 copies plus 12 special author's copies". Crisp and Near Fine in its stapled, purple wrappers, with light fading along the spine..... More
Turandot and Other Poems
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. Jane Freilicher. Decorative Wrappers. John Ashbery's first published work. The November 1953 1st edition, limited to 300 copies and published by the formidable Tibor de Nagy Gallery of New York. A solid, bright copy of a notoriously fragile item but with modest chipping..... More
Here I Stand SIGNED
New York: Twice A Year Press, 1941. 1st. Cloth. The 1941 limited edition, 1 of only 100 copies issued. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the panels. Octavo, 42..... More
Yours in the Bonds SIGNED
Phoenix: Rampart Press, 1963. Limited. Nicely-printed single folded sheet, containing the John Beecher poem "Yours in the Bonds". 1/300 copies "handset & printed by John & Barbara Beecher at the Rampart Press". This copy INSCRIBED BY JOHN BEECHER TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). Clean and..... More