James Merrill
88 copies for sale · $20–$7,500 · 66 first editions · 52 signed
Notable copies for sale
Divine Comedies (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$600
The Changing Light at Sandover: Including, The Book of Ephraim, Mirabell's Books of Number (first edition, signed) — Michael Pyron Books$500
First Poems Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$300
Samos (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$250
The Yellow Pages. 59 Poems (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$7,500
The Changing Light at Sandover: Including the whole of The Book of Ephraim, Mirabell's Boo (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$800
Bronze (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$125
SOUVENIRS (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$100
The Fire Screen (first edition, signed) — Johnnycake Books$95
Scripts for the Pageant Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$85
The Inner Room Poems (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$75
Peter (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$75
Works on the market
The Diblos Notebook4 copies · $100–$550
Short Stories3 copies · $750–$1,000
FROM THE FIRST NINE: POEMS, 1946-19763 copies · $30–$250
THE YELLOW PAGES: 59 Poems2 copies · $30–$7,500
The Changing Light at Sandover. Including the whole of The Book of Ephraim, Mirabell’s Boo2 copies · $750–$800
The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace and Other Poems2 copies · $80–$750
The Yellow Pages. 59 Poems2 copies · $150–$600
Nights and Days2 copies · $300–$400
Overdue Pilgrimage to Nova Scotia2 copies · $250–$400
Santorini: Stopping the Leak2 copies · $90–$350
Mirabell: Books of Number2 copies · $100–$300
FIRST POEMS2 copies · $75–$250
Two Poems: From the Cupola and The Summer People2 copies · $30–$225
Nights and Days2 copies · $125–$200
The Image Maker. A Play in One Act2 copies · $100–$150
THE INNER ROOM2 copies · $25–$150
SELECTED POEMS; 1946-19852 copies · $53–$75
The Diblos Notebook A Novel2 copies · $30–$70
From the Cutting Room Floor2 copies · $35–$50
SCRIPTS FOR THE PAGEANT2 copies · $20–$50
Market context
47 copies of James Merrill's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $105 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Volcanic Holiday, letter 'R' of 26 lettered copies from an edition limited to 110 copies, (forum, 2026-07-23)£200
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