THE LICE

by Merwin W. S.

$350 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition

New York: Atheneum, 1967. First Edition. Navy cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 80 pp. Issued simultaneously in trade paper, the hardcover is uncommon, most would have gone to libraries. Lovely copy in near fine jacket, light wear at extremities. Dan Chiasson in The New Yorker upon the release of the 50th anniversary edition by Copper Canyon had this to say: “The Lice” 1967

• Binding: Hardcover

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