First Poems Signed

by James Merrill

$300 · Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. First Edition. First Printing, one of 990 numbered copies, this being copy no.248. Octavo 21.75cm ; maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and author's name embossed onto upper front cover; grey topstain; dustjacket; x, 1 -72, 4 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Previous owner's name at upper front pastedown, else Fine. Dustjacket is

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