First Poems
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951.
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Hardcover. First edition. Fine in an attractive, very good dustwrapper with tiny chips and some age-toning. One of 999 copies of the author's first commercially published book, this is copy number 3, and, although not noted in the book, was poet and publisher James Laughlin's copy.
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James Merrill
birth name: James Ingram Merrill
born: 3/3/1926
died: 2/6/1995
Biography
American poet known for the fine craftsmanship and wit of his lyric and epic poems. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore