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Overdue pilgrimage to Nova Scotia

Title
Overdue pilgrimage to Nova Scotia / James Merrill.
Author
Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
Publication
[New York] : Nadja, c1990.

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TextPermit needed Berg Coll Merrill O84 1990Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextRestricted use *KP (Nadja) 92-113bSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextRestricted use *KP (Nadja) 92-113aSchwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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Additional Authors
Nadja (Firm). pbl
Description
[15] p. : 5 ill.; 19 cm.
Subject
Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979 > Poetry
Genre/Form
  • Limitation statement (Publishing).
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Optima.
  • Authors' autographs (Provenance).
  • American poetry.
Note
  • 126 copies printed in black and blue on English Somerset paper from Optima type, comprising 100 numbered copies (of which 75 are for sale) and 26 lettered copies which are reserved by the press.
  • "This poem first appeared in the New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
  • The 5 full-page ill., printed in light tan, are abstract mirror images of the five text blocks comprising the poems opposite which they are printed.
Source (note)
  • Peter Hooten
Provenance (note)
  • Berg Coll. copy was James Merrill's copy.
Binding (note)
  • Numbered copies: Issued in gray-blue handmade wrappers and book jacket.
  • Lettered copies: Binding: Publisher's navy blue cloth with inset gray printed paper label.
Call Number
Berg Coll Merrill O84 1990
OCLC
  • 22956076
  • NYPG92-B32223
Author
Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
Title
Overdue pilgrimage to Nova Scotia / James Merrill.
Imprint
[New York] : Nadja, c1990.
Local Note
Copy in *KP (Nadja) 92-113a: Copy G; signed in pencil by the poet
Copy in *KP (Nadja) 92-113b: No. 48/100; signed in pencil by the poet.
Provenance
Berg Coll. copy was James Merrill's copy.
Local Note
Berg Coll. copy is lettered A; signed by the author.
Binding
Numbered copies: Issued in gray-blue handmade wrappers and book jacket.
Lettered copies: Binding: Publisher's navy blue cloth with inset gray printed paper label.
Source
Berg Coll. copy: Gift of: Peter Hooten, Dec. 1998 00001397
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Added Author
Nadja (Firm). Publisher
Merrill, James, 1926-1995. Former owner
Hooten, Peter. Donor
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Merrill O84 1990
*KP (Nadja) 92-113a
*KP (Nadja) 92-113b
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