Research Catalog

Title

Last poems / James Merrill ; with an introduction by J.D. McClatchy.

Author

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Publication

New York ; West Stockbridge [Mass.] ; Prague : Thornwillow Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018
• Pontifell, Luke Ives
• Cook, Mariana Ruth
• Thornwillow Press, publisher.

Description

51 unnumbered pages : 1 portrait; 29 cm

Genre/Form

• Autographs (Provenance)
• Limitation statements (Publishing)
• Typefaces (Type evidence) – Garamond.

Note

• "The edition is limited to 185 copies and was designed and produced under the direction of Luke Ives Pontifell"--Colophon.
• Photograph of Merrill on frontispiece by Mariana Cook, April 3, 1992, New York City.
• According to Hagstrom, all copies are signed by McClatchy and Cook on colophon.

Indexed In (note)

• Hagstrom, J.W.C. James Ingram Merrill

Provenance (note)

• Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "John McClatchy", "Mariana Cook" and "Luke Ives Pontifell."

Binding (note)

• Bound in publisher's half bound leather with decorative paper boards; issued with clamshell case.

Contents

In the pink -- Oranges -- Minotaur -- Koi -- Christmas tree -- Rhapsody on Czech themes -- Days of 1994.

Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-952

LCCN

2016660151

OCLC

41153615

Author

Merrill, James, 1926-1995, author.

Title

Last poems / James Merrill ; with an introduction by J.D. McClatchy.

Publisher

New York ; West Stockbridge [Mass.] ; Prague : Thornwillow Press, 1998.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Hagstrom, J.W.C. James Ingram Merrill, A97

Provenance

Inscribed in ink, on colophon, "John McClatchy", "Mariana Cook" and "Luke Ives Pontifell." NN

Binding

Bound in publisher's half bound leather with decorative paper boards; issued with clamshell case. NN

Local Note

Copy in Rare Books+ 20-952 is no. 95 of 185 copies.

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Added Author

McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018, writer of introduction, signer.

Pontifell, Luke Ives, book designer.

Cook, Mariana Ruth, photographer, signer.

Thornwillow Press, publisher.

Research Call Number

Rare Books+ 20-952