Feathers from the hill

Merwin, W. S.

Published by Windhover Press, Iowa City, 1978

About this Item

Edition limited to 270 copies signed by Merwin (complete signature - see below), slim 8vo, pp. 70, [2]; 4-color frontispiece by Kim Merker; original black cloth, printed paper label on spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy additionally inscribed by Merwin on the colophon: "For Kim / one more / feather / with affection and congratulations / finding you and the book, both, in Iowa City / December 14 1978." Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 69: "This is the only illustration I have ever done in my life, though the skyline on the Sinsabaugh book cover might be considered another one . When I sent the unfolded sheets to Merwin to sign he signed them under the colophon. The pages were then folded and trimmed, and his signature got pretty large in places and got partially cut off in some copies.".

Seller Inventory # 61700

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feathers from the hill
• Publisher: Windhover Press, Iowa City
• Publication Date: 1978
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Literature
  • Poetry
  • Press Books