Scripts Pageant by James Merrill, Signed (28 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition softbound. SIGNED by author on title page. 2" clear tape covering closed tear on front cover. Also includes laid-in the original 1980 review from Sunday New York Times Book Review. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Stated first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing stated. Inscribed by Merrill on the title page in year of publication. A fine copy in a near fine mylar protected DJ with very light edge wear on the top edge. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #611. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Signed. Signed by author. Second printing, same year. DJ moderately edgeworn and toned at edges. Boards clean and square, spine lettering clean and bright. Pages clean. Binding secure.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Browning to page edges. Signed on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 235 pages. Another terrific collection of poems. A fine and tight copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket with a small tear to the top of the spine. Signed by Merrill on the title page. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Octavo. Fine in fine DJ. 235 pages. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: NEAR FINE. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by author on title: 'To Stathis with - affection and admiration -'. Stathis Orphanos was a photographer, half of the Los Angeles-based fine-press publishing duo Sylvester and Orphanos, and a personal friend of James Merrill. First Printing. Emerald cloth, silver-gilt spine lettering blindstamped lettering to front cover, sage endpapers, orange topstain. Some small specks to top edge, otherwise exceedingly crisp and clean. Dust jacket has small tear to rear cover, otherwise bright and sharp. Signed.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [12], 235, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Merrill on the title page. In publisher's binding with dust jacket. A bright, fresh copy; a bit of offsetting to the front endpaper; contents clean; dust jacket has just a bit of wear to the extremities but is quite sharp all in all.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 560 pages; [SIGNED] 1982 Atheneum. Stout HC/DJ. First edition, first printing of Merrill's celebrated epic. Signed at the top edge of the title page as "James Merrill & Co. " an occasional signing variation that alludes to the poem's collaborative conceit with David Jackson and their "company" of voices. Snugly bound and neat in full black cloth, lettered in metallic copper to the spine and in blind to the upper cover; publisher's red top stain remains bold and uniform. Pictorial dust jacket is sharp-edged and bright with the publisher's $25.00 issue price intact on the unclipped front flap. A few leaves show tiny closed edge tears consistent with a shelf bump. Jacket with mild toning along the top edges of the flaps and panels. Illustrated endpapers with photographs of individuals represented among the poem's speakers. Solid and handsome copy. VG++/VG++ . Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping. ; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, 1982. James Merrill was a leading twentieth century poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Charles Merrill was his father, husband of Hellen Merrill and founder of the investment firm of Merrill Lynch. This copy is signed on the half title page. 560pp. CONDITION: Hardbound navy cloth boards, blind stamped title and author's initials on front, red title on spine. Normal shelf wear top and bottom edges. Pictorial fly leaves. Signed by author on title page. Dust jacket illustrated with front photograph; reviews of several poems on back. Jacket is near fine. protected by mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1 book. Signed and inscribed by DJ and JM. A nice copy. Text in clean/unmarked condition. DJ shows wear and has some minor tears. Binding is tight. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available. Signed by Other.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Foxing on page edges and first and last few pages, thus very good in about fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Merrill.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Merrill.

Octavo. Cloth. Fine in lightly edgeworn very good d.j. First edition. Inscribed by the author on the title-page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Merrill.

1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Original wrappers. Fine copy. First edition, issue in wrappers. First edition, issue in wrappers. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Merrill on the title page to Robert Wilson of the Phoenix Book Shop. Hagstrom A39b2. Hagstrom A39b2. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. Signed by the poet. The third volume in this monumental narrative poem.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First Knopf Edition. 560p octavo, A fine copy in a fine dust jacket inscribed by Merrill to John Markham a book rep from Random House; laid in is a premotional printed leaf from the publisher. Foxed along the foredge. The book was initially published by Atheneum in 1982.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 560, [6] pp. First edition, thus; signed by Merrill on the title page. As issued, in cloth with dust jacket; lacking the errata slip. A bright, fresh copy with limited wear and just a bit of spotting to the top edge; jacket shows trivial shelf rubbing and is now protected with a mylar cover. A very nice copy of the Knopf reissue of this National Book Critics Circle Award winning epic poem.

Collection of six first editions of the works of James Merrill; from the library of American playwright Michael Feingold. Octavo, six volumes, original cloth and wrappers, the collection includes: Stated first edition of 'Scripts for the Pageant' [New York: Atheneum, 1980]; Stated first edition of 'From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976' [New York: Atheneum, 1982]; Stated first edition of 'The Changing Light at Sandover: Including the Whole of The Book of Ephraim, Mirabell's Books of Number, Scripts for the Pageant, and a new coda, The Higher Keys' [New York: Atheneum. 1982]; Stated first edition of 'Late Settings: Poems' [New York: Atheneum, 1985]; First edition of 'Recitative: Prose' [San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986]; Stated first edition of 'A Different Person: A Memoir' [New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993, illustrated with photographs]. Association copies, each volume inscribed by the author on the title page to American critic, playwright, and translator Michael Feingold. All in very good condition with the exception of 'The Changing Light at Sandover' which is in good condition. American poet James Ingram Merrill's poetry falls into two distinct bodies of work: the polished and formalist lyric poetry of his early career, and the epic narrative of occult communication with spirits and angels, titled The Changing Light at Sandover (published in three volumes from 1976 to 1980), which dominated his later career. His first book of poetry, First Poems, contains a selection of his earliest poems, most of which first appeared in The Hudson Review, The Kenyon Review, Partisan Review, and Quarterly Review of Literature including: The Black Swan, The Broken Bowl, Hour-Glass, and The Drowning Poet.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing of Merrill's long dramatic sequence with voices, collected here in a single volume for the first time. Royal 8vo (237 x 145mm): [8],560,[4]pp, with errata slip laid in. Publisher's finely woven black cloth, upper cover with author's monogram and title in blind, spine lettered in copper, photographic end papers, top edge stained scarlet, pictorial dust jacket priced $25. Signed by Merrill (without inscription) at the half title and dated 1993. Virtually pristine, tight, square and bright: a superlative, unread example. Merrill's masterpiece (Mirabell won the National Book Award for Poetry, in 1978), a "postmodern apocalyptic epic" originally published in three volumes, from 1976 to 1980, then in this single-volume edition with a coda. With his partner, David Jackson, Merrill spent more than 20 years transcribing supernatural communications during séances using a Ouija board. He published his first Ouija board narrative cycle in 1976, with a poem for each letter of the alphabet, calling it The Book of Ephraim, which became the first part of this poetic trilogy. Ephraim is a control spirit who allows Merrill and Jackson to communicate with friends and family members who have passed on as well as with famous poets, including Wallace Stevens, W. B. Yeats, and W. H. Auden. The second part of the trilogy, Mirabell: Books of Number (1978), describes a dualistic universe in which godlike forces of good and evil contend; "Mirabell" is based on opposition and the tension opposites create. Scripts for the Pageant, the third part, focuses on attraction of opposites to stress how order can be brought from chaos. Scripts for the Pageant, the longest and most dazzling of the three volumes, covers such diverse topics as the writing of poetry, threat of nuclear war, destruction of the environment, death and reincarnation, and the role of the arts in a technological world. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Large octavo (23.5cm.); original cloth, orange topstain, silver-grey pictorial dust jacket by Stephen Marchesi; [12],235pp. Top and fore-edge of textblock foxed, else Fine. Signed by the author on title page. Third and last volume of the author's narrative poem begun with "The Book of Ephraim" (Divine Comedies) and Mirabell. Signed.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 560. Illustrated with photographs inside covers. Paper wraps. Author's presentation on half-title to author and editor Barbara Howes: "For Barbara with fondest wishes always, DJ & JM 1982". Errata slip laid in. The first five leaves loose, o/w VG.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Erratum slip laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in metallic red on spine and blind embossed to front cover; red topstain; photographic endpapers; dustjacket; [x],[2],3-560,[6]pp. Signed by auhtor on half-title page. Designed by Harry Ford. Light sunning to spine ends and board margins, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $25), lightly tanned, with 0.5" tear to upper front spine fold, crease to rear flap, and tiny tears and creases to upper spine panel; Very Good. First published as three separate volumes (1976-1980), this edition also includes a new coda, "The Higher Keys", and earned the National Book Critics Circle Award (1983). [85614]. Signed.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by James Merrill on half title, inscribed to former owner with initials "JM, DJ & Co" the DJ being David Jackson, Merrill's partner of 30 years who contributed to much of his later work like this book. [viii], 560, [4] pp. Original black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in red, red topstain. Near Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear, tiny tear near head, shelf worn. Erratum slip laid in. A collection of ouija-board channeled narrative poetry.

[8], 560, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First edition. [8], 560, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the half-title to Robert Wilson of the Phoenix Book Shop: "All love to Robert Wilson - from James Merrill & Co.". Black cloth. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Erratum slip laid in. Signed.

[8], 560, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First edition. [8], 560, [6] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the half-title: "for -- & --/with the best wishes/from JM, DJ, & Co./(James Merrill)/Stonington!/viii.83" Black cloth. Fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Erratum slip laid in. Signed.