From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976

Merrill, James

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ISBN 10: 0689112815 ISBN 13: 9780689112812

Published by Atheneum Books, U.S.A., 1982

Language: English

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VG. 1st Printing of the 1982 Atheneum Soft Cover Edition thus, SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY POET to PO on TP. Book is straight, square, securely bound, mildly and uniformly age toned (some age fading to dyed top edge) and, except for light residue of shelving dust along top edge, small smudge to fore edge, ink check marks next to selected poems on TOC, and ink underlining a or margin notations to select poems ("An Urban Convalescence"; "Charles on Fire"; "The Will"; "Lost in Translation"), free of other markings and other blemishes. Mildly age toned, Cover is otherwise clean and bright, with reading crease along spine and front hinge, panels curving slightly open, with mild bumping and rubbing to corners, sharp joints, light bumping to head, straight tail, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and Poet image.(Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0689112815. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. PLEASE CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING for additional information, details or photos.

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Title: From the First Nine: Poems 1946-1976
Publisher: Atheneum Books, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1982
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0689112815
ISBN 13: 9780689112812
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 1.75 pounds
Signed: Signed and Inscribed by Author

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Poems by the Pulitzer prizewinner examine mortality, nature, memory, myths, and the role of the artist

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16.ix.65
18 West 11th Street (house Exploded By 'weathermen' .. 1970)
About The Phoenix
After Greece
After The Fire
Amsterdam
Angel
Annie Hill's Grave
Another August
At A Texas Wishing-well
Banks Of A Stream Where Creatures Bathe
The Bequest
Between Us
The Black Mesa
The Black Swan
The Blue Eye
The Broken Bowl
The Broken Home
A Carpet Not Bought
The Catch-all
The Charioteer Of Delphi
Charles On Fire
Childlessness
Chimes For Yahya
Clearing The Title
The Cosmological Eye
Country Music
The Country Of A Thousand Years Of Peace
Crocheted Curtain
The Cruise
The Current
David's Night In Velies
Days Of 1935
Days Of 1964
Days Of 1971
A Dedication
The Doodler
Dream (escape From The Sculpture Museum) And Waking
Dream About Clothes
Economic Man
Electra: A Translation
The Envoys
A Fever
Five Old Favorites: 1. A Dream Of Old Vienna
Five Old Favorites: 2. The Midnight Snack
Five Old Favorites: 3. Sundown And Starlight
Five Old Favorites: 4. Event Without Patrticulars
Five Old Favorites: 5. The Dandelion Sermon
Fleche D'or
Flying From Byzantium
For Proust
The Friend Of The Fourth Decade
From A Notebook
From The Cupola
Getting Through
The Grape Cure
The Green Eye
Hotel De L'univers Et Portugal
Hourglass
Hourglass Ii
The House
In Monument Valley
In Nine Sleep Valley
In The Hall Of Mirrors
The Kimono
Komboli (the Greek 'worry-beads')
Kostas Tympakianakis
Laboratory Poem
Last Words
'light Of The Street, Darkness Of Your Own House'
Little Fanfare For Felix Magowan
The Locusts
Log
Lorelei
Lost In Translation; For Richard Howard
The Lovers
Maisie
Mandala
Manos Karastefanis
Marsyas
Master And Man
Matinees
Mckane's Falls
Medusa
Mirror
Mornings In A New House
A Narrow Escape
Nightgown
Nike
The Octopus
Olive Grove
Orfeo
Ouzo For Robin
The Pardoner's Tale
The Parrot Fish
Part Of The Vigil
The Peacock
The Perfume
Periwinkles
Pieces Of History
Poem Of Summer's End
Pola Diva (after Christian Ayoub)
The Power Station
Prism (a Paperweight)
Remora
A Renewal
River Poem
Roger Clay's Proposal
The Romance Language
Salome
Scenes Of Childhood
The Smile
Some Negatives: X. At The Chateau
Stones
Strato In Plaster
The Summer People
Swimming By Night
Syrinx
A Tenancy
These Early Versions Of Desire
The Thousand And Second Night
Three Chores: 1. Water Boiling
Three Chores: 2. Night Laundry
Three Chores: 3. Italian Lesson
Time
To A Butterfly
To My Greek
Transfigured Bird
Under Libra: Weights And Measures
Up And Down: 1. Snow King Chair Lift
Up And Down: 2. The Emerald
An Urban Convalescence
Variations: The Air Is Sweetest That A Thistle Guards
Variations: White Stag, Black Bear
Verse For Urania
The Victor Dog
Violent Pastoral
A Vision Of The Garden
Voices From The Other World
Watching The Dance: 1. Balanchine's
Watching The Dance: 2. Discotheque
The Water Hyacinth
The Will
Willow
Willowware Cup
Words For Maria
The World And The Child
Yannina
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder�

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