Samos.
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980.
Price: $350.00
About the item
First edition, one of a limited edition of 330 copies signed by the author. [24]. 8vo. Olive green cloth, title and author's name stamped in gilt and black on front cover. Light fading to spine and edges. Near fine.
Item #310973
A presentation copy of Merrill's poem, here published in book form after first appearing in The New Yorker the previous year. Inscribed at the poet's home in Key West "from Jimmy & David and a whole suggestible island," and including a selection of his poems clipped from The New Yorker and The New York Review.