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Inscribed by Merrill
"The Bait" [in] Quarterly Review of Literature. Volume VIII Number 2.
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1955.
Price: $250.00
About the item
First edition. Pp [82]-98 [whole issue pp 82-159]. 8vo. Inscribed by Merrill. Original printed wrappers. Soiling and wear to wrappers. Hagstrom & Morgan C113.
Item #315135
Inscribed: "James Merrill - for Robert A. Wilson (1962)" at the head of his contribution. "The Bait," which Tennessee Williams hailed as a masterpiece, was first performed at The Artist's Theatre, N.Y., in June 1953, and broadcast on BBC Thrid Programme, November 28, 1955. This issue also includes contributions by Ashbery, Niedecker, Fitts, Lattimore, and others.
