Contre Sainte-Beuve suivi de Nouveaux Mélanges
Paris: Gallimard, 1954. 8vo. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, green lettering-piece on spine. A lightly-browned copy (characteristic of the Gallimard editions from the period) in a fine and clean binding. Item #404668
Third edition. JAMES MERRILL'S COPY, signed by him on the front flyleaf and dated 1958. This copy was later owned by Claude Fredericks (1923-2013), an American poet, playwright, printer, writer, and teacher with whom Merrill had a romantic relationship. Fredericks founded The Banyan Press which published Merrill's 'Metamorphosis of 741' in 1977.
Price: $275.00
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