The Yellow Pages, cover mock-up

Item

Merrill, James. 1974. “The Yellow Pages, Cover Mock-up”. Series_V_Material_Towards_Books. Temple Bar Bookshop, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38533

Title
The Yellow Pages, cover mock-up
Description
The Yellow Pages cover mock-up for the paperback edition of this limited edition volume, which compiled uncollected poems composed between 1946 and 1971. The book was published in cloth (50 copies) and paperback editions (750-800 copies) by Temple Bar Bookshop in Cambridge, MA in 1974.
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 173, Folder 5379
Date
Circa 1974
Relation
Series_V_Material_Towards_Books
Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World
James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 501
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Format
1 leaf. Recto.
1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Identifier
MSS083-V-11-The-Yellow-Pages-Cover.jpg
Rights Holder
Washington University in St. Louis
Publisher
Temple Bar Bookshop
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Merrill, James. 1974. “The Yellow Pages, Cover Mock-up”. Series_V_Material_Towards_Books. Temple Bar Bookshop, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38533