North Star: A Book of Poems

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Merrill, James. 1943. “North Star: A Book of Poems”. Rare Books Catalogued Items, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38723

Title: North Star: A Book of Poems
Description: North Star: A Book of Poems, a privately printed book (first edition, with only 1 printed copy) containing poems by James Merrill and Frederick Buechner dedicated to and donated to this collection by Gerrish Thurber. Merrill and Buechner made the book at Lawrenceville, and the copy is signed by the authors. It contains 12 unpublished Merrill poems. Merrill and Buechner had established themselves as the school's top writers, and Thurber--school librarian and advisor to The Lit--took their work seriously.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: PS3525 E6645 N67 1943 - http://catalog.wustl.edu:80/record=b1189912~S2
Date: Circa 1943
Relation: Rare Books Catalogued Items; Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money; James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 78; See also photograph of Buechner
Language: English
Type: Poetry
Contributor: Buechner, Frederick
Format: Book; 9 jpegs. 600 ppi.
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Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Love and Money - Publications

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