National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number
Item
“National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number”. n.d. Series_VIII_Ephemera, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39810
- Title
- National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number
- Description
- James Merrill's National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number. It was Merrill's second National Book Award win in 12 years. Merrill gave the prize money to Hubbell Pierce, inventor of the bat wallpaper at 107 Water Street where many séances took place.
- Subject
- Merrill, James: 1926-1995
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 295, Folder 5769
- Relation
- Series_VIII_Ephemera
- Exhibit cases 7-8: Other World
- James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 621
- Language
- English
- Type
- Ephemera
- Format
- 1 Leaf recto
- 1 jpeg. 600 ppi
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Identifier
- MSS083-Nat-Book-Award.jpg
- Site pages
- The Other World - Ephemera
“National Book Award for Mirabell: Books of Number”. n.d. Series_VIII_Ephemera, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/39810