Love and Money - Publications
- Title
- Jim's Book full title page, table of contents, and "Miss Georgia Tinker"
- Description
- Jim's Book, Charles Merrill's surprise gift for James Merrill for the Christmas of 1942. The book was privately printed and contained James Merrill's poetry and prose written while at Lawrenceville School.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- PS3525.E6645 J5 1942
- Date
- 1942
- Relation
- Rare Books Catalogued Items
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 73-9
- Language
- English
- Type
- Book
- Format
- 3 leaves. Recto.
- 3 jpegs. 600 ppi.
- Identifier
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Merrill-Jim's-Book-3029777-miss-georgina-tinker.jpg - Rights
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- 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 It contains 12 unpublished Merrill poems.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.
- Identifier
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Merrill-North-Star-18043659-pg4.jpg - Rights
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- Media
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- Title
- "Death Masks" in The Lit
- Description
- James Merrill's poem "Death Masks" from an issue of the Lawrenceville publication The Lit. The poem is a dramatic monologue spoken by a man who sells death masks made from the faces of artists.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- Cataloged item: PN 5.8 I 84 v. 48: no. 3 4o
- Date
- 1943: February
- Relation
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 79
- Format
- Magazine excerpt, 1 leaf recto and verso
- Language
- English
- Type
- Poem
- Identifier
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Merrill_The_Lit_002.jpg - Rights
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- Title
- The Black Swan
- Description
- The Black Swan, Kimon Friar's privately printed book of James Merrill's college poetry, probably at least partially financed by Merrill, himself. This copy inscribed to "Jonnie."
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- Cataloged item: PS3525 E6645 B55 1946
- Relation
- Rare Books Catalogued Items
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Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 97-9
- James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts: "The Black Swan"
- Language
- English
- Type
- Poetry
- Publisher
- Athens [Greece]: Icaros
- Date
- 1946
- Format
- Book
- Identifier
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Merrill-Black-Swan-12714442-end-page.jpg - Rights
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- Media
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