Jim’s Book: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories.

NY: Privately Printed, 1942. First edition. 72 pp. Very near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Dated (1980) and INSCRIBED by Merrill to his long-time editor Harry Ford and his wife Kathleen, “For Harry + Kathleen / – who will share the fate of / Paolo + Francesca if they / read further than this page / James.”