first edition Hardcover
2005 · Port Townsend, Washington
by Merwin, W.S.
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Signed by W.S. Merwin on the title page. Winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, this 540-page distillation - selected by Merwin (1927-2019) from fifteen diverse volumes - is a gathering of the best poems from a profound body of work, accented by a selection of distinctive new poems. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Remainder mark to the top edge. Light edgewear to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
(Inventory #: 75295)