American Symbolist.- Mallarmé.- Merrill (Stuart)
NO RESERVE American Symbolist.- Mallarmé.- Merrill (Stuart) Les Gammes. (Vers), first edition of the author's first book, half-title, lightly browned throughout, original printed wrappers, a few tears or splits, 1 with rudimentary repair verso, little chipped, lightly browned, Paris, Chez Vanier, 1887; and another, by the same, 8vo (2)
⁂ Rare first edition of the author's first book, which received wide critical acclaim throughout Europe and launched his literary career. The American Merrill had studied under the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, to whom the first poem here is dedicated ('La Flûte').
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NO RESERVE American Symbolist.- Mallarmé.- Merrill (Stuart) Les Gammes. (Vers), first edition of the author's first book, half-title, lightly browned throughout, original printed wrappers, a few tears or splits, 1 with rudimentary repair verso, little chipped, lightly browned, Paris, Chez Vanier, 1887; and another, by the same, 8vo (2)
⁂ Rare first edition of the author's first book, which received wide critical acclaim throughout Europe and launched his literary career. The American Merrill had studied under the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, to whom the first poem here is dedicated ('La Flûte').
