The Thousand And Second Night.
(Athens: The Christos Christou Press, 1963). First edition, privately printed by the author. One of 20 copies with the two vignettes on the title-page & at the end of the text hand-colored by Merrill, out of a total edition of 50 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed to Harry Ford, Merrill's editor: "Love to Harry & Elizabeth from the Author, Athens 1963". Ford began working for Alfred A. Knopf in 1947, & then moved to Atheneum in 1959. In 1962, with the publication of Water Street, Ford brought Merrill over to Atheneum from Knopf, where Ford had published Merrill's first three trade books. Among the other writers whom Ford edited throughout his long career were Langston Hughes, Anthony Hecht, Philip Levine, W. S. Merwin, Howard Moss, Mark Strand, & Richard Wilbur. In 1986, PEN American Center awarded Ford its Publisher Citation. He was also the first recipient of the National Poetry Series Editor's Award. Fine copy. Small 8vo, illustrated with two vignettes, original blue wrappers with printed paper label on front cover.
Price: $3,500.00