Merrill, James
Japan: Prose of Departure
Nadja, (New York): 1987
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8vo, unpag.saddle-stitched in plain orange wrappers with matching printed dust jacket. One of 74 numbered copies signed by Merrill; there were another 26 lettered copies bound in cloth.
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