TRAVELS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. Second printing. Signed and dated in the year of publication by W.S. Merwin on the half-title. A very full selection with many sides: brief lyrics and long narratives, all of them marked by a moving and profound sense of the natural world and the presence in it of living creatures. The narratives are a departure for this poet, dealing as they do with historical figures: "Rimbaud's Piano" is an extended meditation on the poet; others deal with naturalists such as William Bartram, Georg Eberhard Rumpf ("The Blind Seer of Ambon"), and David Douglas; and in "The Real World of Manuel Cordova" he tells a story almost as enthralling as Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Fine / Fine. Item #73969
ISBN: 0679418903
Price: $75.00