NMLP P-041653 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Divine Comedies
James Merrill · Atheneum, New York · 1976
US true first: Atheneum, New York, 1976 — the Pulitzer Prize-winning collection containing The Book of Ephraim and nine shorter poems. The British edition followed from Oxford University Press, Oxford/London, 1977 (ISBN 0192118676) and is collected as the first English edition, subordinate to the Atheneum printing. Both editions are collected; the Atheneum 1976 holds precedence. The census claim is confirmed on both points.
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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-041653 for "Divine Comedies" by James Merrill (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-041653, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).