James Merrill Charles Hellen Plummer (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. James Merrill was a leading twentieth century poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Charles Merrill was his father, husband of Hellen Merrill and founder of the investment firm of Merrill Lynch. Hellen divorced Charles and remarried and became Hellen Plummer. She is one of those rare people who lived in three centuries, being born in 1898 and passing in 2000. This rare book about her is inscribed on the first flyleaf: "For Toby with love from Hellen."Near fine with rubs on the back and minor soiling. No dust jacket if there was one. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A book in honor of Hellen Ingram Plummer, second wife of Merrill Lynch founder Charles E. Merrill and mother of poet James Merril, with contributions by her ex-husband, her three step-children, and the poem "Upon a Second Marriage" by James Merrill. Edges of the boards lightly sunned with small drip marks and smudges on the front. Inscribed on the front end paper "For Bardwell and Charlotte Smith with love from Hellen." Bardwell Smith is the son of Winthrop H. Smith, partner with Charles E. Merrill in the firm Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith. Inscribed By the Author.