MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM. Jim's Book. New York: Privately printed, 1942. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered on front cover; original plain glassine dust wrapper; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Merrill on the half-title: "For Peter Hooten Happy Birthday (some weeks early), with heartfelt thanks for telling me about the Santero -- 'And that was all it took!" James Merrill x.83." Very fine copy of Merrill's rare first book.