I was searching through my old Olympia Press duplicates and I found this, I purchased a pile of Merlins in 2015 and traded most of them on, but only two of them had the extra content, this is one. And very rare and curious it is too, I had completely forgotten about it.
This Book
MERLIN No. 4 [Vol. 2, number 1, Spring-Summer, 1953.] Printed by Arrault et Cie, Tours. “Extremely Good/Near Fine Journal, with fragile but complete publishers band, Beautiful (printed on transparent paper) Merlin Subscription Form. Stunning advance subscription form for advanced orders of Samuel Beckett’s Watt.
Front Cover
As with the three preceding issues, the editorial offices of Merlin are based at Librairie Mistral, 37 rue de la Bûcherie, Paris 5. In this issue, the subtitle A collection of Contemporary Writings is abandoned, but the description Revue Trimestrielle remains.
Back Cover
Seaver maintains his post of Advisory Editor and Director, and the design and typography of the issue is credited to Walter G. Coleman.
Contents
Contributions by Jean Genet [extract from Journal du voleur], Christopher Logue [verse extracted from Wand and Quadrant], Henry Miller [extract, provided by the Olympia Press, from the proofs of Plexus. This is the first reference to a connection to the Olympia Press in Merlin.]
Watt Subscription Form
Tipped in Collection Merlin Prospectus/ Subscription Form printed in Green and Black dated 1953 notifying the publication of Samuel Becketts Watt. (see Images)
Merlin Subscription Form
Tipped in Merlin A Paris Quarterly Subscription form printed on very light transparent paper. (see Images)
Title with tip ins
Tipped in original publishers wrap around band, fragile but complete ( see images)
The first issue of Merlin—initially subtitled A collection of Contemporary Writings was published in the Spring of 1952. It was edited by Alexander Trocchi, and published by his American girl friend Alice Jane Lougee. Five further issues under this editor/publisher combination would follow. The seventh and final issue was published by the Olympia Press.
See Also
New into the Collection: MERLIN No. 7 [Vol.2, number 4, Spring/Summer 1955]
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MERLIN No. 4 [Vol. 2, number 1, 1953. with Subscription Form for Becketts WATT.
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