W.S. Merwin. 
 
Copper Canyon Press: 2005. First edition. Hardcover in a jacket. Octavo. A ripple on the dust jacket's spine. There are ripples along the spine of the book as well. Minor bumping on two of the corners of the boards. 545 pages. Very good. Signed. 
 
Greatest hits alongside a healthy portion of new poems. Includes the accompanying packet of promotional materials for the book's release from Copper Canyon Press. The packet has a schedule of the book tour readings, a New York Times profile, and a press release. This packet and book were sent to the poet George Hitchcock in thanks for his "generous support" for the editor's long dream to publish Merwin. The letter's included. 
 
"To the Words 
 
When it happens you are not there 
O you beyond numbers 
beyond recollection 
passed on from breath to breath 
given again 
from day to day from age 
to age 
charged with knowledge 
knowing nothing"