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MOORE, Merrill (1903-1957). Notes and Poems. Boston: [Privately Printed], 1940. 8vo. 8 pamphlets bound into 1 volume, with wrappers bound-in and separate title-page. 70; 25; 46; 32; 36; 48; 32; 17 pp. The collection bound into contemporary full green cloth, spine ruled and lettered in gilt (minor rubbing). Fine. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION; A PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY MOORE ON THE FFEP: “For Mary with best wishes Merrill Boston 1941”. Moore was a psychiatrist and poet; he taught neurology at Harvard Medical School, and published research about alcoholism. He was a member of the poet group, The Fugitives, who published a literary magazine, entitled The Fugitive. Other members of the Fugitives include Robert Penn Warren, John Crowe Ransom, and Allen Tate.