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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988 TO THE PLACE OF TRUMPETS by BRIGIT PEGEEN KELLY. FOREWORD BY JAMES MERRILL. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1988. First Edition, first printing with the number line starting with 1 (one) on copyright page. This is the rare and highly-sought after First book of poetry by renowned American poet Brigit Pegeen Kelly. Kelly's poems have since won many prizes but she was still relatively unknown when the great poet James Merrill chose this collection of Kelly's poems as the winner of the Yale Prize for the Series of Younger Poets. Merrill has written a warm and effusive introduction to these poems. Kelly has published only three books, this being the first, 'Song' was published in 1995, and 'Orchard' was published in 2004. A very small number of copies of this book were printed and it is now long out of print, rare and highly sought-after. Most hardcover copies of this book that do come up for sale are former library books, making this non-institutional copy even… Read More