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Published by New Directions, Norfolk, CT, 1941
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Original Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Royal 8vo, gray cloth (indicating first issue, as opposed to second-issue red cloth), paper title label mounted on upper spine panel. Slight shelf wear, light soiling along text block edges, slight flecking to cloth on upper spine and along front joint with light toning to title panel. Text block edges mildly toned after p. 384, a minor condition issue apparently common to many copies issued. xiii,729,[37] pp. w/ rear publisher's ads, illus. w/ b&w photographic plates. Firm binding, clean interior. Contents include a survey anthology of Soviet Russian poetry, Brecht's "Mother Courage," a little anthology of (then) contemporary poetry, Delmore Schwartz's verse play "Paris and Helen," photographs by Wright Morris and Clarence Laughlin, Andre Breton's long Surrealist poem "Fata Morgana," previously unpublished work by Kafka, much more. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.