Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1980
ISBN 10: 0691013209 ISBN 13: 9780691013206
Language: English
Seller: G.M. Isaac Books, Winston-Salem, NC, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. (Wrappers have light edge-wear; Text is clean, neat and tight). Book.
Published by Princeton Univ Press, Princeton, NJ, 1975
ISBN 10: 0691013209 ISBN 13: 9780691013206
Language: English
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Softcover/Good; sound w/edge wear & creasing to corner. Anthology of poems, published and unpublished from Egyptian Greek poet, journalist and civil servant Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933), translated w/biographical notes. A voice of culture iin dedcline --- hence ours as well. Posthumous publication 2 years after poet's 40th birthday; this is the English rendition published w/o ISBN. 262 pgs w/poems in chronological order. Poems include "An Old Man", 1894: "At the noisy end of the cafe, head bent/ Over the table, an old man sits alone/ A newspaper in front of him/./ But so much thinking, so much remembering./ Makes the old man dizzy. He falls asleep/ His head resting on the cafe table"; "As Much As You Can", "Even if you can't shape your life the way you want/ . Do not degrade it by draggin it along/ To the daily silliness/ of social relations & parties/ Until it comes to seem a boring hang-over"; and, but not least, "Waiting of the Barbarians" (1898): "--- The barbarians are due here today/ ---". Fine copy with tired softcover.
Published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980
ISBN 10: 0048890014 ISBN 13: 9780048890016
Language: English
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Card Wrappers. Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. ix, 75pp. Sharp copy. Book.
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Blue Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. xx, 296pp. + 3 (pubs. list) Minute signs of use. Book.
Seller: The Poetry Bookshop : Hay-on-Wye, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Blue Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK Edition. xx, 296pp. + 3 (pubs. list) Unread (not even opened with its boards still tightly closed) publisher's copy. Book.
Published by New York: Knopf, 1961, 1961
Seller: Aeolian Books, Marysville, WA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi+185 pages.
Charcoal Grey Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. xxiv, 550pp. Greek/English facing texts. Unread publisher's copy. Uncommon. Heavy book; additional postage will be required to send overseas. Book.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1961
Seller: Courtside Books, Medford, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American Edition. Fine in Fine DJ. Poetry by C.P. Cavafy; Anghelos Sikelianos; George Seferis; D.I. Antoniou; Odysseus Elytis; and Nikos Gatsos. Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. The book looks practically brand new.