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Published by Penguin Classics, 1972
ISBN 10: 0140421394ISBN 13: 9780140421392
Seller: Zebra Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A lovely crisp copy. Touch of edge wear. Slight tan to page edges. Three page corners have a tiny crease - now straightened. Very good condition.
Published by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1971
ISBN 10: 0140421394ISBN 13: 9780140421392
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition in English. Penguin Modern European Poets series - Penguin Catalogue No. D139. ***First printing of the first UK edition in English, published as a paperback original (PBO) on 25th Nov 1971. Edited and translated with an introduction and notes by Patrick Creagh. ***Near fine in colour illustrated thin card covers. The covers have some light edge wear and rubbing commensurate with age and handling, but no significant creases or tears. Spine slightly darkened but with no reading creases. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions or annotations. Paper stock lightly tanned but pages clean. Spine tight. Covers bright. ***180 mm x 108mm. 110 pages including introduction by Patrick Creagh to the fore. ***'Condensed and deceptively simple, the poems of Ungaretti are symbolic images expressed, with supreme mastery, in a language purged of rhetoric and sentimentality. A friend of Apollinaire, Ungaretti was influenced (as appears from his preoccupation with form and language) by Mallarme and Valery. In his view civilization itself is threatened today by "a mad disintegration of words". ***In this first selection to be published in English, Patrick Creagh has succeeded brilliantly in rendering into English poetry the work of a man who has claims to be regarded as the leading Italian poet of this century.' (Quote taken from the back cover) **A first printing of the true first edition, published as a paperback original, in its original card covers, in beautiful collector's condition. An uncommon title in the series. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.