64 pp. dj light crinkling at edges, tanning to edges of flaps, price sticker shadow in pastedown. Otherwise fine. 'When the Queen of Darkness heard his voice, / That mortal stranger, saw him lift the lyre / And watched the dull throng of dead rejoice / To hear him tell of earth and earth's desire, / Of pain, of longing, / she was not amused.'--from Noch Einmal, an Orpheus. [Once again, to Orpheus].

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Title

Of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: Poems

Publisher

Knopf, New York

Publication Date

1991

Language

English

ISBN 10

039458998X

ISBN 13

9780394589985

Binding

Cloth

Edition

First Edition

Condition

Very Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

Good+

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Poems deal with human consciousness, mortality, utopias, the past, literature and politics, chaos, art, and city life

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