1913-28 (Pt. 1) (Poems) - Softcover

POEMS - Part One 1913-1928 [First edition PBO]

Original Wraps. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. First Edition in English thus. First impression of the first edition in English thus - Part One only of a three volume set of paperbacks: Part One 1913-1928, Part Two 1929-1938, Part Three 1938-1956. [There was also a hardback edition in one volume of Poems 1913-1956 which includes a number of Brecht's essays on poetry and notes on each poem by the editors, John Willett and Ralph Manheim] ***Near fine in colour illustrated card covers. Covers clean and unmarked. No creases or tears. No reading creases to the spine. Internally also near fine, with just a neat ownership inscription on the first page. No tears. No creases. Pages clean. Paper slightly tanned. Wrappers bright. ***198mm x 126mm. 163 pages. ***'Brecht was a greater poet than dramatist. But even in his own country the scale and importance of his poetic work has only begun to be realised since his death. Over half of it remained unpublished in his lifetime. And only a smattering has been available in English until now. ***This volume is one of three presenting for the first time a selection from the whole range of his work. Nearly five hundred poems in all, which convey with surprising success his extraordinary command of different styles and forms, as well as the direction of his personal evolution against a constantly changing background, beset by the greatest political tragedies of this century. ***First impression of the first edition thus in English - volume one of a three volume set in extremely nice bright condition. A paperback original (the hardback first edition was one volume with additional notes by the editors and a number of Brecht's essays). ***Of interest to collectors of Bertolt Brecht's work. Uncommon. ***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. Artikel-Nr. PB313

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