Let the Rail-splitter Awake and Other Poems - Softcover

LET THE RAIL SPLITTER AWAKE and Other Poems (First UK paperback edition)

Original Wraps. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket, as Issued. Jose Venturelli (Introduction by Christopher Perriam) (illustrator). First UK Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition, with full number string sequence including the number "1" on the printer's page. Translated from the Spanish. Introduction by Christopher Perriam. Black and white woodcut illustrations by Jose Venturelli. The book was originally published in the USA by Masses & Mainstream, New York in 1950. ***Near fine in blue illustrated textured thin card covers. Covers clean and unmarked. No creases or tears. Spine colour slightly faded. No reading creases to the spine. Edges slightly rubbed. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean. ***94 pages including further note at the back of the book. 196mm x 128mm. ***'He (Neruda) created a living art in the struggle against a corrupt society; and the blood he drew was that of an imperialism which hired executioners of his native Chile.--- This selection from his Canto General includes dramatic illustrations by Jose Venturelli originally reproduced in Chile in 1947---.' (Quote taken from the back cover). ***'Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 Jul 1904 - 23 Sep 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda, was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old, and wrote in a variety of styles, including surrealist poems, historical epics, overtly political manifestos, a prose autobiography, and passionate love poems such as the ones in his collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair (1924)."' (Wik) ***A nice collectable copy of this first UK paperback edition. 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. 4027z

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