rethy joseph bernard (6 Ergebnisse)

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this incendiary anti-war poetry volume, a vanishingly scarce copy of this work, with just two copies held institutionally. In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with marbled paper covered boards.First edition.An exceptionally scarce copy of this work, with just two copies held institutionally at the Hathi Trust Digital Library and the University of East Anglia Library.A polemical collection of verse attacking religious hypocrisy, wartime nationalism and moral sensationalism in America during the early First World War. Includes dramatic denunciations of evangelist Billy Sunday and of U.S. politicians advocating immediate military retaliation for the sinking of the Lusitania.Joseph Bernard Rethy was Managing Editor of the short-lived literary journal The International Monthly. A controversial figure in New England literary circles, he positioned himself as a radical satirist of public morality and anti-German war rhetoric. The book was reviewed by Aleister Crowley, who unexpectedly praised its ferocity: "Mr Rethy is in many ways at his best, though, in invective." In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in very slight loss to cloth and paper. Small chip to top of spine label. Internally, firmly bound. One or two closed tears and chips to fore edges. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two very minor handling marks. The odd page uncut. Very Good. book.