Adonis (Ali Ahmed Said); Samuel Hazo (translation)

THE BLOOD OF ADONIS: Selected Poems

Pittsburgh: The University of Pittsburgh, 1971. First Edition. Octavo; red cloth; dustjacket. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, minutely rubbed at extremities; Fine. Adonis has long been on the shortlist for the Nobel Prize which only one Arabic writer (novelist Naguib Mahfouz) has won. Uncommon cloth issue of the Syrian-born poet's first book published in the U.S.

Price: $75.00

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