![[Item #84741] Alcools: Poems 1898-1913 [Inscribed]. translation, foreword, introduction, notes, Guillaume APOLLINAIRE, William Meredith, Francis Steegmuller, poetry.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/84741.jpg?auto=webp&v=)
Alcools: Poems 1898-1913 [Inscribed]
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and decoration stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 242pp. Inscribed by author on front endpaper: "For Alice and David Halliday with affection and esteem from their friend Guillaume / June 1976". Signed by translator, William Meredith, on title page. Light rubbing to board edges, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Harry Ford, unclipped (priced $4.95), with trivial surface wear and rubbing to extremities, pencilled note to front flap, and 1" tape mend to tear at verso of lower rear panel; Very Good.
Collection of verse, with English translations appearing opposite the original French, including "La Chanson du Mal-Aimé" / "Song of the Poorly Lived", "Crépuscule" / "Twilight", and "L'Ermite" / "The Hermit". Concludes with notes section, which examines each poem. [84741].
Price: $250.00