Frimet, Hillel / William Carlos Williams.

The Broken Promise and Other Poems. With an Open Letter to William Carlos Williams.

No.121 of a Limited Edition. New York, Survival Press, 1959. 15.3 cm x 22.4 cm. 62 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor discolouration to edging, endpapers and pages. Signed by the author Hillel Frimet on half-title page. Errata-leaf loosely inserted. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his bookplate / Exlibris to front pastedown (Exlibris design by Brian Lalor).

Includes for example the following lyric poems: Falltime / Nature / Incantation / A legend / The liar / Elegy for my dog etc.

’The Broken Promise is the most significant poem since Hart Crane’s Bridge…. it is the long-contracted voice of the American man freed again…’ (From jacket notes)

• Keywords: American Poetry Collection · Catalogue No.8 – Judaica Collection · English Literature · Jewish History – Rare · Jewish Literature · Jewish Poetry · Judaica – Collection · Judaica – Rare · Poems · Poet · Poetry · Poetry – Rare · William Carlos Williams
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200200AB

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