Joseph Lewis
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Location: Berkeley, CA
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0060156961 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1986 Harper & Row, Publishers (NY) [...]
0060156961 1st Edition (Stated), 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1986 Harper & Row, Publishers (NY) HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; appears UNREAD; color cover surface near mint/mild edge wear w/no tears + few tiny nicks (at binding); price unclipped; spine strong; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 64 pages; selected + edited w/foreword by John Hulme; text is 40 poems by different Oise poets in French Language w/English translations in following section; index of 1st French lines; glossary of proper names (French-English); bibliography; color jacket design by Gloria Adelson; Chequespierre left his native Stratte-Forte sur Avonne in the departement of Oise + settled in Paris w/wife Anne, where they founded a literary salon attracting circle of minor poets, many fellow exiles from Oise, including Jean Quittce, Henri Longuevelo, Thomas Gris, A. Lefrette d'Enisonne, Guillaume Bleque ("undoubted leader"), Robert Burnence, A. Nonimousse, among others..."poems should ideally be read aloud, as they were in Oise salon a hundred years ago, preferably after eating liberal quantities of garlic to create an authentic atmosphere"; gift quality collectible copy of 21-year-old out-of-print hardback.
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