Arthur Rimbaud - Presence of an Enigma by Steinmetz, jean-Luc - 2001

New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2001. First Edition - First Printing . Hardcover. Fine (As New)/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An engaging portrait of the great French poet-adventurer, reading with the energy and spontaneity of the artist's life itself. This revelatory biography is excellently translated here by Jon Graham. CONTENTS: Foreword; A Schoolboy from Charleville, With the "Pitiful Brother", Here and Elsewhere, Rimbaud the African; Endnotes, Chronology, Bibliography, Index. xv + 464 pages, illustrated. CONDITION: The book itself is bright, tight, square, unmarked, and evidently unread, with negligible shelf-wear. Its dustjacket - now in a clear mylar (removable) protective cover - is complete (not price-clipped), unmarked, and uncreased, with a very faint horizontal bend at the top of the front panel. [NOTE: The blurring on the cover scans is a reflection off the mylar cover - NOT rubbing to the dustjacket itself.]