Helsinki. Selected Poems. by SAARIKOSKI, Pentti - 1967: Selected Poems. Translated by Anselm Hollo.

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Translated by Anselm Hollo. About fine in a very good dustwrapper with rubbing and short tears.

Rapp & Carroll, 1967 Translated by Anselm Hollo, Poetry Europe Series. DJ with edgewear, panels bright, installe in new crystal clear Brodart archival wraps.

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. First edition thus and first edition in English, 8vo, pp. 47, [1]; fine copy in original blue cloth, dust jacket a little ribbed at the extremities. Saarikoski (1937-1983) was a prominent Finnish poet and translator. The Finnish Wikipedia notes: "As a person, even before the term became familiar, Saarikoski was a 'celebrity' whose activities were followed and who liked to tell the newspapers about his affairs. Both his person and his production were affected by heavy alcohol consumption. This led to a delirium attack and hospitalization as early as 1968 ... Still, he did not change his drinking habits and continued on his chosen path until his death. In addition, his last wife says that Saarikoski smoked about three packs of North State on his best days, and was almost constantly in a state of at least a couple of glasses (in the 1960s, Saarikoski himself says in his diary that he ruined his lungs and condition with two daily packets and at least one or two bottles of… Read More

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Translated by Anselm Hollo. Fine in very good price-clipped dustwrapper with short tears at the crown, and rubbing at the extremities. Number 76 of 100 copies Signed by the author and the translator. A title in the Poetry Europe Series.

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Translated by Anselm Hollo. Fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. Number 54 of 100 copies Signed by the author and the translator. A title in the Poetry Europe Series.