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Octavio Paz "was able to cull from the language of the avant-garde the very best to create a Latin-American poetic language," said Yale professor Gonzales Echevarria. Three Poems are printed in the original Spanish in red alongside English translations in black. Included is, "The Skin of the World, The Sound of the World" Paz's tribute to Robert Motherwell. " . . . sometimes images may emerge from some chord in my unconscious, the way a dream might," declared Motherwell—a statement that resonates like the words of his great friend Octavio Paz.Twenty-seven lithographs by Robert Motherwell.Edition limited to 750 numbered copies.Each book signed by Octavio Paz and Robert Motherwell.The lithographs vary in size up to 14 x 10 inches and were pulled on hand-made Japanese paper of contrasting colors. The book, bound by hand with boards of Irish linen, has a lithograph that is recessed into the cover. The hinged protective box is covered in the same linen. One Volume, 18-1/2 x 21-3/4 inches.As the… Read More

When Baudelaire published the first edition of Les Fleurs du mal in 1857, the subject matter and the style touched off a scandal. The resulting outcries from some critics and his defense by others led to Baudelaire's trial for obscenity. He was ordered to pay a 300-franc fine and exclude six poems from the book. (Even his mother thought the poems were blasphemous.) Today, we can appreciate how Baudelaire extended the subject range of poetry.Inspired by Baudelaire's images, Henri Cartier-Bresson has chosen three poems from Les Fleurs du mal to illustrate with four photogravures. Among those banned in 1857 was "Les Promesses d'un visage" ("What a Pair of Eyes Can Promise"). In the original French, with the English translation on facing pages.Four photogravures by Henri Cartier-Bresson.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Henri Cartier-Bresson.To produce the photogravures, each of Cartier-Bresson's negatives was transferred to a copper plate using gelatin-coated paper. This… Read More

This important work by Paul Celan includes a photogravure by Gisèle Celan- Lestrange of her 1967 "Echo d'une terre". Todesfuge In German with English translation, justly hailed as brilliant and nuanced by The New York Review of Books by John Felstiner. Included is a CD of Paul Celan speaking his poem. One photogravure by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange.Translation and Afterword by John Felstiner.CD of Paul Celan speaking his poem.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by John Felstiner.The book has been printed letterpress on heavy grey handmade paper. Bound in heavy rough grey fabric, the book is enclosed in a hinged fabric covered and lined box. One Volume, 12-1/2" x 16".As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).

Cavafy is generally thought to be the greatest Greek poet of the current era and Ithaka is considered to be his masterpiece. Presented here set in the original Greek with English translations.Duane Michals, inspired by Cavafy and his poetry, has given us five photogravures, each utterly breathtaking and glowing with ethereal beauty. As gifted with words, he has written the brilliant Afterword: Cavafy's Reveries.Five photogravures and Afterword by Duane Michals.Edition limited to 300 numbered copies.Each book signed by Duane Michals.Jon Goodman, in his Massachusetts studio made the gravure plates and printed Michals' sensuous photogravures. The books were hand sewn and bound in dark purple Japanese linen at Jovonis Bookbindery in Springfield, Massachusetts. The same linen covers the lined boxes for the books and portfolios.One volume, 16 x 20 inches.As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS).