Von Schwelle zu Schwelle; Gedichte
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, (1955). First Edition. 12mo, 65pp; black cloth stamped in gilt. Tidellines to endpapers; discreet signature on front pastedown; slight soil; very good copy in the orginal printed clear plastic jacket that is moderately soiled and chipped. Item #207954
Celan's third book, this copy has the neat ownership signature of the American poet Jerome Rothenberg who was Celan's first English-language translator. Rothenberg's 1959 book New Young German Poets was published in the City Lights Pocket Poets series and contained eight poems by Celan, including his most celebrated poem "Todesfuge" ["Death Fugue"].
Price: $175.00
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