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Tennessee
Williams
baby doll
This original screenplay is based on two of Williams' one-act
plays which are also included in this volume.
$3.00
J.
Alexander
Rolph
dylan thomas: a bibliography
Contains many illustrations, reproductions of title pages and
manuscripts, and an unpublished essay on Thomas by Dame
Edith Sitwell.
$8.50
Osamu
Dazai
the setting sun,
translated by donald keene
A story of the "lost generation" of Japan, this novel was a sensa–
tional success when published there in 1947.
$3.00
K enneth
Rexroth
in defense of the earth
Contains all of the shorter poems Mr. Rexroth has written since
the publication of his "The Signature of All Things"-Iyrics,
elegies, epigrams, and "A Bestiary" for sophisticated children.
November, $3.00
K ennet h
Rexroth
(trans.)
1
00 poems from the chinese
A companion volume to Mr. Rexroth's "100 Poems from the
Japanese." Decorated with Chinese calligraphy, this book will
have an introduction and notes by Mr. Rexroth. November, $3.50
Dudley
Fitts
the greek anthology
This important translator and poet has added to the selection he
published years ago from the whole body of Greek verse (also
known as "The Palatine Anthology"). Gift edition. (Paperbound
edition will be published in December.)
November, $3.00
Edward
Dahlberg
the sorrows of priapus,
drawings by Ben Shahn
A major philosophic statement by the writer whom Sir Herbert
Read calls "the greatest prose stylist of our times." With 47
drawings based on the text by Ben Shahn.
Trade edition; November, $6.50
Limited edition; October, $50.00
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