NEW DIRECTIONS BOOKS
COLOR OF DARKNESS/ James Purdy
Eleven terrifying short stories and a short novel, 63:
Dream Palace,
by a new young writer of "the very highest rank of contemporary
American writers"
(Times Literary Supplement).
$3.00
BAUDELAIRE / Enid Starkie
A completely rewritten, new edition of Dr. Starkie's unrivalled study
of Baudelaire-his life, work and times. Illustrated; 624 pages.
$10.00
ORPHEUS DESCENDING / Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams' most recent offering, together with his first-pro–
duced play, BATTLE OF ANGELS, from which it was developed.
$3.75
FIFTEEN BY THREE / R. V. Cassill, Herbert Gold, James B. Hall
New departures in the art of the short story presented by three young American
writers. Each contributes five stories and an introduction.
ND Paperbook Original, P. 68, $1.35
THE SORROWS OF PRIAPUS / Edward Dahlberg
Illustrated by
BEN SHAHN. The strange animal, man, poetically discussed by
a writer whom Sir Herbert Read calls "the greatest prose stylist of our time."
Limited edition, $50.00; Trade edition, $6.50
WE'LL TO THE WOODS NO MORE/ -Edouard Dujardin
A charming picture of a young man in love, Dujardin's little masterpiece served
James Joyce as the model for the stream-of-consciousness technique he made
famous in
Ulysses.
Stuart Gilbert, translator. Introduction by Leon Edel. Illustrated.
$3.00
WHEN WE WERE HERE TOGETHER / Kenneth Patchen
Strong new poems by the writer the late Paul Rosenfeld said "gives evidence of
a progressive, massive concentration of the poetic energy, the sacred fire."
$3.50
POEMS 1906-1926 / Rainer Maria Rilke
A major collection of poetry, most of it never previously translated, written
during the last 20 years of Rilke's life when Rilke himself refused to publish his
work. Translated with an introduction by J. B. Leishman.
$4.75
LETTERS TO VERNON WATKINS / Dylan Thomas
A vital view of the poet and his poetry in the warm delightful letters he wrote
to poet Vernon Watkins, who contributes an introduction.
$3.00
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