Calligrammes Poems of Peace and War (1913-1916) by Guillaume Apollinaire ISBN 13: 9780520019683

Univ of California Pr, 1990. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardback with Dust Jacket which has a little edge wear, a little possiable water staining to spine, no edition stated

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. Translated by Anne Hyde Greet. 513 pages in very good, clean condition. Blue cloth with silver titles on the spine. Corners lightly bumped. Pink, illustrated DJ with blue titles. Spine and edges faded. Light wear on corners and edges. VG/VG-. Hard Cover. Very Good/VG-.

UsedGood. Dust jacket has some small tears here and there. Book may have little to no writing and/or underlining inside, and is in overall good condition. Cover may have some cosmetic wear. Fast shipping!

University of California Press,, 1980. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Slight mottling, otherwise very good in slightly worn and faded dust jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Univ of California Pr, 1980-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Berkeley:: University of California Press,, 1980.. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine copy with foxing to the top and fore edge of the text block in a Very Good plus dust jacket with fading to the spine that is common with this title. This is a fully annotated, bilingual edition of the French poet's collection of lyric and concrete poems. Apollinaire was one of the leading figures in twentieth century poetry, a transitional figure whose work echoes the Symbolists and anticipates the Surrealists. Calligrammes is noted for how the typeface and spatial arrangement of the words on a page plays just as much of a role in the meaning of each poem as the words themselves - a form called a calligram. In this sense, the collection can be seen as either concrete poetry or visual poetry. Apollinaire described his work as follows: "The Calligrammes are an idealisation of free verse poetry and typographical precision in an era when typography is reaching a brilliant end to its career, at the… Read More