An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry (Inscribed by Translator Richard Wilbur to fellow poet Frank Stanford)
Middletown: Wesleyan University, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 181 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Elizabeth Bishop and Emanuel Brasil. A volume of Brazilian poetry as translated into English by a variety of translators including Bishop, James Merrill, W. S. Merwin, Mark Strand, James, Wright and Richard Wilbur among others. Navy cloth covers are lightly worn. A handsome very good copy in rubbed and worn price-intact dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED BY RICHARD WILBUR TO FELLOW POET FRANK STANFORD. Wilbur dates his inscription 1972 (year of publication). "For Frank Stanford, good luck, Richard Wilbur, 1972". Stanford was just getting his writing career going in 1972. Excellent provenance will be provided to purchaser. Very Good / good. Item #25447
Price: $750.00