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Saint John Perse
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Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975. Chisholm, Hugh J. (Joseph) 1913-1972, translator
Winds by St.-John Perse. Bilingual edition. Translation by Hugh Chisholm
Publisher: [NY] Pantheon Books [1953]. 252 p.; 31 cm. Bollingen series 34. St.-John Perse was the pseudonym of Alexis Léger. Contents: Vents, chant 1-4; Winds, canto 1-4; Commentary: A poem by St.-John Perse. By P. Claudel. The most proudly free, by G. Picon. A poetry marked by scansion, by A. Béguin. St.-John Perse and poetic ambiguity, by G. Bounoure; Bibliography (p. [249]-252). Stock#45422. Vg / dj good.
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Item number: 45422.
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Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975. Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965, translator
Anabasis, a Poem by St.-John Perse. Translated by T. S. Eliot
Publisher: NY, Harcourt, Brace, 1949. 109 p.; 24 cm. French and English on opposite pages. This translation first published London, 1930; first American,1938. "The works of St.-John Perse": p. 97-100. Stock#45496. Vg / dj good+, back panel soiled.
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Item number: 45496.
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Saint-John Perse, 1887-1975, pseud. [i.e. Marie Auguste René Alexis Saint-Léger Léger
Chronique / Saint-John Perse
Publisher: Paris: Gallimard, 1960. 30, [31-33] p.; 26 cm. "Achevé d’imprimer... le sept septembre MCMLX" (colophon). First edition of this single eight-part poem, dated (p. [31]) Septembre 1959. Perse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 "for the soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry." Stock#46594. Good+, red/orange paper covers have a few chips.
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Item number: 46594.
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Perse, Saint-John [Saint-Léger, Alexis]; Fitzgerald, Robert: Translation
Chronique [Signed]
Publisher: New York W. W. Norton & Company 1961. First American edition A Fine, Superior copy of the first American edition -- the first edition in English in book form, first printing (gift inscription to the first front free endpaper, small bookshop sticker to rear pastedown), in a Very Good + dust jacket (general edge wear and a small chip at the spine head -- the dust jacket, when found, is usually more worn than that on the copy offered here) SIGNED, PLACED, AND DATED BY SAINT-JOHN PERSE on the second front free endpaper as follows: "St.- John Perse / Washington, 1962". A Poem in 8 parts, with the text presented first in French and then in English. Born Alexis Leger in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (1887), Saint-John Perse (his adopted the pen name) returned to France with his family who fled the anti-colonist campaign then begun by the then newly-elected native President. He eventually joined France's diplomatic service, becoming General Secretary of the French Foreign Office, and refused to publish his writings while holding office, viewing it as improper for a Diplomat to do so. A strong anti-Nazi and viewed by the Vichy regime as a dangerous adversary, Perse was dismissed from his post and had his French Citizenship revoked upon the Vichy regime's ascension to power. Thereafter moving to Washington, D. C., Saint-John Perse suffered from great financial difficulties until Archibald MacLeish, then Director of the Library of Congress, raised private donations sufficient to permit Perse's employment by the Library. Perse resumed his literary work while exiled in Washington D.C. and won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature for "the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time". One of Perse's works instrumental in his winning the Prize, the Nobel Committee singled out "Chronique" as "a prophetic appeal to Europe to consider the fatal moment, the turning point in the course of historical events." Signed copies of Perse's works, especially trade editions, are extremely scarce, and signed copies of his works in English translation are even more so. A Fine, Superior copy of one of the Author's more important works, SIGNED, PLACED, AND DATED BY SAINT-JOHN PERSE (ALEXIS LEGER). RARE. Hardcover Book condition: Very Good. Jacket condition: very good
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AUD 1,730.39 | CAD 1,768.54 | EUR 1,337.12 | GBP 1,131.41 | JPY 160,454.55 | MXN 19,611.11 | ZAR 15,900.90 |
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Item number: 00002894.
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Perse, Saint-John [Saint-Léger, Alexis]
Amers [Signe, Signee / Signed]
Publisher: Paris Gallimard 1957. First edition A Near Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, a Fine copy compared to other copies we have seen (light wear and tiny losses at the corners and spine ends, short splits where the front wrap joins the spine top, light sunning to the spine, quite minor handling soil, remnants of a small price sticker to the rear wrap) SIGNED TWICE, DATED, AND PLACED BY ST.-JOHN PERSE on the half-title as follows: "St - J. Perse / Washington 1958 / Alexis St. Leger". Born Alexis Leger in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (1887), Saint-John Perse (his adopted the pen name) returned to France with his family who fled the anti-colonist campaign then begun by the then newly-elected native President. He eventually joined France's diplomatic service, becoming General Secretary of the French Foreign Office, and refused to publish his writings while holding office, viewing it as improper for a Diplomat to do so. A strong anti-Nazi and viewed by the Vichy regime as a dangerous adversary, Perse was dismissed from his post and had his French Citizenship revoked upon the Vichy regime's ascension to power. Thereafter moving to Washington, D. C., Saint-John Perse suffered from great financial difficulties until Archibald MacLeish, then Director of the Library of Congress, raised private donations sufficient to permit Perse's employment by the Library. Perse resumed his literary work while exiled in Washington D.C. and won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Literature for "the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time". This signed copy belonged to actor Jack Palance, was purchased at the 2006 auction of his personal property, and carries the bookplate from the sale on the front free endpaper.) Copies of "Amers" in a condition as nice as is this copy are scarce. Signed copies of Perse's works are scarce as well, signed copies of "Amers" are quite scarce, and copies signed by Perse using both his names are absolute hen's teeth. A Near Fine copy, SIGNED TWICE, PLACED, AND DATED BY ST.-JOHN PERSE. RARE. Wrappers Book condition: Fine
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AUD 2,573.53 | CAD 2,630.26 | EUR 1,988.64 | GBP 1,682.69 | JPY 238,636.36 | MXN 29,166.67 | ZAR 23,648.65 |
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Item number: 00003140.
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Saint-John Perse
Anabasis: A poem
Publisher: Faber. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library, With usual stamps and markings, In good all round condition. , Faber, 1930, 300grams, ISBN:
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AUD 75.48 | CAD 77.14 | EUR 58.33 | GBP 49.35 | JPY 6,999.09 | MXN 855.44 | ZAR 693.60 |
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Item number: 3240482.
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