Description

First Edition Thus. The second edition of this collection, but first by this publisher and first produced with the publisher’s wish that it be considered a small memorial to the author who had only recently been killed. Small 8vo, original printer’s wrappers lettered in black and red, in glassine. 81 pp. A well preserved copy, the paper used in producing it prone to toning, the wrappers with a few minor closed tears but with no loss, wear and splitting at the spine.

Edizione: early printing and a first thus. a posthumous collection of poems by the emblematic member of the generation of ‘27. lorca was presumed shot by nationalist militia a year prior to this publication, only days after the outbreak of the spanish civil war. a poet, prose writer, dramatist and artist, lorca had won international recognition with the influential group of poets that arose in spanish literary circles between 1923 and 1927, essentially out of a shared desire to experience and work with avant-garde forms of art and poetry. his experiences traveling through impoverished rural spain and new york, (particularly amongst the disenfranchised african american population), transformed him into a passionate advocate of the theatre of social action.[