Long galleys ("unrevised proofs") for the first edition of Moore's translation of La Fontaine's classic fables.
Very good.
Price: $850.00
Acclaimed at the time of release ("[Moore] is the predestined translator of this particular poet" — NY Times), this particular copy of the pre-publication version is extensively annotated by an unidentified reader (likely a reviewer), with decidedly more critical comments — "Meter?," "Meaningless," "Not the original at all," "Clumsy," "Silly" — throughout. Not described in Abbot; rare in this ephemeral format.
Read more: Fowlie, "The American Word for La Fontaine," The New York Times, May 16, 1954; Abbott, Marianne Moore: A Bibliography.
First edition. New York: The Viking Press, [1954]. 11'' x 8.5'' folded; 25'' x 8.5 inches unfolded. Unbound printed self-wrappers, with typed and printed labels taped to outer sheet, as issued. 3, 89 pages/leaves printed recto only. Sheets folded twice with some tearing, fraying to edges. Toning overall. Lower portion of final leaf (with the typed and printed labels), nearly detached. Else sound. Housed in archival box.
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