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Fall of A City

Poet: Sir Stephen Harold Spender (British, 1909–1995)
Translator: Louis Aragon (French, 1897–1982)
1939

Medium/Technique Letterpress
Credit Line Gift of Susan W. Paine
Accession Number1999.694.1
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books

DescriptionFive stanzas. A French translation by Louis Aragon included as well.
Texts printed in New York.
InscriptionsEnglish version signed LR in blue ink: Stepen Spender
French version signed LC in graphite pencil: Aragon