Buy this book on-line Hirsch, Edward : Lay Back The Darkness: PoemsAlfred A. Knopf, New York City, NY, 2003 ISBN 0375415211
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 80 pages. The author's sixth collection of poems. One of Edward Hirsch's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Edward Hirsch's "Lay Back In Darkness: Poems". Includes, in all its Classical allusiveness and poised perfection, "Under A Wild Green Fig Tree: The Hades Sonnets". "I was sentenced to the punishment / filed along with other tormented spirits / where I vowed to remember the ghostly / and baleful blue undersongs of Hades / and return with them to the waking world". But the stunner is real life, especially the ones touched by the barbarisms called History and Destiny: "Two Suitcases of Children's Drawings From Terezin, 1942-1944" (works from a set of found drawings from the Terezin concentration camp) : "When the locks were unfastened / the drawings spilled over / like a waterfall / and everyone was drenched". An absolute "must-have" title for Edward Hirsch collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Edward Hirsch. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. "Earthly Measures" is regarded by Harold Bloom as one of the canonical works of the 20th century. One of the greatest poets of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER EDWARD HIRSCH TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0375415211. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hirsch, Edward : Lay Back The Darkness: Poems. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including incunabula, atlases, out-of-print books, used books and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |