The Red Front
Contempo Publishers, January 1933. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wraps. Very Good. Item #625201
ISBN: B00086W21Q
A scarce Cumming's publication. [10]pp., in red printed wraps, measuring 17.5 x 25 cm. One of 200 copies. Moderate wear at the corners and spine ends, else a Very Good copy. // “Cummings’ translation of a poem, Le Front Rouge, by the French surrealist poet Louis Aragon, appeared first in an anthology, Literature of the World Revolution, in 1931. It was reprinted as a separate work by Contempo Publishers in 1933. A Marxist work, it does not reflect Cummings’ views of Communism, which are made clear in Eimi, which was also published in 1931; however, Cummings was apparently willing to translate it as a favor for Aragon, who was a good friend.”.
Price: $400.00