![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Text clean, a few minor rubs to attractive contemporary binding. Libro de Poemas was reviewed on the front page of the Madrid daily El Sol by Adolfo Salazar under the heading "A New Poet." Preceded only by Lorca's extremely rare first book, the prose Impresiones y Paisajes, of 1918. ![]() His brother Francisco ("Paquito") helped him to compile this anthology of his best verse from the mass of manuscripts that had accumulated by this time, and Lorca gratefully dedicated this book to him. According to his preface, these lyrics offer "the exact image of my days of adolescence and youth… a faithful mirror of my heart and my spirit." The earliest poems are dated 1915, but most were composed in the period 1918-19, before Lorca had arrived in Madrid. This volume contains 68 early poems by García Lorca, "one of Spain's greatest modern literary figures" ( New York Times). Small octavo, contemporary half calf, red morocco spine label.įirst edition of the first book of poetry by García Lorca, "one of Spain's greatest modern literary figures." "A FAITHFUL MIRROR OF MY HEART AND MY SPIRIT": GARCÍA LORCA'S RARE FIRST BOOK OF POETRY ![]()
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