one of 540 copies

Elytis' second collection of poetry and third book overall. This is the last book he published before the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), not returning to print until 1959 with his masterpiece To Axion Esti [Worthy It Is]. A notoriously fragile publication, rare thus.

First edition, number 273 of 540 copies ον 'Ellēniko' paper, from a total edition of 600; 8vo (22.5 x 14.6 cm); frontispiece by Yannis Tsarouchis, unmarked internally; original yellow wrappers printed in blue and red, lightly soiled, spine slightly defective at head, else very good.

NB: Modern Greek polytonic orthography transliterated according to the Library of Congress Standard.