Published by Encore Publishing, Portland [1977-1984]
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. b/w Illustration (illustrator). First Edition. ENCORE: MAGAZINE OF THE ARTS: Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung at the Pacific Northwest Festival (Lot of Five Issues: 1977, 1978, 1979,1982 &1984). Five issues from five different years of the Wagner festival. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Seller: Chesil Books, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
US$ 13.89
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. Finely bound copy in very good condition (illustrator). Published Adam, London, 1956, issue 254; 8vo, 155 x 227mm; thin card wrappers with a photograph of Helene Weigner and Brecht; pp 32, stapled; some browning over the cover, particularly around the spine but firm and internally generally clean. . . . . . Latterly disillusioned with the politics of East Germany, the DDR, where he had lived from 1949 till his death in 1956, and in particular with the brutal suppression of the 1953 uprising, Brecht wrote in his poem "Die Lösung" " . Would it not be easier / . for the government / To dissolve the people / And elect another?" a sardonic comment which would not be out of place in reference to many countries today. . . . . . The booklet contains essays and commentary on Brecht as well as fivepieces written by him. . . . . . NOTE that as the booklet is light it can be sent as a large letter at reduced cost and hence a reduction will be made against postage.