Elegia

ROLFE, Edwin

Published by (Talleres Graficos de la Compania Editora y Librera), Mexico, 1949

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First Spanish edition. Translated by J. Rubia Barcia. Octavo. 8pp. Blue printed wrappers. Text laid into wrappers. Faint tanning on spine, else a near fine, bright copy. Edwin Rolfe was born Solomon Fishman, the son of Jewish immigrants from Russia. He was a member of the Communist party, and wrote for The Daily Worker. He published his first book of poems, *To My Contemporaries,* in 1936. Edwin Rolfe was blacklisted in 1947, and spent much of the rest of his life struggling against McCarthyism, reflected in his poems with anti-American sentiment. He died in 1954. Author Clayton Eshleman's copy, with his ink signature: "Clayton Eshleman. Los Angeles 1974" on front flyleaf.

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Title
Elegia
Author
ROLFE, Edwin
Publisher
(Talleres Graficos de la Compania Editora y Librera), Mexico
Publication year
1949
Condition
Near Fine
Binding
Softcover
Edition
1st Edition

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