ELYTIS, Odysseas.
Hēlios ho prōtos, mazi me tis parallages panō se mian achtida
Hēlios ho prōtos, mazi me tis parallages panō se mian achtida
[Sun the First, together with Variations on a Sunbeam].
Stock Code 120864
Athens, Glaros, 1943.
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.
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