von Kleist, Heinrich — Penthesilea: A Tragic Drama

New York, Michael di Capua Books / Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition (English). Hardcover. Burgundy cloth/boards. Black title block on spine with gilt lettering. Glossy white dj with color illus.; white lettering on spine. 159 pp. with several color plates. Translated and with an introduction by Joel Agee (son of James Agee) and with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. This particular English translation "recreates the audacity, romance, and poetry of one of the strangest and most beautiful works of Western literature; a tragedy of love in a world governed by the rules of war, on which 'the gods look down but from afar'. Ill.: Sendak, Maurice. Fine/VG (Small smudge and age toning to very top of back of dj) .