Pierre Seghers [ed.]; Various — Poãƒâ©Sie 39-45: An Anthology

London, Editions Poetry , 1947 . First edition. Cloth. A bilingual anthology compiled by Pierre Seghers, presenting powerful French wartime poetry from 1939–1945 that embodies the spirit of resistance and resilience. In the publisher's original cloth binding.First edition. Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.A bilingual anthology presenting French poetry written between 1939 and 1945, selected by poet and publisher Pierre Seghers.Written during the shifting political landscape of wartime France, this anthology features works of resistance, loss, and hope by prominent poets of the Occupation and Liberation periods.Pierre Seghers (1906–1987) was a French poet, editor, and a key figure in the French Resistance"s literary movement. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. The slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Slight offsetting to endpapers with the odd spot. Dust wrapper, generally smart. Unclipped. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities, resulting in the odd closed tear, chip and crease to extremities. Particularly to head and tail of spine, resulting in slight loss. Closed tearing to front wrap, reinforced with tape to inside. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge and first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Good.