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Lament of the frontier guard.

Accession number
PML 188152
Creator
Li, Bai, 701-762.
Published
New York : Bread and Puppet Press, November, 1967.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Cover title.
"New York City. Text by Rihaku, 8th century A.D. Translated by Ezra Pound"--Rear wrapper.
First American edition.
Illustrated edition by Peter Schumann of Ezra Pound's translation of Rihaku's (Li Po) war poem; originally published in Pound's "Cathay" (1915). Schumann's version draws parallels with the Vietnam conflict.
Library's copy housed in folder in Pound ephemera box.
Description
[40] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
White wrappers illustrated in black; stapled.
Classification
Department