Author: St. John of the Cross; John Frederick Nims [Trans.]
Title: The Poems of St. John of the Cross
Description: New York, Grove Press Inc. 1959 . First edition. Paperback. A new English translation of the poetry of Spanish priest and celebrated poet, St John of the Cross, compiled and translated by John Frederick Nims, who has also inscribed the work. First paperback edition. Author's presentation copy, with the inscription 'M. M. & F. B. K. Ex Dono Authoris&apos. A new English translation of the poems of St. John of the Cross, a renowned and popular sixteenth century lyrical poet, known for his intense and incandescent verse. Containing the original Spanish texts, with the English translation on the page facing. Translated by American poet and academic, John Frederick Nims. In the publisher's paperback binding. Externally, very good, with rubbing to the joints and extremities and the odd mark. Lacking front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Authors inscription to the half title. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: St. John of the Cross John Frederick Nims poetry signed John Frederick Nims None


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