CELAN, Paul.
Von Schwelle zu Schwelle. Gedichte.
Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, [1955].
8vo, pp. 65, [3]; a very good copy in the original black cloth gilt, with the original cellophane wrapper, printed flaps, short tear to front panel, chip to rear.
First edition of Celan’s second collection of poems. Dedicated to his wife Gisèle, it is Celan’s first book to arise wholly from Paris.
Wilpert/Gühring 16.
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