Adam's Dream: A Preface to Translation (An Evergreen Book) by Ben Belitt - 1978

New York: Grove Press : Distributed By Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Printing. Hardcover. 0394502884 . DJ is beginning to yellow. ; An Evergreen Book; 9.3 X 6.3 X 0.8 inches .

Grove Press : distributed by Random House, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x0. Wear around the edges of the cover, otherwise a good paperback copy (NOT ex-library). Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy; text also very good. Shelfwear is minor. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Grove, 1978. stated 1st . Hardcover. Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included. ISBN: 0-394-50288-4. Translating Pablo Neruda, etc. Dedicated toBernard Malamud Cristina Simoni dj. near fine, vg+ slightly worn dj, black cloth w/ orange bds. 186 pgs

New York: Grove Press,Inc, 1978. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Orange hardcover with silver print on black spine. Minor fading to edges of boards. Binding/pages tight; pages clean and unmarked. Price and date in pencil on ffep. 186 pages. DJ not price clipped; in mylar jacket. Small closed tear at bottom front of DJ and another at top. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

NY: Grove Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 186pp. Very good hardback in a tanned jacket.

1978. Hardcover. Good. Former library book. Signs of wear on the cover. Edition 1978. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Grove Press, 1978. hbk 186pp dj slightly shefworn now in a protective sleeve otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked text

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Princeton: Grove Press, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by Belitt to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco.

1978. New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1978. 24cm x 16cm. 186 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good + condition with only minor signs of wear. Presentation copy. With manuscript letter by Ben Belitt, reflecting on mistakes in the book and comparing it to Borges' "Pierre Menard". Page six inscribed by Ben Belitt to Ben and Ann Malamud. Between an original text and its translation, there is a gap - a "middle kingdom" of unkowns and equivalences - which the translator traverses alone. Ben Belitt, a poet and scholar widely acclaimed for his translation of poetry from the Spanish of Alberti, Machado, Garcia Lorca, Borges, Jorge Guillen, and Pablo Neruda, has mapped out some of the terrain which divides and unifies the languages of the world and compels the translator's search for his function. In the sense that it is the attempt of a distinguished translator to 'come to cases' with the theory and practice of his craft in the on-going drift of choice and… Read More