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The Swastika Poems
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The Swastika Poems Cloth - 1977

by William Heyen

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1977. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". None . A signed first edition of this important poetical collection from William Heyen on his personal ties with the Holocaust. The first edition of this work. Signed by the author to the title page under his name. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the original cloth binding.Written over a ten-year period, this poetical collection is centered on William Heyen's family history and his time spent visiting a number of sites, both of which relate to the Holocaust. The central prose piece 'Erika' acts as a memoir of a day spent at Bergen-Belsen. His family ties also come into light, as Heyen is the son of German immigrants, and had an uncle who served in the German army. In the original cloth binding. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with slight shelf wear and a light marks to the boards. Dust wrapper has light edgewear and minor sunning to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine
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  • Title The Swastika Poems
  • Author William Heyen
  • Illustrator None
  • Binding Cloth
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Publisher The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York
  • Date 1977
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 909Y10

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