MacLennan, Ewen & Snow, Charles WilbertBiblio.com
By the Waters of Manhattan
1962rif. 523730New York: New Directions - San Francisco Review 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition of this collection of verse. With English translations and an introduction by Brian Hill. C.P. Snow contributes a three-page introduction. Pictorial wrappers. xi 113pp. 3pp. Covers are moderately worn at extremities bottom corners creased on wrappers else a very good copy. Inscribed by Charles Reznikoff to Milton Hindus in year of publication: "for Milton Hindus with the kindest of regards of Charles Reznikoff. August 20 1962" on the half-title page. Heavily annotated by Milton Hindus with ink scorings and notes throughout and his lengthy ink annotations on three leaves. Hindus wrote the introduction to the 1986 reissue of Reznikoff's first novel of the same title and also wrote two books about Charles Reznikoff and edited a collection of his letters-- 'Charles Reznikoff: A Critical Essay' published in 1977 by Black Sparrow Press and 'Charles Reznikoff: Man and Poet' published in 1984 by the National Poetry Foundation. issued as ND Paperbook 121not to be confused with the author's first novel under this same title published in 1930 by Charles Boni with an introduction by Louis Untermeyer. A nice association copy. New Directions - San Francisco Review unknown
