Opening the Eyelid
Brooklyn, NY: diwan, 1990.
First Edition. Wrappers. 77 pp., 6 x 9 inches. First and only edition. Sewn signatures in printed wrappers. Frontispiece portrait of the author by Basil King; cover calligraphy by Suzanne Moore. Issued in a paperback trade edition of a thousand copies; in addition, there were a hundred numbered and signed copies bound in full cloth. New, direct from the publisher. Item #1192
David Rattray, who died in 1993 at the age of 56, was widely known for his translations from Antonin Artaud, René Crevel, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, and many others. This collection is the only accessible edition of his own stunning poems.
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