ROYET-JOURNOUD, Claude [Keith Waldrop, translator]: Theory of Prepositions. Iowa City & Paris: La Presse, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 202x152mm. 52pp. Almost Fine, with a slight bruise to the first few pages along the fore edge.

The first issue of La Presse's series of translations of contemporary French poetry; series edited by Cole Swenson.

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