{"product_id":"if-not-winter-fragments-of-sappho-2019-folio-society-first-print-anne-carson","title":"If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho\u003c\/strong\u003e. London: The Folio Society, 2019. First printing thus. Translated by Anne Carson, images by Jenny Holzer. 254 × 182 × 37 mm. Pp. [1–2], [i–vi] vii–xvi [xvii–xviii], [1] 2–392 [393–396]: [1] colour plate (facing p. [iii]). Type: Aria Text. Printed letterpress by Social Enterprise Printing. Bound by Josef Spinner in full blue cloth with inset letterpress title label; dark blue endleaves. Dark blue slip case with image by Holzer on one side. The two images are products of a 2013 collaboration between the translator and artist where lines from the poetry were engraved into rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA near-fine book with pages clean, bright and tightly bound. In like slipcase with a hint of shelf-wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA truly beautiful edition, printed letterpress, of the lyrical and haunting translation of the ancient Greek poet Sappho by contemporary poet and classicist Anne Carson. Carson uses brackets to indicate missing text and preserve the fragmentary nature of Sappho’s surviving work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54411027513683,"sku":null,"price":260.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/If-Not-Winter-FRAGMENTS-OF-SAPPHO-Anne-Carson-Tr-LETTERPRESS-Folio-Society-2019_2_cac325ea-72e4-44d5-914d-fe85f5c89555.webp?v=1785100816","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/if-not-winter-fragments-of-sappho-2019-folio-society-first-print-anne-carson","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}