RARE REVOLUTIONARY POEMS
ALBERTI, Rafael. Consignas. Madrid, Ediciones Octubre, 1 May 1933.
8vo, pp. [32]; ms. note on title and faint stamp on verso; paper lightly browned, but in good condition in the original printed wrappers, discoloured, creased where the pamphlet has at one time been folded; in a cloth box.
Very rare: a collection of revolutionary poems, published under the imprint of the revolutionary left-wing periodical Octubre, founded by Alberti together with his wife María Teresa León. Octubre first appeared a month later, in June 1933, and ran irregularly until April 1934. The collection begins with a 6 pp. introduction by Xavier Abril: ‘Poesía y Revolución’.Not in OCLC, RLIN, or the British Library catalogue; NUC records a single copy, at the University of Minnesota (Nov. 2002).
£750
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