Poems New and Collected 1957 - 1997.

First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poems spanning 40 years; a wonderful compilation. Octavo. Original boards. Signed by the author with a transcription of one of her poems as follows, "Every beginning is only a sequal, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through- Wislawa Szymborska". Near fine in a fine dust jacket.