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La Ville Charnelle

Marinetti, F. T

Paris. E. Sansot. 1908
Marinetti's swansong as a traditional poet. By the appearance of his next book of poems in 1910, Marinetti had penned his first Futurist manifesto. Already the images of a racing car and the modern industrial city occur in this book.

Front wrapper with 'Première Edition', title with 'Huitième Edition'.
pp. 232. 8vo. Original publisher's printed wrappers with titles and publisher's vignette to front cover and spine in red and black, advertisements to rear cover.
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