New Directions
Publishing, Inc.
A Checklist:
John A. Harrison, Director
Years 1951-1955
with Anne Marie Candido
1951
1. Berto, Giuseppe. The
Brigand. (LC 51- 12418) 11/26/51. 224 pp. Tr. from French: Angus Davidson.
J: Federico Castellon. P: Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y. Novel.
2. Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924).
Under Western Eyes. (LC 51-12422) xxxvi, 382 pp. Intro: Morton D. Zabel.
J: AL. P: Country Life Press. First U.S. pub. by Harper, 1910. Rights and plates
leased from Doubleday. Series: NC 33. See also 1958 (NDP69).
3. Eluard, Paul (1895-1952).
Selected Writings. (LC 51-12202) xxxvi, 218 pp. 8/28/51. Tr. From French:
Lloyd Alexander. Intro: Louis Aragon Parrot and Claude Roy. Bilingual. J&D:
JL. P: Henri Marchand, Paris. Poetry. See also 1975.
4. Empson, William (1906-1984).
The Structure of Complex Words. (LC 51-12406) 449 pp. 8/28/51. P: Spotiswoode,
Ballantyne & Co., London. Joint production with Chatto & Windus, London.
Literary criticism.
5. Firbank, Ronald (1886-1926).
Three More Novels. (LC 51-9910) xx, 426 pp. 3/26/51. Intro: Ernest Jones.
Fr: Pastel of Firbank by Charles Shannon. J: Andy Warhol. By arrangement with
Duckworth, London and Coward-McCann, N.Y. Contents: Caprice; Inclinations;
Vainglory. See also 1986 (NDP614).
6. Gracq, Julien (b. 1910).
The Castle of Argol. (LC 51-14938) 146 pp. 12/27/51. Tr. from French:
Louise Varse. Orig. title: Le Chateau d'Argol. J: AL. Joint production
with Peter Owen, London. Novel. Series: DS 22.
7. Hatfield, Henry Caraway
(b. 1912). Thomas Mann. (LC 51-11030) x, 180 pp. J: AL. P: VB. Series:
MML. See also 1961.
8. Hawkes, John.(1925-1998)
The Beetle Leg. (LC 51-14554). 160 pp. 11/27/51. J: GH. D: Sophie Hawkes.
P: BP. Novel. See also 1967 (NDP239).
9. Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856).
The North Sea. (LC 51-14555) 96 pp. 11/19/51. Tr. from German: Vernon
Watkins. J&D: CC. P: PP. Handset type on Arak paper. Bilingual.
10. Hesse, Hermann (1877-1962).
Siddhartha. (LC 51-13669) 154 pp. 10/24/51. Tr. from German: Hilda Rosner.
Gift ed. J: AL. D: GH. P: VB. Novel. Series: NC 34. See also 1957 (NDP65),
1964.
11. Jarry, Alfred. Ubu
Roi. (A2-9383) 184 pp. Tr. from French: Barbara Wright. Drawings: Jarry
and Pierre Bonnard and 204 drawings by Franciszka Themerson on litho plates
and printed in black on yellow paper. Portraits of Jarry by L. Lantier and F.
A. Cazals. Import from Gaberbocchus Press, London. Includes also "Song
of the Disembraining." See also 1961 (NDP105).
12. Kenner, Hugh. The
Poetry of Ezra Pound. (LC 51-12356) 342 pp. 9/5/51. J: GH. Joint production
with Faber & Faber, London.
13. Laughlin, James (Editor)(1914-1997).
ND 13--New Directions in Prose & Poetry. 544 pp. J: AL. D: DK. P:
BRMP.
14. Mallarmé, Stéphane
(1842-1998). Poems. (LC 51-14119) viii, 312 pp. 10/29/51. Tr. from French:
Roger Fry. Comment.: Charles Mauron and Julian Bell. J: AL. D: MSK. P: VB. Bilingual.
Series: NC 28.
15. McCullers, Carson (1917-1967).
The Member of the Wedding. (LC 51-10532) 118 pp. Fr: photo of the Broadway
stage set. The acting version of the Broadway play. J: GH. P: Country Life Press,
Garden City. N.Y. See also 1963 (NDP153).
16. Michaux, Henri (b. 1899).
Selected Writings: The Space Within. (A52-9239) xxii, 298 pp. 10/10/51.
Tr. from French: Richard Ellmann. Orig. title: L'Espace du dedans. D&J:
JL. P: Henri Marchand, Paris. Bilingual. See also 1968 (NDP264).
17. Lafayette, Madame de
(Pseud.) Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne. (1634-1963). The Princess of
Cleves. (LC 51-10612) xxviii, 210 pp. 5/11/51. Intro. and Tr. from French:
Nancy Mitford. J: AL. P: VB. Novel. Series: NC 31. See also 1988 (NDP660).
18. Pound, Ezra Loomis (1885-1972).
ABC of Reading. (A51-7954) 206 pp. 4/26/51. J: AL. First U.S. printing,
Yale Univ. Press. Joint production with Faber & Faber, London. 3,500 sets
from Faber. Series: NC 30. See also 1939, 1960 (NDP89).
19. ___________. (Translator). Confucius: The Great Digest & Unwobbling Pivot. (LC 51-8850) 192 pp. 12/19/51. J: GH. P: BRMP. With a note by Achilles Fang and reproductions of the Stone Texts. See also 1947, 1969 (NDP285
20. Read, Herbert Edward
(1893-1968). Collected Poems. (LC 51-10654) 202 pp. 6/3/51. Import from
Faber & Faber, London.
21. ___________. Phases
of English Poetry. (LC 51-2807) 192 pp. J: AL. P: BP. Series: DS 19.
22. Rexroth, Kenneth (b.
1905). Beyond the Mountains. (LC 51-9631) 190 pp. 2/7/51. J: AL. P: BP.
Four plays. Series: DS 20. See also 1974 (NDP384).
23. Rukeyser, Muriel (b.
1913). Selected Poems. (LC 51-12264) 112 pp. 9/15/51. J: AL. P: VB. Series:
NC 32. See also 1963 (NDP150).
24. Turnell, Martin. The
Novel in France. (LC 51-9687) xvi, 432 pp. Illus. J: GH. P: Western Printing,
Bristol. Joint production with Hamish Hamilton, London. Essays on Proust, Flaubert,
Madame de Lafayette, Balzac, Constant, Choderlos de Laclos, Stendhal.
25. Vittorini, Elio (1908-1966).
The Twilight of the Elephant. (LC 51-10545). Tr. from Italian: Cinina
Brescia. Orig. title: Il Sempione strizza l'occhio al Fréjus.
Novella. Series: DS 21. See 1993. See also 1973 (NDP366).
26. Williams, Tennessee
(1911-1983). I Rise In the Flame of the Phoenix. (LC 52-1805) 44 pp.
Note: Frieda Lawrence. 310 copies: I to X on Umbria paper; 11 to 310 on Rives
paper; all signed by the author. Boxed. Hand printed by Harry Duncan & Wightman
Williams at the Cummington Press, Cummington, Mass. Play about D. H. Lawrence.
27. __________. The Rose
Tatoo. (LC 51-11004) xvi, 144 pp. Fr: drawing of stage set by Boris Aronson.
J: AL. D: after JM. P: ABSP. Illus. See also 1972, 1990.
28. Williams, William Carlos
(1883-1963). Collected Earlier Poems 1906-1939. (LC 51-8849) 482 pp.
12/17/51. D: MSK. J: after PB. P: HC.
29. __________. Paterson
(Book Four). 60 pp. 6/11/51. D&J: GWV. P: VVP. See also 1951,
1963, 1968, 1992.
30. __________. Paterson (Books 1, 2, 3, & 4). 238 pp. 11/12/51. J: AL. P: VB. Series: NC 26.
1952
1. Borchert, Wolfgang (1921-1947).
The Man Outside: The Prose Works of Wolfgang Borchert. (LC 52-6289) xii,
260 pp. Tr. from German: David Porter. Orig. title: Draussen von der Tür.
Intro: Stephen Spender. J: Ley Kenyon. Joint production with Hutchinson, London.
See also 1971 (NDP319).
2. Brossard, Chandler (b.
1922). Who Walk in Darkness. (LC 52-8562) 192 pp. 4/10/52. J: Henry Billings.
P:VB. Novel. See also 1962 (NDP116).
3. Carrier, Warren Pendleton.
The Hunt. (LC 52-12092) 208 pp. J: Joan Stanton. Joint production with
Peter Owen, London. Printed in Holland. Novel.
4. Cossery, Albert (b. 1913).
The Lazy Ones. (LC 52-13223) 158 pp. 10/3/52. Tr. from French: William
Goyen. Orig. title: Les Fainéants dans la valle fertile. Joint
production with Peter Owen, London. Printed in France. Novel.
5. Hutchins, Maude Phelps
(McVeigh). Love Is a Pie. (LC 52-13036) 223 pp. 9/29/52. J: GH &
Andy Warhol. P: BRMP. Stories, sketches, & plays.
6. Laclos, Pierre Ambroise
Choderlos de (1741-1803). Dangerous Acquaintances. (LC 52-12138). xii,
370 pp. Tr. from French: Richard Aldington. Orig. title: Les Liaisons dangereuses.
J: AL & Barrows. P: MP. Photo-offset from Routledge, London. Ed. Novel.
See also 1957 (NDP61).
7. Micks, Wilson; Jean Mouzat.
Le Français tel qu'on le parle. (LC 52-2540) viii, 248 pp. D:
Peter Oldenburg. P: ABSP. Textbook.
8. Miller, Henry (1891-1980).
The Books in My Life. 324 pp. Illus. with photos. J: GH. Joint production
with Peter Owen, London. Printed in Ireland. See also 1969 (ND280).
9. Pound, Ezra Loomis (1885-1972).
The Spirit of Romance. 248 pp. (LC 53-5860). First U.S. pub. by Dutton,
1910. Joint production with Peter Owen, London. Printed in Ireland. Literary
criticism. See also 1968 (NDP266).
10. __________. Guide
to Kulchur. (LC 52-12142) 380 pp. 8/29/52. (Author's original title). J:
GH. P: MP. New enl. ed. Previous ed. 1938 (Culture). Includes 20 pp.
Of "Addenda 1952." See also 1938, 1968 (NDP257)
11. Rexroth, Kenneth (b.
1905). The Dragon and the Unicorn. (LC 52-14902) 176 pp. D: DK. P: BRMP.
Poem.
12. Sartre, Jean Paul (b.
1905). Intimacy [Previously under the title The Wall and Other Stories].
J: GH. Second binding. Reissue in smaller format, 1959. Second ed. 1969. Third
ed. 1975. See also 1948, 1959, 1969 (NDP272), 1975.
13. __________ Nausea.
238 pp. Tr. from French: Alexander Lloyd. J: AL. P: MP. Second binding. Series:
NC 35. See also 1949, 1959 (NDP82), 1964.
14. Stendhal (Pseud.); Beyle,
Marie Henri (1783-1842). Lamiel. (LC 52-10026) 256 pp. 5/28/52. Intro.
and Tr. from French: T. W. Earp. J: AL. P: Alan S. Browne, Inc., Brattleboro,
Vt. Novel. Series: DS 23.
15. Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953).
In Country Sleep & Other Poems. (LC 52-7569) 36 pp. 2/28/52. Fr:
photo of Thomas by Marion Morehouse. D: PB. P: WPO. 100 copies on Stoneridge
paper, boxed, signed by the author, and 5,000 on Kilmory paper.
16. Vittorini, Elio (1908-1966). The Red Carnation. (LC 52-11063) 244 pp. Tr. from Italian: Anthony Bower. Orig. title: Il Garofano rosso. J: AL & Yee. P: Country Life Press, Garden City, N.Y. Novel.
1953
1. Constant, Benjamin (1763-1830).
Cecile. (53-A114927) xx, 126 pp. 6/26/53. Tr. from French: Norman Cameron.
Ed. and Annot.: Alfred Roulin. J: Philippe Julian. Joint production with John
Lehmann, London. Novel.
2. Corvo, Baron (Pseud.);
Frederick William Rolfe (1860-1913). The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole:
A Romance of Modern Venice. (LC 53-10680) xvi, 300 pp. 7/15/53. Intro: A.
J. A. Symons. Foreword: W. H. Auden. J: Andy Warhol. Joint production with Chatto
& Windus, London.
3. Gide, André (1869-1951).
Marshlands & Prometheus Misbound. (LC 53-13070) 192 pp. 11/24/53.
Tr. from French: George Painter. J: Clement L. Resseguier. P: MP. Photo-offset
from Secker & Warburg, London, ed. Two satires.
4. Guerney, Bernard Guilbert
(Editor and Translator) (b. 1930). New Russian Stories. (LC 53-10128)
240 pp. 6/11/53. J: GH. Joint production with Peter Owen, London.
5. Hutchins, Maude Phelps
(McVeigh). My Hero. (LC 53-8203) 218 pp. 4/20/53. J&D: SS. P: HC.
Novel.
6. Laughlin, James (Editor)
(1914-1997). ND Fourteen--New Directions in Prose & Poetry. xvi,
408 pp. 2/11/53. J: Imre Reiner. D: DK. P: BRMP.
7. Merton,