In Praise of Darkness: A Bilingual Edition
by Borges, Jorge Luis & Norman Thomas Di Giovanni (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0713909463
- ISBN 13
- 9780713909463
- Seller
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Allen Lane. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. 1st U.K. Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0713909463 . Hardcover with dustjacket, this first British printing is a superb copy, a tiny area of surface wear to the jacket near the bottom of the rear panel is the only remarkable flaw, the original price (3.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Borges writes that 'In Praise of Darkness was my first entirely new volume since 1960, and these were also my first poems since 1929 written with a book in mind. In addition to the English translations, this volume contains the definitive Spanish-langiage text, which, to date exists in no other edition of these writings" .
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- Mainly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 055018
- Title
- In Praise of Darkness: A Bilingual Edition
- Author
- Borges, Jorge Luis & Norman Thomas Di Giovanni (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st U.K. Edition; 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0713909463
- ISBN 13
- 9780713909463
- Publisher
- Allen Lane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0713909463
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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