Twenty Four Conversations with Borges. Including a Section of Poems
by BORGES, Jorge Luis; Roberto Alifano (Nicomedes Suarez Arauz, et al, transl)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 157pp. Fine copy in bright, unclipped dustwrapper with a few tiny spots of rubbing at extremities, Near Fine. Inscribed by translator Nicomedes Suarez Arauz to playwright Don Petersen, with two lengthy holograph letters from Arauz to Petersen laid in, thanking him for his role in the publication of the book. The cloth edition is scarce.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18732
- Title
- Twenty Four Conversations with Borges. Including a Section of Poems
- Author
- BORGES, Jorge Luis; Roberto Alifano (Nicomedes Suarez Arauz, et al, transl)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...