THE ALEPH AND OTHER STORIES 1933-1969 - SIGNED

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1970. First American Edition. The author's sixth book translated into English, and together with Ficciones, the collection he considered his major work. The volume collects 20 stories - eleven of which had never previously appeared in book form in English - and a lengthy autobiographical essay. While many of these works are exceptional metaphysical fantasies, the title work stands above the others, describing "a magical point in space which contains all others, and in which the whole infinite universe can be glimpsed" (Barron, Fantasy Literature 3-43). The English versions of these stories are superb; to this point, di Giovanni's translations were the only ones done with Borges's collaboration. Uncommon signed. Becco 281. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-286,[2]pp. Signed by the author in blue ball-point pen on the title page. Light shelfwear, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with gentle sunning to upper and lower board edges, and a few faint ink marks to upper edge of textblock; publication date and price neatly stamped at upper right corner of front endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95), lightly shelfworn, with some wear and a few tiny tears along the upper edge; Very Good+. Housed in a custom clamshell case.