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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
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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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.
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- 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
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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.
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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