BORGES, Jorge Luis. El tamaño de mi esperanza. Buenos Aires: Editorial proa, 1926. Octavo, 151pp. First edition of this early collection of essays. This copy inscribed by Borges on the half title, "A la señorita Concepción Guerrero, con la admiración y el respeto de Georgie". Although already an impossible love, Borges maintains a certain degree of tenderness in the inscription to her first love. Forgotten for almost three quarters of a century, this essays were re-examined by Victor Farías in his 1992 book "El tamaño de mi esperanza, un libro desconocido de Jorge Luis Borges" (Madrid : Anaya & M. Muchnik). A second edition was finaly made in 1993 (Buenos Aires : Seix Barral, 1993) and another more recently (Madrid : Alianza Editorial, 1998). In our copy, Borges has corrected some of the essays profusely: "La pampa y el suburbio son dioses", 7 corrections; "Carriego y el sentido del arrabal", 10 corrections; in "La tierra cárdena", he has replaced the color for "purpúrea" on the title and the three ocurrences in the text; in "La adjetivación", 8 corrections; in "Historia de los ángeles, 1 correction; in "La aventura y el orden", 5 corrections. Many of these corrections penned in by Borges consist an entire sentence that has been rephrased. None of the corrections were included in the 1998 edition, thus rendering this particular book even rarer, as if that were possible. Plus (yes, there is more) this is the first time that Xul Solar collaborated with Borges in a publication, and it is Xul's first incursion in book illustration, in this case by providing five tiny drawings. Borges acknowledges Xul's contributions in the colophon, and also credits the drawing of the title letters to Francisco A. Palomar, a now forgotten cartoonist that was part of the group of collaborators in the magazine Martín Fierro, where in fact Borges met Xul for the first time. Internally near fine with general wear to edges of publisher's printed burgundy wrappers, and an amateurish repair to the bottom left rear corner, where some minor water staining can be still seen. (Becco 51)

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• Category: Extraordinary Books, Manuscripts & Art
• Keywords: association · Inscribed · LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE · Manuscripts · poetry · SIGNED
• Language: Englisch
• Inventory number: 8319LB

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