Selected Poems – Jorge Luis Borges
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For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges. First Viking Edition stated, 1999 Viking. First Printing with complete number line, 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.

The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title ink on a wrinkled spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and lightly rubbed corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with an erased price on the half title page. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The rear end paper and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.

The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with the price present on the front flap, and mild edge wear. Looks great in a new archival wrap.

A third and last volume in an important centenary edition of the collected works in English of one of the century’s most respected literary figures offers more than 150 of Borges’s nonfiction works, in wonderful new translations.