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Zustand: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 219 pages. Published in 1986. Landmark collection of the author's literary essays. Now considered a late-modern classic. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Octavio Paz's "On Poets And Others" in a felicitous English translation. Writings of the great Mexican poet and essayist from the past three decades: Acute and penetrating critical pieces on Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams as well as such great figures as Luis Bunuel, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Andre Breton. "Each chapter is an adventure of the mind" (Publisher's blurb). The Renaissance Man of Mexican literature, Paz was considered its greatest poet as early as the 1950's. Paz became a world figure with his elegiac study of Mexico, "The Labyrinth of Solitude", still the single best book on his beloved country. Paz was also a statesman who served in the Mexican government's diplomatic service. The author of more than 30 books, he is regarded as a hero in all of Latin America, despite - perhaps, because of - the fact that he resigned as Ambassador to India when Mexican police opened fire on a group of protesting students. Paz spent much of the rest of his life writing and teaching at Harvard and other universities in the United States and Europe. An absolute "must-have" title for Octavio Paz collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER OCTAVIO PAZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0805000038. no.

Hardcover. Zustand: Cream cloth spine/brown boards. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: DJ Not Price Clipped (18.95). First Printing of the First US Edition. New York: Seaver Books , 1986. Fine condition in Near Fine Dust Jacket (but for a crease to the rear inner flap, the DJ would also be Fine). No chips. No tears. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Pages are fresh and crisp, probably never read. Sharp corners. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Has chapters on: Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Charles Tomlinson, Jean-Paul Sartre, Baudelaire as art critic, André Breton, Henri Michaux, Dostoevski, Solzhenitsyn, Gulag, José Ortega y Gasset, Luis Buñuel, Jorge Guillén, José Revueltas, and Luis Cernuda. By the winner of 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature. First Printing of the First US Edition. Hardcover. Cream cloth spine/brown boards/DJ Not Price Clipped (18.95). 8vo. xvii, 219pp. .

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1ast.printing/near fine hardback in near fine dustwrapper.an unread copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. uk1st.edition.1st.printing/near fine hardback in a near fine priceclipped dustwerapper.a little foxing on inside of dustwrapper.an unread copy. has ownership signature of us author john barth on quarter title page.

Zustand: Fine. First edition in publisher's original illustrated laminated card wrap covers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 856460184. Contains 143 printed pages of text. Spine sun faded, without any ownership markings, the contents in Fine condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILE.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First edition thus. Octavo ( standard size ). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. In good blue paper covered slipcase. Slipcase has slight wear and scuffing, and a darker smudge on one side. Also, some impressions of letters on board where someone used it as a base for writing. Book is bound in blue cloth with gold and deeper blue designs on covers and spine, xxvii, 334 p. with illustrated binding. One of the more uncommon modern Folio editions.