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Evaristo Carriego
by Jorge Luis Borges
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Buenos Aires: M. Gleizer, 1930. First Edition. Good. First edition, first state of this biography by influential Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges. Evaristo Carriego was an Argentine poet at the beginning of the 20th century who also developed lyrics for Tango music. Bound in the original paperback wrappers with black lettering and publisher's device on the back. The covers are aged with toning, chipping and weakening at the head of the spine, sold residue tape mark and old price sticker on the back. With a frostispiece portrait of Evaristo Carriego. The interior is foxed to various degrees, some of the heavier foxing in the preliminaries including title page. With a copy of a handwritten letter by Evaristo Carriego bound in.
Pages: 118 (8) Dimensions: 7½ x 5¾ x (5/8) .
Pages: 118 (8) Dimensions: 7½ x 5¾ x (5/8) .
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- Bookseller
- John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5398
- Title
- Evaristo Carriego
- Author
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- M. Gleizer
- Place of Publication
- Buenos Aires
- Date Published
- 1930
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About John and Tabitha's Kerriosity Bookshop
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
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