Borges’ Poetry, Inscribed

Poemas 1923-1943.

Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, [1943].

Price: $7,500.00


About the item

First edition. 181, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Borges’ Poetry, Inscribed. Printed wrappers. Spine soiled, some toning to wrappers. Very good plus. Becco 9; Foster A2.1; Helft, p. 64.

Item #324706

Inscribed on the half title, “Para Brughetti, cordialmente, Jorge Luis Borges”

Romualdo Brughetti (1912-2003) was an Argentine art critic and correspondent of Borges, and regular recipient of inscribed copies of Borges’ works. In the late 1930s, Brughetti made a study of the Argentine malaise, published as Descontento creador. Afirmación de una conciencia argentina (1943).