Signed by Borges, from His Library
Head-Hunters. Black, White, and Brown.
London: Watts & Co, [1932].
Price: $5,000.00
About the item
Abridged edition. The Thinker’s Library, No. 26. Ilustrated. 1 vols. 12mo. Signed by Borges, from His Library. Brown cloth. Stamp of Perkin & Cia, Buenos Aires, at foot of title. Near fine copy. Signed at the back, Jorge Luis Borges, julio, 1934.
Item #326812
Account of a visit to the Torres Straits in 1898, originally published by Methuen in 1901, here in a popular edition and with the ownership signature of Argentinian author Jorge Luis Borges, who had an unsurpassed curiosity for recondite subjects which often figure in his essays and tales.