James Cummins Bookseller

Buenos Aires: Sur, 1931-.

Price: $1,250.00

About the item

52 vols. 4to. Original wrappers. Nos. 1 and 3 worn, no. 39 lacking wrappers, others very fresh, some unopened. With a worn duplicate of no. 2. King, John. Sur, A sudy of the Argentine literary journal and its role in the development of a national culture (Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1986); Borges en Sur 1931-1980 (Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1999).

Item #333047

A substantial group of early issues of this influential and long-running literary and cultural journal directed by Victoria Ocampo, notable for many contributions by Jorge Luis Borges, who began with film and book reviews, but later published some of his most important stories and essays in the journal.

Comprising: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11-13, 15-17, 19, 22, 24-30, 32, 33, 38, 39; 76-81, 83-90, 93; 129-131, 133-137, 139, 140, 167.