Search Results: other inquisitions 1937 1952 by borges jorge luis

Clarion, 1965, 1965. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good.

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Austin: University of Texas Press, 2000. Paperback in very good condition.. Translated by Ruth L.C. Simms; Introduction by James E. Irby; 38 essays on subjects as diverse as Pascal, Coleridge, P.H. Gosse, Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, Kafka, Keats, Bernard Shaw and several on Books; 205 pages. In a criticism of J.W. Dunne's Experiment with time Borges refers to Tertium Organum.

New York: Washington Sq. Press Pub. By Pocket Books/a Divsion of Simon & Schuster, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo or 12° (Duodecimo): 6¾" x 7¾" tall. 221 pp. Flawless save small tear in first 20 pages and minimally worn edges..

University of Texas Press. Used - Good. Good condition. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on half title page. 2nd printing. (literature, history and criticism)

NY: Clarion Book published by Simon & Schuster, 1968. First paperback edn. 8vo, pp. 205. Paper wraps, a very good copy. A collection by the Argentinean poet.

Paperback / softback. New. This remarkable book by one of the great writers of our time includes essays on a proposed universal language, a justification of suicide, a refutation of time, the nature of dreams, and the intricacies of linguistic forms. Borges comments on such literary figures as Pascal, Coleridge, Cervantes, Hawthorne, Whitman, Valery, Wilde, Shaw, and Kafka. With extraordinary grace and erudition, he ranges in time, place, and subject from Omar Khayyam to Joseph Conrad, from ancient China to modern England, from world revolution to contemporary slang.

Touchstone. Soft cover. Good. Translated by Ruth Simms and introduction by James Irby. Faded covers and yellowed text, tight square binding and unmarked text. Undated 4th printing, copyright 1965.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Texas Press , pp. 224 . Papeback. New.

University of Texas Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

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Souvenir Press, 1964. Boards. Good/Good. Ex-Library.

Souvenir Press Ltd, 1973. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0285647113

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good/Price Clipped. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Small mark to rear board. Corners of boards very slightly rubbed. Dust jacket is price clipped. Closed tear to top edge of rear D/J. (LITERATURE)

University of Texas Press, 1975-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Austin, Tx: University of Texas Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Original Cloth. Dj is soiled, & dj spine is darkened.; 6x9 1/2" .

Austin: University of Texas. A beautifully clean, crisp, hardcover copy in very good condition; faintest foxing at board and text edges. Good plus DJ in mylar cover; sunning at spine, faintly rubbed and one short (3/4" + --) closed tear at spine tail. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1964.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. First American Edition. Collection of 39 essays on various historical figures, originally published as 'Otras Inquisiciones' in 1952 and translated here into English for the first time. A stunning copy. First Printing. Octavo; pale gray cloth, with titles stamped in silver and dark gray on spine; 205pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket, with a barely-perceptible degree of sunning to spine.

Austin :: University of Texas,, 1964.. First Printing of the First Edition. A Fine copy in a Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket with a touch of age darkening to the spine. In this collection of Borges' essays he addresses the notions of journeys in time, place and thought from the times of Chinese Emperor Shih Huang Ti to the post World War II era of British airplane designer John Williams Dunne. He also considers these ideas in the context of the Ancient Persia of Omar Khayyam, Bertrand Russell, Dr. Americo Castro and the Avatars of the Tortise as well as the works of authors like Coleridge, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and others.