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Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 114

The Bread of Days. Eleven Mexican Poets.

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

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Beckett, Samuel (trans.). The Bread of Days. Eleven Mexican Poets. Covelo, Calif.: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1994. Commentary and notes by Octavio Paz and Eliot Weinberger. Includes suite of twelve unbound etchings by Enrique Chagoya and publisher’s prospectus package. Signed by Paz, Weinberger and Chagoya. Text in English and Spanish. Split board covered in handmade-paper with printed image by the artist. Unconventional binding style executed by hand; all materials housed in linen-covered archival case with image inset on cover. Numbered IV of twelve Roman numeral editions to include the suite of etchings. Large 4to. Minor sunning to case, else fine.

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