Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.
First edition in English, issued simultaneously in hardcover. Signed by Pablo Neruda on the front flyleaf. Bilingual, with text in Spanish on the recto and in English on the verso, translated from the Spanish language by W. S. Merwin. Bound in publisher's original white wrappers, in pink printed dust jacket. Very Good, with light soiling to jacket and fading to spine. From the library of Tom Maschler, with his Quentin Blake-illustrated book plate loosely laid in. Maschler was head of Jonathan Cape, and responsible for publishing authors from abroad, such as Neruda and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and introducing them to an audience in the United Kingdom. A beautiful copy, housed in a custom chemise case. Item #140939575
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