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17 BORGES, Jorge Luis. El congreso. Buenos Aires: El Archibrazo Editor, 1971 to his lifelong friend and illustrator of the English edition First edition in book form, first impression, presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to his lifelong friend and fellow writer, “A Hugo Manning, con perdurable amistad, J Luis Borges” (“With lasting friendship”). Borges remarked that “if of all my stories I had to save one, I would probably save the ‘The Congress’”. Manning (1913–1977) was a Jewish poet, short story writer, and translator. He lived in Argentina from 1939 to 1942, working in various roles for newspapers and magazines including La Nación , Argentina Libre , and The Buenos Aires Herald . It was here that he met Borges, who would become a lifelong friend: Manning’s portrait of Borges was used as the frontispiece for the English edition of this title, The Congress (1974). Manning was in the British intelligence corps during the Second World War, wrote and edited for Reuters, and became Poetry Editor for the New Statesman in 1948. Large octavo. Original white wrappers with flaps printed in black and yellow. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Lightly soiled and toned, a very good copy indeed. ¶ Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand , 1977. £2,250 [135421]
18 BUKOWSKI, Charles. Post Office. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1971 The author’s debut novel, inscribed to the printer, “well, hell, friend – here’s another” First edition, signed limited issue, number 12 of 250 copies in boards signed and numbered by the author, this a presentation copy to the printer, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Phil Klein – well, hell, friend – here’s another. Charles Bukowski, 3–5–71”. This is an excellent association. The Black Sparrow Press was founded primarily in order to print Bukowski’s work, and this title was Bukowski’s first novel, an autobiographical memoir of his time working at the United States Postal Service. The press was founded by John and Barbara Martin in 1966, and Phil Klein was their first printer. He worked in the print shop at the same comv1pany as John Martin, and printed Bukowski’s first seven broadsides at cost because “it was a ‘fun’ project for him” (J. Martin, quoted in Debritto, p. 134). Bukowski wrote “here’s another” in his inscription to Klein since he had printed Bukowski’s first Black Sparrow publication, the poetry collection The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills , in 1969. There were a further 2,000 copies issued in wrappers, and 50 hand-bound in boards with an original illustration by Bukowski. Large octavo. Original red, blue, and white star-patterned cloth-backed pictorial pale blue boards, pale blue spine label, front cover lettered in red and blue, red endpapers. Title page printed in red, blue, and black, monochrome photographic portrait of the author on the final page. Extremities a little sunned, free endpapers darkened, slight offsetting to verso of front free endpaper. A very good copy indeed. ¶ Morrow & Cooney 99. Abel Debritto, Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground , 2013. £7,000 [156551]
All items are fully described and photographed at peterharrington.co.uk
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