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Lament for the Death of a Bullsighter and other poems
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
Federico García LorcaLondon and Toronto William Heinemann Ltd. English translation of Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías 1938 Early printing "In his Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, Lorca expresses all the colour, pride and deep sorrow Spain. No other Spanish poet has drawn so heavily upon popular inspiration to such splendid ends." CONTACT US at hello@desperateliterature.com for more info or to book a visit!€70.00€70.00 -
Casualties of Peace
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
Edna O’BRIEN
dedicated to Geraldine ChaplinJonathan Cape, London, 1966 This particular copy is signed to Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin, who for many years lived in Madrid! We acquired a good part of her Madrid collection last year and this is one of the treats. Acquired before Edna O'Brien's passing, we removed the post-it note with her telephone number!€225.00
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El general en su laberinto
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
Gabriel García Márquez
FIRMADOEdiciones del Equilibrista, México 1989 FIRMADO / SIGNED€1,000.00
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Journal du Voleur
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
Jean GENET
SIGNEDThe terribly hard to find first edition of Journal du Voleur, here no. 377 of 400, signed by Genet upon the request of Jean-Paul Sartre in his petition to free Genet from jail!€850.00
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Jeux pour acteurs et non-acteurs
GIFTS, Literature, Rare items
Augusto Boal
SIGNEDEditions La Découverte, 1978 SIGNED. Rare indeed to find a signed Boal! Here his Jeux pour acteurs et non-acteurs - Pratique du théâtre de l'opprimé suivi de l'expérience en France, including exercises, games and techniques for actors!€250.00
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Bookland Passport
Literature, Rare itemsThe Bookland Passport Issued by Typewronger books in Edinburgh, this is your passport to, from, in and out of indie bookshops around the world! Get it stamped, signed, or whatever you like, wherever you find an independent bookshop! Riso printed and beautifully illustrated€12.00
All about Bookland:
Bookland is a country you reach through reading, through talking about books with your friends, and through hanging out in your local bookshop. Though we issue passports for Bookland, the territory it encompasses spans the entire known world, plus quite a few as yet unexplored dimensions, and also exists across the totality of the Temporal Realm. Bookland's National Motto is LIBRI SINE TERMINO, which can translate two ways, either as "Books Without Borders" or "Books Without End". All indie bookshops are unofficial Embassies of Bookland, and any can become an Official Embassy simply by issuing passports which can be supplied by emailing the mysterious Secretary to the Grand High Ambassador of Bookland. Citizens of Bookland don't need documentation to prove their status... but it sure is fun! €12.00 -
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The Naked Lunch
Literature, Rare items
William Burrough
SIGNEDThe Olympia Press, 1959 First edition, SIGNED. This carries a stamped 18NF over the original 1500F price. France adopted the nouveau franc in 1963, so we can assume that this edition didn't sell until after this point!€2,750.00
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Ariel
Literature, Rare items
Sylvia Plath
First EditionFirst edition, First Impression Faber and Faber, 1965 An ex-library edition, But with perhaps the brightest dust jacket we've ever handled A lovely edition fit for anybody's shelf! CONTACT US at hello@desperateliterature.com for more info or to book a visit!€325.00€325.00 -
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Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta
Literature, Rare items
Pablo Neruda
SIGNEDFirst edition of Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta, Santiago de Chile, 1967, signed by Pablo Neruda. This copy has travelled a little, though not quite as far and as poorly as Joaquín Murieta, and so shows some soiling and with a slightly faded signature, but is a nice example of this title with Neruda's typical cursive! COMES WITH A FIRST PRESSING VINYL of Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta recorded by Sergio Ortega Here it here.€1,200.00
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Pequeña Antologia
Literature, Rare items
Gabriela Mistral
SIGNEDLovely copy of this signed First Edition of Gabriela Mistral's unpublished poems. Inscribed by the author on the front free page to the Chilean poet Milo Navarro. Comes with a black and white photo from a Lunch at Escuela de Artes Graficas in Santiago de Chile. Picture at the center is Gabriela Mistral. Four from right is the Chilean poet Milo Navarro. Pages are clean with no marks or inscriptions. The Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist was the First Latin American (and, so far, the only Latin American woman) to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. These Anthology of unpublished poems exemplify Mitral's interest in awakening in her contemporaries love for the essences of their American identity.€1,750.00
CONTACT US at hello@desperateliterature.com for more info or to book a visit! €1,750.00
