ASTURIAS MIGUEL ANGEL Rayito de Estrella

Sale 2247 - Lot 193

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FIRST WORK ASTURIAS, MIGUEL ANGEL. Rayito de Estrella. [25] pages. Small 12mo, publisher's light green boards printed in olive, scattered light rubbing and soiling, a touch of loss to spine ends and tips; binding threads tender and becoming loose. Paris: (Imprimerie Française de l'Édition), 1929

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one of only ten copies of the first edition of asturias's first work. This small, elegant work containing three poems was written during his years of anthropological study in Paris and the year before his groundbreaking work "Leyendas de Guatemala" (1930). Asturias won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967. The printed note opposite the title-page states: De Este Libro se Tiradon 10 Ejemplares en Papel de Holanda. Only 6 institutional copies recorded.