A Universal History of Infamy Tapa dura - 1972

NY: E. P. Dutton. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525226702 . 1/2" tear at top inside corner of DJ front. ; Weight: 1 Pounds; 146 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1972 First Edition (stated) First Printing in original $6.95-priced dust jascket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, slight shelf rub/edge wear to jacket, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 146pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

E P Dutton, 1972-11-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 0.9000 in x 9.1000 in x 5.6000 in. Lightly read if read at all. Previous owner name inked on front free page. No other markings in book. Binding is fine. 146pp.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1972. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1972. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

E P Dutton, 1972-11-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. [Stated First Edition] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Bookplate on front end page. Sticker removed from rear end page. Clean, unmarked pages. 146 p., 24 cm. <br> "Ostensibly a series of factual accounts about the lives of noted scoundrels, the book in actuality marked the debut as Borges as a storyteller, using that unique blend of fact, fiction, and pseudo-scholarship that later came to full expression in Borges' world-famed short stories." - E.P. Dutton <br> "Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges exerted a strong influence on the direction of literary fiction through his genre-bending metafictions, essays, and poetry. Borges was a founder, and principal practitioner, of postmodernist literature, a movement in which literature distances itself from life situations in favor of reflection on the creative process and critical self-examination. Widely read and profoundly… Leer más

NY: DUTTON.. Fine. 1972. First Edition. 0525226702 . First American Edition. About fine in a like DJ. (Slight discoloration to the orange hue on spine of dust jacket. Mild crease at base of front flap. ) An outstanding copy. (O) .

Borges, Jorge Luis. A Universal History of Infamy. New York:: Dutton, 1972.. First Printing of the First US Edition. ISBN: 0525226702. A Fine copy in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket. This collection of short stories first published in 1935 is responsible for the coining of the term "magical realism", and set the beginning of the movement. The stories except for one are fictionalized accounts of real criminals. The sources are listed at the end of the book, but Borges makes many alterations in the retelling—arbitrary or otherwise—particularly to dates and names, so the accounts cannot be relied upon as historical.