Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0156225867 ISBN 13: 9780156225861
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. viii, 303 pages; 21 cm. First published under title: Convergencias. Translated from the Spanish. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. 1st thus. "Engrossing essays that reflect the author's vast and subtle knowledge of the world. Topics range from the religious rites of the Aztecs to modern American painting, from Eastern art and religion to love and eroticism." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.
Published by Mariner Books, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 015600061X ISBN 13: 9780156000611
Seller: Steven Edwards, Coalmont, TN, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 320 p. Harvest Book. Audience: General/trade. Illustrated with some in color. Some discoloration to cover otherwise clean and unmarked.
Published by San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, nd,, 1985
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First US edition, stated First edition with ABCDE. 8vo, pp. x, 214. Original burgundy cloth backed boards in original dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket not price-clipped @ $14.95. H4629.
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, San Diego New York London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0156704552 ISBN 13: 9780156704557
Seller: Theoria Books, Andover, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First paperback edition. 160pp. Stated: "First Harvest/HBJ edition, 1992" with 'A' in letter sequence. Tan wrappers with French flaps, title lettering in small black at upper middle right front cover, above author name large lettering in black with white trim across middle front cover, above portrait (detail) of "Orpheus" by Odilon Redon, at lower right front cover. THIN line of wear up lower left spine edge (shows white); red remainder smudge at spine, lower edge; hint of wear at top left spine corner: describes much worse than it is: essentially, newish: Tight binding, sharp corners; no previous owner names; clean text. Looks Unread. New York Times article (6/11/94) on Paz on the occasion of publication of his book, "The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism", laid in, along with Associated Press obituary for "Juan Carlos Onetti, 84; novelist and poet of Latin American" (undated, but, ostensibly, from 1994).
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1995
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism and love. Kirkus Reviews: "Brimming with insight, thoughtfulness and sincerity." Condition: Paperback with cover illustration of "Amor and Psyche Reclining on a Couch". Owner's name and date on front fly leaf, no other writing within. 276 pp. Very Good+ condition. Full refund if not satisfied.
Published by Paladin, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0586091750 ISBN 13: 9780586091753
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Numbers are printed inside, 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Creases on covers. Underlining in pen on some pages inside. Inscription in ink on back end paper.
Published by New York City, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991, 1991
ISBN 10: 015170449X ISBN 13: 9780151704491
Seller: ModernRare, CHICAGO, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 160 pages. Published in 1991. Landmark collection of essays on poetry. Now considered a late-modern classic. The first appearance of the title in English and in the United States. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Octavio Paz's "The Other Voice" in a felicitous English translation. Seven elegant and erudite essays that range across centuries and literatures. The Nobel Laureate tells us how modern poetry came to be, shows what makes it "modern", and speculates on what it may become. He explains Romanticism, Symbolism, Surrealism, what an epic poem is, and what allegory is. The Renaissance Man of Mexican literature, Paz was considered its greatest poet as early as the 1950's. He became a world figure with his elegiac study of Mexico, "The Labyrinth of Solitude", still the single best book on his beloved country. Paz was also a statesman who served in the Mexican government's diplomatic service. The author of more than 30 books, he is regarded as a hero in all of Latin America, despite - perhaps, because of - the fact that he resigned as Ambassador to India when Mexican police opened fire on a group of protesting students. Paz spent much of the rest of his life writing and teaching at Harvard and other universities in the United States and Europe. An absolute "must-have" title for Octavio Paz collectors. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing (American) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER OCTAVIO PAZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 015170449X. no.
Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York, San Diego, London, 1993
ISBN 10: 0151290636 ISBN 13: 9780151290635
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. x, 303 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Translated from the Spanish. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Art, philosophy, religion, and the history of the world converge as Paz celebrates the richness of Mexico in these fourteen dazzling essays. 'To read this collection] is to join a passionate guide for a journey through a new world, the world of the beginning' (Los Angeles Times). Sixteen pages of full-color photographs." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Review in the form of a preamble;Pre-Columbian art: The art of Mexico: material and meaning; Laughter and penitence; Reflections of an intruder;Bustos: I, a painter, an Indian from this village. . .; Mural painting: Re/visions: mural painting; The concealment and discovery of Orozco; Loners and independents: From criticism to offering; Transfigurations; Loners and independents; Maria Izquierdo, seen in her surroundings and set in her proper place; The instant and revelation; Contemporary art: Price and meaning; Contemporary Mexican painting. Size: 8vo. Collectible.
Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1985
ISBN 10: 0151693943 ISBN 13: 9780151693948
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities.
Published by Seaver Books, 1981
ISBN 10: 0394178092 ISBN 13: 9780394178097
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Paperback. White glossy cover with black text and red illustration. Many black and white illustrations throughout the text. Nobel Prize?winner Octavio Paz offers a dazzling mind journey to the sources of poetry. Poet, diplomat, writer, philosopher, hailed as an ?intellectual literary one-man band? by the New York Times Book Review, Nobel Prize?winner Octavio Paz was a key figure in the Latin American Literary Renaissance and in world literature. In this entrancing work, part prose-poem and part rumination on the origins of language and the antic, erotic, sacred nature of poetry, Paz takes inspiration from Hanuman, the red-faced monkey chief and ninth grammarian of Hindu mythology. On a journey to the temple city of Galta in India?which Paz finds partially ruined in a leaf-filled countryside surrounded by forbidding hills?Hanuman?s mythical encounters serve as the springboard for the poet?s speculations on all manners of things, from movement and fixity to meaning and identity, the reality behind language, and the nature of nature. Images of the holy city, complete with the marauding monkeys for which it is known, constantly obtrude on his musings. Perhaps the most poetic of Paz?s prose works, The Monkey Grammarian is visual: every page is rich in images, of palaces and temples, pilgrims and sadhus, and the monkey god himself. Paz?s probing, crystalline prose makes this an unforgettable voyage of the mind. 162pp.CONDITION> Covers are lightly rubbed, Several dogeared pages and some underlining. text is clear and easily read. Binding and textblock are sound. Full refund if not satisfied.
Published by Viking Press, C5a, 1974
ISBN 10: 0670237175 ISBN 13: 9780670237173
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1969. 148 pgs First Edition/First Printing. Price-clipped DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Wide-ranging "ruminations" by one of Mexico's foremost philosphers and poets on the condition of man, early civilizations, art and literature, sex and science and technology, and of materialism, capitalism and Communism. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Viking, New York,, 1973
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Reprint. Hardcover, octavo; black boards with gilt spine titling and orange and pink decorative motifs, dark blue endpapers and top edges mauve; 215pp. Minor wear only; two small marks on side text block edges; small tear on upper spine edge of dustwrapper; slightly browned dustwrapper edges. Very good to near fine otherwise and protected in archival film with white paper backing. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. Essays that range from a review of poet Luis Cernuda to D.H. Lawrence, Lowry and Breton, Fuentes and others. Paz deals with contemporary themes, the nature of drugs; Michaux; Bunuel and modern atheism; Marx and Nietzsche; the notion of Western philosophy as compared to plurality and Oriental philosophy. He further explores politics and ethics, probing the meaning of revolt, rebellion, and revolution.
Published by Harcourt, New York, 1987
ISBN 10: 0151225850 ISBN 13: 9780151225859
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Stated First Edition ABCDE.
Published by Wildwood House, London, 1974
ISBN 10: 0704500841 ISBN 13: 9780704500846
Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. SOFTCOVER 1974. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Uncreased spine. TANNED PAGES. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref PJ19. Alternating Current.
Published by Wildwood House London 1975, 1975
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 148pp., index, Paper toning o/w a nice copy.