1998, ISBN: f67486e078414cc13f5279e5bc7e4ceb

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[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ranney, Edward. Quarto size, 30 pp., signed by Edward Ranney. Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (born Ricardo Elie… Mehr…

[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Ranney, Edward. Quarto size, 30 pp., signed by Edward Ranney. Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (born Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes y Bosoalto, 1904-1973) became known as a poet at the young age of 10 years and began publishing his verse at 15; Gabriel Garcia Marquez once called Neruda "the greatest poet of the 20th century in any language", and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. This volume is a portion of the Canto General (General Song) which consists of more than 15,000 lines, being a telling of the entire American Western Hemisphere from an Hispanic American perspective; it is a beautiful poem of praise to the continent as it flourished before the arrival of the Spanish. Wonderfully brought to life by the photogravures of the work of Edward Ranney (b. 1942), who has been internationally recognized for his images of Inca and Mayan landscapes and architecture; Scientific American commented that Ranney did "more than any other photographer to show the works of the Incas as they are set into numinous mountain landscapes that somehow called forth those superb forms into stone" (N.B., above info from Wiki and the monthly newsletter). ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in rough green linen over boards, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, text presented in both Spanish and English in two columns, the ten photogravures bound in throughout the text; type Monotype Centaur on Velin Arches, printed at the Golgonooza Letter Foundry with the photogravures made and printed by Jon Goodman, oblong, being approximately 12" tall and 14.5" wide, unpaginated with fifteen printed leaves; limited edition of 300, this no. 56, signed by Edward Ranney; monthly newsletter loosely laid in. The clamshell box is covered in black linen cloth, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, lined inside with black velvet. ___CONDITION: Fine, the dark green binding bright and unfaded, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, perfectly straight corners with no rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp, as new. The monthly newsletter is also fine, as is the clamshell box. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help., The Limited Editions Club, 1998, 5<

1998, ISBN: f67486e078414cc13f5279e5bc7e4ceb

Gebundene Ausgabe

Hardcover, Fine in slipcase, as issued, Signed, Pablo Neruda, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, Edward Ranney, LEC, Modern Firsts, South America, Peru, Illustrated Books, Nobel Prize,… Mehr…

Hardcover, Fine in slipcase, as issued, Signed, Pablo Neruda, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, Edward Ranney, LEC, Modern Firsts, South America, Peru, Illustrated Books, Nobel Prize, Limited Editions Club, South America|Limited Editions Club|Signed|Illustrated Books|Limited Editions Club, Oblong folio (15" x 12") bound in full dark green linen with a black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Translated by John Felstiner and illustrated with photogravures by Edward Ranney. This poem is the result of a visit by the Chilean winner of the Nobel Prize to the mysterious citadel in Peru built by the Incas. "The superb photographs of Macchu Picchu by Ranney that accompany Pablo Neruda's Heights of Macchu Picchu stand among the finest works of a photographer whom one critic calls 'a very modern visionary of the antique, ' embodying 'a gnomic monumentality, an almost clinical sublimity. '" Copy #154 of 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the translator and by the illustrator. Monthly Letter laid in. , [New York], [PU: Limited Editions Club]<