Al Rastro. Episodio de "La Guerra Guacha".
Buenos Aires: Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1955. 38 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates. 4to. Loose quires in glassine covered printed wrappers within a portfolio and slip case. First edition. A fine copy in a very good rebacked portfolio with matching slipcase. Colombo Fine Printing 238. Colombo: L'art du livre 233. Item #38198
No. 6 of 92 numbered copies (of a run of 100). This story of "The Gaucho War", published by the Argentine Bibliophile Society under the direction of Armando Braun Menendez, is part of a series of six stories by Argentines illustrated by Argentine artists. The illustrations from the pen of Jorge Argerich (1905-) were etched and drawn by Raul Veroni in his hand press. Printing by Francis A. Colombo. Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874-1938) was an Argentine writer and journalist. La Guerra Guacha was first published in 1905 and made into a film in 1942.
Price: $950.00