ALTURAS DE MACCHU PICCHU (THE HEIGHTS OF MACCHU PICCHU) – LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
Santiago: Editorial Nascimento, 1954. Limited Edition. The definitive edition of the Chilean Nobel Prize-winner's finest longer poems, published in honor of his 50th birthday celebration. Inspired by his journey to the ancient Peruvian city nestled in the Andes, the poem would later become the second part of Neruda's Canto General. Loyola 313; Becco 97; Fisher 47. Item #5763
One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.529. Quarto (27cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [ii],[4],5-77,[5]pp; with photographic illustrations throughout by Martin Chambi. Moderate wear to wrapper extremities, with some toning and scattered soil to same, and a few contemporary holograph notes (in ink) on rear wrapper; Chilean booksellers rubber-stamp to preliminary blank, with scattered foxing to text edges and margins; Very Good, lacking the bibliographic insert on green stock.
Price: $1,750.00