Confieso que he vivido: Memorias [Numbered, Publisher's Binding]

Neruda, Pablo

Publication: Barcelona: Editorial Seix Barral, 1974. First edition.

Notes: First edition of Neruda's posthumously published memoirs, number 159 of the special large paper issue in a half-leather publisher's binding.

Published six months after Neruda's death in 1973, this autobiography was completed by his widow Matilde Neruda and Miguel Otero Silva from the poet's original manuscript. The text includes Neruda's reflections on his diplomatic career, literary development, and political engagement.

513, [3 blank] pages, including a photographic frontispiece portrait of Neruda with a facsimile signature. 6-1/2 by 9 inches.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing, large paper issue on laid paper). Near fine, bound in the publisher's deluxe half-leather binding, which shows minor wear to the spine ends. Original wrappers bound in, as issued. The size of this numbered, deluxe edition is not specified.

Item No: #12113

Price: $750