First Edition. One of 100 copies of Neruda's translation of Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion and The Mental Traveller which were first published in 1934 in the Spanish literary journal Cruz y Raya. Neruda's translation of The Mental Traveller was one of the first translations of this Blake.....
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79 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A substantial collection of poems, most written in the 1990s. Designed and illustrated by Ariel López. The text is photocopied onto tan recycled paper with printed borders and full-page illustrations between the sections. The covers are stiff.....
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10 leaves. 10-1/2 by 16-3/4 inches. One of 50 copies. The third (?) edition of this anthology of poems about Holguín, each with a distinct design. The poems included are "De mi ciudad" by Lalita Curbelo Barberán; "La ciudad" by Gilberto González Seik; "Calles de la infancia" by Mayda Pérez.....
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Pergamino (folded broadside). 7 by 34 inches, unfolded. Edition size not noted. [Colección Clásicos]. This pergamino has three sections, the title, illuminated with white and yellow paint; the text of the poem, mimeographed from typescript in the center; and an image of an angel at the bottom. The design is by.....
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14 pages. 6-1/4 by 8-1/2 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del Estero. Poems, photocopied on white paper, with illustrations photocopied on Kraft paper. The cover has a sundial design with a cardboard gnomon rising vertically from the front. A handcolored cardboard sun has a rock, painted white, mounted on it.....
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92 pages. 7-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. Colección Trébol. One of 200 copies. A collection of short stories photocopied from computer typescript onto white paper. The title of each story is printed on green handcolored paper affixed a reproduction of handwritten text. The cover design incorporates a paper sculpture of the left.....
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9-1/4 by 5-3/4 inches (envelope). One of 200 copies. Colección Clásicos. Three poems, mimeographed from typescript on tan recycled paper, with a mimeographed cover sheet, in a printed envelope. The poems are folded twice and open to 8-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches; the cover sheet is 8-1/4 by 4-3/4 inches. The poems.....
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15 pages. 6 by 9 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Winner of the Premio América Bobia 2012. Text photocopied on white paper with illustrations by Marialva Ríos. The front cover is cutout in the shape of buildings and a fish head, revealing portions of a handpainted second.....
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109 pages. 7 by 9-3/4 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección Barquitos. A collection of poems appropriate for children written by 43 women writers. The text is printed on white paper. There are collaged and handcolored illustrations at the front and back of the book and on the covers. The index.....
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44 pages. 6-1/4 by 10 inches. An edition of 1500 copies. Colección Graff. An edition of some of Martí's most popular poems, which were first published in New York in 1882. This edition, co-issued by two Matanzas publishers, is described on the colophon as an "industrial y artesanal" book. Indeed it.....
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29 pages, plus an attached pergamino (scroll) illustration. 7-1/2 by 11 inches; the scroll unrolls to 6-1/2 by 18 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Odios falsos is both a significant literary work and an important marker in the development of Ediciones Vigía and Rolando Estévez as book.....
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Pergamino (folded broadside). 7-1/2 inches by 45 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A horizontal pergamino, sometimes referred to as a "plegable", which translates as "folding" but used as a noun. This pergamino variant is much less common than the vertical, hanging structures favored by the press. The.....
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Pergamino (folded broadside). 8-1/2 by 5-1/4 inches; unfolding to 20 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A poem, assembled from several sheets of Kraft paper, mimeographed from typescript with a border illustrating a city street. With a string for hanging at the top and a bellyband with a......
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A pergamino subcategory that Ediciones Vigía refers to as a "cartucho", a Cuban term to refer to flat paper bags used to deliver products; in this case 10 broadsides laid into a brown paper bag. Sheets 6 by 8 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección not noted. One of the delightful.....
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31 pages, printed on odd-numbered pages only. 6-7/8 by 7 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Poems by one of the co-founders of the press, mimeographed from typescript on various stocks of low-quality paper. The sheets are stapled between cardstock with a Kraft paper dust jacket illustrated with.....
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Pergamino (folded broadside). 8-3/4 by 10-1/2 inches, unfolding to 40 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A poem broadside assembled from several mimeographed sheets of Kraft paper with both ragged and sculpted edges. There are illustrations and a decorative border, with some handcoloring, as well as mimeographed collage.....
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Pergamino (folded broadside). 8 by 4-1/2 inches, unfolding to 35 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A poem, mimeographed on orange paper with handcoloring, with a string for hanging affixed at the top. Illustrated by Sigfredo Ariel. OCLC: CSL DEIAI EEM EYM FQG. Very good, with some minor.....
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18 pages. 6-1/4 by 8-3/4 inches. An edition of 200 copies. Colección Barquitos. Poems for children by a two-time winner of the Casa de las Américas prize. Digitally printed on tan recycled paper. Designed and illustrated by Marialva Ríos with collages, many handcolored, including the covers. OCLC: DEIAI EEM FQG FXG LRU.....
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56 pages. 7 by 8-3/4 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección Clásicos. Poems, translated from the Russian by Juan Luis Hernández Milián into Spanish, and printed on gray-brown recycled paper. Designed and illustrated by Enrique Ramos. Covers with paper collage, handcoloring, and yarn adornment; text pages with identical drawn borders. Dated.....
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54 pages. 6-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección Clásicos. Poems, translated from the Ukranian into Spanish by Juan L. Hernández Milián. Digitally printed on white paper with collage illustrations on the covers. Designed and illustrated by Rolando Estévez. Issued with a shaped bookmark of a tree morphing into.....
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18 pages. 7-1/4 by 9-1/2 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A notable book in the press's design evolution, for the number of illustrations by Estévez, and it's literary significance. This is the first publication of the collection of poems by one of the most significant Cuban writers of.....
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74 pages. 6-3/4 by 9-1/4 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. A collection of poems digitally printed on Kraft paper. The cover is a collage of paper and leather scraps. Designed and illustrated by Ivet Báez Andux. OCLC: BNCJM CLU CRU CUI DEIAI DEUEN DRB EEM EYM FQG FXG.....
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63 pages. 7 by 10-1/2 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección Clásicos. An anthology of Russian poetry translated into Spanish and mimeographed onto off-white paper. The illustrations, by Rolando Estévez, are mimeographed onto Kraft paper. The sheets are stapled between coarse cardstock, with a dust jacket illustrated with two handcolored collage.....
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11 leaves; irregularly paginated. 6-1/2 by 9 inches. One of 200 copies. Colección del San Juan. Poems mimeographed from handwritten masters on gray recycled paper. Winner of the Premio Nacional de Poesía América Bobia; an expanded version of this collection was published in Havana in 2003. Illustrated with mimeographed collaged drawings.....
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A pergamino in a paper folder. 6-1/4 by 7-1/4 inches laid into a paper folder that opens to 13 inches. One of 100 copies. Colección del San Juan. A single poem with a laid in illustration reproducing a drawing. Mimeographed on thin brown paper with mimeographed collage elements tipped on. The.....
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