first edition
1988 · London
by Paz, Octavio; Peden, Margaret Sayers
London: Faber and Faber, 1988. First printing. About fine in near fine jacket.. First edition in English of Paz's rich literary portrait of the extraordinary seventeenth-century poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and the society of New Spain that produced her. 9.25'' x 6.25''. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($29.95) color pictorial jacket designed by Amy R. Bernstein. xii, 548 pages. Jacket with short crease to rear top corner. Crisp and clean.
(Inventory #: 53005)