signed first edition
1988 · Austin
by Rodo, Jose Enrique; Peden, Margaret Sayers; Fuentes, Carlos
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1988. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of this teaching edition of Rodo's classic 1900 essay on esthetic and philosophical sensibility, including a reader's guide and annotated English/Spanish bibliography — inscribed by translator Margaret Sayers Peden. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original grey cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (no price) pale blue dust jacket. 156 pages. Signed and additionally inscribed by Peden on title page: "For Fernando Vega — who may / as a schoolboy have read this / in the original — this classic of / Spanish American thought — / with thanks — / Petch / September (truncated)