Octavio Paz - In the Middle of this Phrase - Signed Limited Edition

In the Middle of this Phrase and Other Poems by Octavio Paz. Published in Helsinki by Eurographica, 1987. First edition, thus. Printed in English, translated by Eliot Weinberger.

Number 82 of 350 copies, signed and dated by Octavio Paz at the title page, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1990.

A superb example of Eurographica’s celebrated Contemporary Poets in Signed Limited Editions series, issued in Finland during the 1980s and 1990s. Printed in Italy by Tipografia Nobili (established Pesaro, 1823) on special Michelangelo Paper made at the Magnani Paper Mills, Pescia.

Plain white stiff card wrappers enclosed in a grey dustwrapper with deckled top edge, black titles, and large folds. 68 pages, untrimmed at the edges. The rear of the book includes 8 pages of facsimile manuscript reproductions of one of the poems.

Condition: Very Fine - carefully stored since printing and unread. A superior copy of a rare book.