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Title

The bread of days = El pan de los días : once poetas mexicanos = eleven Mexican poets / translated by Samuel Beckett ; notes on the poets by Octavio Paz ; commentaries by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz ; twelve etchings by Enrique Chagoya.

Publication

Covelo, Calif. : Carolyn and James Robertson, Yolla Bolly Press, [1994]

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Additional Authors

• Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.
• Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.
• Weinberger, Eliot.
• Chagoya, Enrique.
• Johnson, Aaron.
• Robertson, James, 1935-2001.
• Robertson, Carolyn.
• Webb, Jocelyn, 1968-
• Romero, Jesús
• Patience, Curtis
• Chen, Julie.
• Menge, Renée.
• Yolla Bolly Press. prt

Description

xiv, 123 p. : 12 ill. (some col.); 36 cm.

Uniform Title

Anthology of Mexican poetry. Selections. 1994.

Alternative Title

Pan de los días

Subjects

• Mexican poetry > Translations into English
• Typefaces (Type evidence) > Bembo

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bembo.

Note

• "Of the one hundred forty-one copies in the edition, one hundred twenty-one were offered for sale. Copies 1 to 85 are each enclosed in a slipcase. Copies lettered A to X are each accompanied by one unbound print and enclosed in a slipcase. Copies bearing Roman numerals I to XII are each accompanied by a suite of twelve unbound prints and enclosed in a box. The remaining twenty copies are reserved for the Press and the artist"--Colophon.
• "This book, the twentieth issued with this imprint, was designed by and printed for James and Carolyn Robertson at the Yolla Bolly Press ... The verse was set by hand in the Bembo types at the Press by Jocelyn Webb. The text pages were printed from the type at the Press by Aaron Johnson, who also assisted with the planning of the edition. The English text was printed on mouldmade Zerkall Halbmatt. The Spanish text was printed on Twinrocker Chapin, which was handmade for this edition."--Colophon.
• Poems, translations and notes by Paz selected from: Anthology of Mexican poetry / translated by Samuel Beckett ; preface by C.M. Bowra. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1958.
• Illustrations: 12 full-page etchings, printed in 1 or more colors. Printed by Jesus Romero and Curtis Patience on Lana Royal paper. Each initialed in pencil by the artist. Vignette on t.p., printed in brown.

Language (note)

• Text of poems in Spanish and English.

Binding (note)

• Binding: Light brown paper boards with exposed stitches on natural cloth spine; large version of t.p. vignette, printed in reddish brown, on front cover. Issued in natural cloth-covered slipcase. "The binding structure was designed for the Press by Julie Chen. Renée Menge bound the book by hand at the Press"--Colophon.

Contents

Introd. / Eliot Weinberger -- Bernardo de Balbuena -- Luis de Sandoval y Zapata -- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz -- Ignacio Rodríguez Galván -- Salvador Díaz Mirón -- Manuel José Othón -- Amando Nervo -- José Juan Tablada -- Enrique González Martínez -- Ramón López Velarde -- Alfonso Reyes -- Notes on the poets / Octavio Paz -- Afterword: a conversation with Octavio Paz [July 13, 1994].

Call Number

*KP+ (Yolla) 05-53

LCCN

97199263

OCLC

• 38199257
• NYPG05-B10148

Title

The bread of days = El pan de los días : once poetas mexicanos = eleven Mexican poets / translated by Samuel Beckett ; notes on the poets by Octavio Paz ; commentaries by Eliot Weinberger and Octavio Paz ; twelve etchings by Enrique Chagoya.

Imprint

Covelo, Calif. : Carolyn and James Robertson, Yolla Bolly Press, [1994]

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 30; signed by the commentators and the artist.

Language

Text of poems in Spanish and English.

Binding

Binding: Light brown paper boards with exposed stitches on natural cloth spine; large version of t.p. vignette, printed in reddish brown, on front cover. Issued in natural cloth-covered slipcase. "The binding structure was designed for the Press by Julie Chen. Renée Menge bound the book by hand at the Press"--Colophon.

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Added Author

Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989.

Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998.

Weinberger, Eliot.

Chagoya, Enrique. Illustrator. Etcher

Johnson, Aaron. Printer

Robertson, James, 1935-2001. Book designer

Robertson, Carolyn. Book designer

Webb, Jocelyn, 1968- Compositor

Romero, Jesús, printer of plates.

Patience, Curtis, printer of plates.

Chen, Julie. Binder

Menge, Renée. Binder

Yolla Bolly Press. Printer

Added Title

Anthology of Mexican poetry. Selections. 1994.

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Yolla) 05-53