Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo
Arion Press limited edition of Rulfo's classic of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Featuring ten two-sided prints by Enrique Chagoya on handmade Japanese Yamekozo Hadaura paper and two roundels. With an introduction by Alfred Mac Adam. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Chagoya, of which this is number 38.
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2016. Smyth-sewn binding with handsewn silk endbands, three-piece cloth cover, green on the sides and blue on the spine, foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya, stamped on the spine with titling, in the original matching slipcase; pp. 152 numbered pages (by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition) for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints, consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge, with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper, making three leaves, which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. A fine copy in a fine slipcase showing just traces of shelfwear.