First Edition
Alturas de Macchu Picchu.1948
Description
Pablo Neruda
First edition,first impression.
No.185 of 500 copies.
Illustrations by José Venturelli.
A hint of wear to extremities, lightly toned, a few faint watermarks, spine holding, crisp and clean inside.
An unrestored copy which is rare.
Recounting his failure in love and his loneliness, Neruda climbs up to Macchu Picchu to seek creativity and redemption only to conclude that the Incas, although noble, ultimately led meaningless lives like him and the rest of us.
