The Aleph and Other Stories 1933–1969. Together with Commentaries and an Autobiographical Essay.

First edition in English. Tall 8vo. Pp. [6], 7–286, [2, blank]. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; khaki-green endpapers. In the bright green dustwrapper, printed in white, and priced at $7.95 on the front flap. Edited and translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author. Originally published in Buenos Aires by Emecé Editores, S.A. and Editorial Losada, S.A.

Bookplate affixed to upper pastedown, top corners slightly bumped, top edge lightly dust-soiled, some rubbing and colour loss to the dustwrapper's tips, else Near Fine.

Twenty maddeningly ingenious stories that play with the very form of the short story, spanning over four decades, together with a lengthy autobiographical essay which first appeared as a New Yorker profile.

[Becco, Jorge Luis Borges: Bibliografia Total 1923–1973, 281]