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Published 1951. Book size - 19 x 13 cm., pp. 342 + 1 , wood cut illustrations in the text, hand-sewn headbands, marker tape, deckle fore- and bottom edges, 'Harrods' label inside the front board, unusual and unique binding by R. F. Latapiat in natural leatther. Book condition - Very Good ; contents clean, no foxing, slight tanning of the pages towards the fore-edge and decreasing into the textblock, gift inscription (dated 1955) in ink on second front flyleaf (' To Ivor W M Dollar ' . ' from Ralph H Havendyke ' [/ Harendyke ? ] ) ; full leather binding in what appears to be a skewbald pony skin, retaining the hair, with the front having colour painted illustration of a gaucho on horseback together with a homestead and a hand painted title ; the back is clean with a small patch of hair loss towards the top and a couple of scratches, spine complete with ends intact , front clean wtih complete title and illustration and with some patches of hair loss towards the lower front corner. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents. ' Martín Fierro ' is an epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro (1872) and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro (1879). The poem supplied a historical link to the gauchos' contribution to the national development of Argentina, as the gaucho had played a major role in Argentina's independence from Spain. The poem, written in a Spanish that evokes rural Argentina, is widely seen as the pinnacle of the genre of "gauchesque" poetry. ( Adapted from Wikipedia ) . Seller Inventory # 2563
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