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CATALOGO DEL DEPARTMENTO DE LIBRERIA, 1920.

- N.P. (Buenos Aires) : n.p. (Gath & Chaves) 1920 - large 12mo. - stapled, stiff paper wrappers. - 174 pages. - Order Nr. 50226 - Price: $ 15.00

Catalogue of the book dept. of a Buenos Aires business called The South American Stores, Gath & Chaves Ltd. for 1,000's of current titles. Listings include: much art and literature (emphasizing classics); no children's category except for school and educational books; serious works on natural science, psychology etc., often of an introductory nature, and historical and some political works, but relatively little on current/controversial topics. Many titles in French and English. Some modern customers would find this all deplorably primitive: no cat calendars, celebrity bio's, swimsuit issues, pop-psych tomes, or messages from UFO's. And how did they dare offer all those foreign-language books without a proper, correct multicultural section? Wrappers soiled, rather loose.

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TOUCHINGS by Paterson, Alistair Limited to 80 copies. Signed by the author and illustrator. The text, in English, is illustrated with four silkscreens by Bertrand Bracaval. Bracaval has been awarded many prizes through nearly four decades beginning with the Prix Lafont in 1967 and most recently the Prix Robert Beltz in 2002. His works are continually exhibited and are held in such public collections as the Centre George Pompidou, British Library, and the Boston Athenaeum.