Box 1

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The postcard is inscribed "a Haydee Martinez, con total amistad - Jorge Luis Borges 1931."

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Autographed letters signed, Jorge Luis Borges to Macedonio Fernández. One letter, written on a sheet of stationery from the Hotel Bayard, Paris, contains a sketch of a woman playing a guitar.

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Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Evar Méndez, September 1925, together with envelope and a note by Borges on his calling card.

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Manuscript, with numerous corrections and emendations, of Jorge Luis Borges, entitled "Trincheras."

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A critical analysis of Julio Noe.

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Portion of an undated manuscript entitled "Manual de Zoologia Fantastica" with a later inscription by Borges dated September 3, 1963.

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The autograph manuscript of Música patria, written in 1919, contains 1920 and 1923 additions by Borges. The manuscript includes three sketches by Borges of a farm scene, two musicians, and a couple dancing.

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The manuscript was written in 1946 and revised in 1950 and 1955 by Borges and contains six sketches by him, two as part of his signature. One is a detailed half page sketch of "dio Hydra der Dikator" with heads of Hitler, Marx, etc. It was subsequently published as "Nuestro pobre individualismo" (from Otras Inquisiciones).

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Two postcards to Sopena with scenes in Mar del Plata. Borges refers to several of his writings and mentions authors Alejandro Xul Solar, Maunel Peyrou, Amado Alonso, and Pedro Henríquez Ureña.

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Manuscript draft of a central essay in "El Tamaño de mi Esperanza." With the manuscript is a letter, 1948 December 25, Ricardo Molinari to "mi estimato doctor," conveying the manuscript.

Content Description From the Collection: New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...

Content Description From the Collection: New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...

Content Description From the Collection: New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...

Content Description From the Collection: New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...

Content Description From the Collection: New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...

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"S.S." published in 1960 in "El hacedor" under the title "Susana Soca." With the poem is a letter from Borges, 1959 January, Buenos Aires, in the hand of Arevedo de Borges, to the mother of Susana Soca, expressing his sympathy on her daughter's death.

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The note, written in English by Borges's mother and signed by him, thanks Manfred for his comments on "Labyrinth."

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The letter is in the hand of Borges's mother and thanks Cohen for a letter in praise of him, comments that his failing sight has slowed his work, and wishes Cohen well.

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Unpublished manuscript in English.

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Subtitled: "(imaginada con ninguna imaginación por J.L. Borges)." Text differs from published version in Cuaderno San Martín.