ALARCON, Pedro Antonio de; Roger Duvoisin [Illustrator].
The Three-Cornered Hat.
The Limited Editions Club Edition of Pedro Antonio de Alarcón's The Three-Cornered Hat; signed by illustrator Roger Duvoisin and finely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1959.
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Item Number: RRB-148648
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The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this comically satirical novella. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, illustrated throughout. Boldly signed by illustrator Roger Duvoisin on the colophon page at the rear. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 116. In near fine condition with light rubbing to the gilt turn-ins of the rear panel and the gilt ruling to the top right corner of the front panel. Translated out of the Spanish by Martin Armstrong. Introduction by Gerald Brenan. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón is a satirical novella first published in 1874 that exemplifies the Spanish costumbrista tradition, blending regional color with social critique. Set in Andalusia, the story humorously portrays the failed seduction attempts of a corrupt magistrate (the corregidor) toward a miller’s wife, unfolding as a tale of mistaken identity and poetic justice. Drawing on folkloric motifs and comedic archetypes, Alarcón uses lighthearted narrative and ironic tone to critique institutional hypocrisy and class pretensions.
The Three-Cornered Hat.
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