Labyrinths
Labyrinths is an English-language selection of Jorge Luis Borges's stories, essays and parables, first published by New Directions in New York in 1962. Edited by James E. Irby and Donald A. Yates, it opens with Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius and also includes The Library of Babel.
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- 2
- First edition
- New Directions, 1962
- First published
- New Directions, New York, 1962
- First UK edition
- UNVERIFIED: Penguin Books, 1970
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More by Jorge Luis Borges
- A Universal History of Infamy1935 · 2 editions
- Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius1940 · 1 edition
- La Biblioteca de Babel1941 · 1 edition
- Ficciones1944 · 2 editions
- Other Inquisitions, 1937-19521952 · 1 edition
- Historia de la Eternidad1953 · 1 edition
- The Book of Imaginary Beings1957 · 2 editions
- El Hacedor1960 · 2 editions
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Who published the first edition of Labyrinths?
The first edition of Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges was published in New York by New Directions in 1962.
How many editions of Labyrinths are there?
We track 2 editions of Labyrinths, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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- Labyrinths (short story collection), Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Labyrinths (Q6467743), Wikidata (wikidata.org)
- Labyrinths editions, Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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