La sonrisa de la Gioconda

Bibliographic record 2040
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Huxley, Aldous
Title
La sonrisa de la Gioconda
Statement of responsibility
Versión española de M.ª Luisa Buendía
Place of publication
Barcelona
Publisher
Luis de Caralt
Printer
Gráficas Condal, Barcelona
Publication date
1952
Imprint statement
Barcelona : Luis de Caralt, 1952
Language
Spanish
Edition
First edition
Alternative title
The Gioconda Smile
Original work
The Gioconda Smile
Original language
English
Translator
Buendía, M.ª Luisa
2. Physical description
Collation
183 p.
Illustrations
Does not contain
Maps
Does not contain
Format
Not identified
Dimensions
19,5 × 14 cm
Printer's signatures
No observadas en las imágenes aportadas
Paper type
Wove paper
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
Roman type; dramatic text with stage directions; first edition of October 1952
Notes on physical description
Paper lightly yellowed
3. Binding
Binding type
Cloth binding
Materials
Cloth over boards
Colours
Dark green, with title in gilt on the spine
Decoration
Plain boards; gilt fillet at the head of the spine
Spine
«LA SONRISA DE LA GIOCONDA» in gilt
Notes
Cloth lightly rubbed at head- and tail-caps and edges; text block firm
4. Content
Content description
Aldous Huxley's dramatic version of his story The Gioconda Smile, in M.ª Luisa Buendía's translation. A play in several acts dramatising the «Hutton case»: a poisoning and Dr Libbard's investigation, with Juanita and Miss Spence among the characters. The text is presented as dramatic dialogue with stage directions and closes with the word «Curtain».
5. General notes
General notes
Aldous Huxley's dramatic version of The Gioconda Smile, translated by M.ª Luisa Buendía (Luis de Caralt, Barcelona), first edition of October 1952, printed by Gráficas Condal. It bears a «La Torre de Marfil» stamp on the first leaf. From the library of Alfred Gallart.
6. Subjects
Main subject
English literature
Subsubjects
Theatre; drama; translation; 20th century; Huxley
Keywords
Aldous Huxley; La sonrisa de la Gioconda; The Gioconda Smile; M.ª Luisa Buendía; Luis de Caralt; theatre
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
2040
Condition
Good; text block firm and complete; cloth lightly rubbed at caps and edges
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Ownership marks
Not identified
Manuscript annotations
Not identified
Dedications
Not identified
Stamps
«La Torre de Marfil» stamp (a tower emblem) on the first leaf
Restorations
Not identified