Ramon Sender — Requiem for a Spanish Peasant

New York, Las America, 1960. First edition. Cloth. An inscribed, first edition presentation copy of this fiction novel conveying the memoires of a Catholic priest. The first U.S edition. Translated from the original Spanish by Elinor Randall. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper: "To T. S. Mathews very cordially (signature) December 1962". T. S. Mathews, the recipient of this work, is an American magazine editor, including the editor of Time magazine until 1953, and an author.In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Ramon Sender, a Spanish author and journalist. This novel depicts the thoughts of a Catholic Priest called Mosen Millan, as he prepares a celebration for the life of a peasant boy who was killed by the nationalist army. This work was originally published under a different title, 'Mosen Millan&apos. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with bumping to the extremities. The wrap is sound with sunning to the spine, edge wear, marks, small closed tears to the extremities, chips and loss to the head of the front and to the head of the spine. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.