The Aleph (1949/1970) Signed First Edition Reference

El Aleph (Losada, Buenos Aires, 1949) is Borges’s companion collection to Ficciones — seventeen stories including the title story (in which a point in space contains all other points simultaneously), “The Zahir,” “The Immortal,” “The Dead Man,” and “Deutsches Requiem.” If Ficciones established Borges’s method, El Aleph expanded its range.

First Edition Identification

Spanish first: Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, 1949. English first: Dutton, 1970. The Aleph and Other Stories. Translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with Borges.

Signed Copy Market Values

• Signed Spanish first (Losada): $1,500–$5,000
• Signed English first (Dutton): $300–$800
• Unsigned Spanish first: $500–$1,500
• Unsigned English first: $50–$150

El Aleph is the second pillar of the Borges bibliography — essential for any serious Borges collection, though it is slightly less scarce and less universally cited than Ficciones.