Bidspirit auction | Important 1st Edition Signed Canto

Important 1st Edition Signed Canto General Mexico City circa 1950, Printed by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. Pablo Neruda - Diego Rivera - Canto General is Pablo Neruda's tenth book of poems. It was first published in Mexico in 1950 by Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. Neruda began to compose it in 1938. Printed in Red and Black, Canto General consists of 15 sections, 231 poems, and more than 15,000 lines. This work attempts to be a history or encyclopedia of the entire American Western Hemisphere, or New World, from a Hispanic American perspective. Original gold dust cover, front Diego Rivera illustrations, and rear endpapers by David Alfaro Siqueiros. Dedication to owner's mother. Additional signatures from Pablo Neruda and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Dimensions: H 14 x W 10 x D 3 inches. Condition: signs of wear, tears to the bounding.