First book edition of the most famous novel of the Mexican Revolution. It appeared first a serial within a local newspaper, El Paso del Norte, but later was issued as a single work. It was published in El Paso where the author resided in exile. Subsequent editions are quite different from this first version.
Publisher Info:
El Paso del Norte was a daily Spanish-language newspaper edited by Fernando Gamiochipi
Place of Publication:
El Paso, Texas
Provided By
University of Texas at El Paso
The Special Collections at the University of Texas at El Paso include book, serial, photographic, and manuscript materials about the history of El Paso and Northern Mexico. The UTEP Library contains digital copies of books from the period of the Mexican Revolution and has participated in a project that digitized the local paper.
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Description
First book edition of the most famous novel of the Mexican Revolution. It appeared first a serial within a local newspaper, El Paso del Norte, but later was issued as a single work. It was published in El Paso where the author resided in exile. Subsequent editions are quite different from this first version.
Physical Description
143 p. : 20 cm. in paper wraps.
Notes
First published as a serial as pamphlets inserted in the newspaper, this is the first publication of Los de Abajo in book form. The text differs significantly from later editions. The serialized form had the subtitle "Cuadros y escenas de la revolucion actual." Although the publication date is 1916, the cover date is November, 1915.
Azuela, Mariano, 1873-1952.Los de Abajo: Novela (cuadros y escenas de la revolución mexicana),
book,
1916;
El Paso, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149945/:
accessed April 19, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting University of Texas at El Paso.