Volumen 1 440 pages, ISBN 8402067468; Volumen 2, 536, ISBN 8402067476. The hardback covering is library rebinding, as the 2 books would have started life as a paperbacks. The boards are covered in contact and there is a typed synopsis of the book in both Spanish and English glued to the the front paste down; the back end paper has been carefully cut out in both volumes replace by new ones. In Volume 1, from the title page to page 15 the pages need to be turned gently as they are attached precariously to the book, beyond that the book is rock solid, as is Volume 2 . Both suffer fromn the usual library stamps, these present in the preliminaries, the fore-edge and back paste only, the body of the book is untouched. Both volumes appear unread. Spanish edition "Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo ( 24 August 1899 - 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish-language and universal literature. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, philosophers, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges' works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have been considered by some critics to mark the beginning of the magic realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature. His late poems converse with such cultural figures as Spinoza, Camões, and Virgil." (Wikipedia)