# Is "The Aleph and Other Stories 1933–1969" by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni with Borges) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of The Aleph and Other Stories 1933–1969 by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni with Borges) (E. P. Dutton, New York, 1970) is identified by: First edition thus in English; cloth in dust jacket, 1970, the first American edition. First-thus: the di Giovanni/Borges English Aleph is an original selection.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First edition thus in English; cloth in dust jacket, 1970, the first American edition
- Collects twenty stories (eleven not previously in book form in English) plus Borges's commentaries and an 'Autobiographical Essay' written for this volume directly in English with di Giovanni
- This English compilation does not correspond exactly to the Spanish El Aleph
- Publisher imprint reads E. P. Dutton, New York
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni with Borges) |
| Publisher | E. P. Dutton, New York |
| Year | 1970 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First edition thus in English; cloth in dust jacket, 1970, the first American edition |
| Book-club edition exists? | — |

## Points of issue
First edition thus in English; cloth in dust jacket, 1970, the first American edition. Collects twenty stories (eleven not previously in book form in English) plus Borges's commentaries and an 'Autobiographical Essay' written for this volume directly in English with di Giovanni. This English compilation does not correspond exactly to the Spanish El Aleph (1949).

## Is this the true first?
First-thus: the di Giovanni/Borges English Aleph is an original selection. The true first of the title story's home collection is the Spanish El Aleph (Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires, 1949). A UK edition (Cape, 1971) followed the US Dutton.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Later Dutton and paperback printings (e.g., Bantam, 1971) and the UK Cape are not the US cloth first.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *The Aleph and Other Stories 1933–1969* by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. Norman Thomas di Giovanni with Borges) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/the-aleph-and-other-stories-1933-1969
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.