Ramón Gómez de la Serna

RAMÓN GÓMEZ DE LA SERNA (Madrid, 1888-Buenos Aires, 1963).
-Cuentos de gin de año", 1st edition, 1947. Clan Bookstore, Madrid. Softcover binding with flaps. Illustrated cover. El lagarto al sol collection and original illustrations by Don Eduardo Vicente.
- Mi tía Carolina Coronado", 1st Edition, 1942. Edited by Emecé editores, Buenos Aires. Paperback binding with flaps. It has a plate with a black and white portrait of Coronado made by Madrazo.
- Trampantojos", 1st Edition, 1947. Ed. "Orientación cultural editores", Buenos Aires. La cuerda floja" Collection. Paperback binding with flaps. Cover and drawings by the author.
Measurements: 17,5 x 13 cm; 16,5 x 12 cm; 18 x 12 x 1 cm.
The first editions of Mi tía Carolina Coronado (1942), Trampantojos (1947) and Cuentos de gin de año (1947) constitute a significant sample of the late production of Ramón Gómez de la Serna, one of the most innovative and singular authors of 20th century Spanish literature. An unclassifiable writer, creator of the famous "greguerías" and central figure of the Madrid avant-garde, Gómez de la Serna developed much of his work in Argentine exile, where he continued to explore the boundaries between humor, fantasy, biography and literary reflection.
Mi tía Carolina Coronado, published in 1942 by Emecé Editores in Buenos Aires, is part of his particular way of reconstructing literary figures through imagination and narrative play. The book combines biographical elements, sentimental evocation and literary recreation around the poet Carolina Coronado, whom Gómez de la Serna turns into a character of his own literary universe. The edition includes a plate with the black and white portrait made by Madrazo, providing a valuable iconographic complement that reinforces its documentary interest.
Trampantojos (1947), published in Buenos Aires as part of the collection "La cuerda floja" by Orientación Cultural Editores, represents a continuation of his aesthetics of wit and surprise. The book gathers short texts in which the author displays his characteristic sense of humor, irony and fragmentary view of reality. The edition, with cover and drawings by the author himself, underlines the total character of his creation, in which text and image dialogue as parts of the same creative universe.
In Cuentos de gin de año (1947), published in Madrid by Librería Clan as part of the collection "El lagarto al sol", Gómez de la Serna returns to his penchant for short stories, wacky humor and unusual observations of everyday life. The work is accompanied by original illustrations by Eduardo Vicente, which enrich the whole and reinforce its graphic dimension. The softcover binding with flaps and the illustrated cover reflect the editorial spirit of the post-war period, in which image and design play a fundamental role.
As a whole, these three first editions allow us to appreciate the continuity and evolution of Ramón Gómez de la Serna's work during his period of exile. His writing, always marked by formal freedom and experimentation, maintains an aesthetic coherence based on fragmentation, humor and poetic observation of reality. At the same time, these works demonstrate his ability to adapt to new editorial contexts without renouncing his unmistakable style.
Because of their relevance within the author's bibliography, the quality of their editions and the presence of original graphic materials, these copies constitute pieces of notable interest for collectors and scholars of Spanish avant-garde literature and exile.