# Is "Dreamtigers" by Jorge Luis Borges a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Dreamtigers by Jorge Luis Borges (University of Texas Press, 1964) is identified by: University of Texas Press (Austin) 1964 first edition, first printing; translated by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland, with an introduction by Miguel Enguidanos and woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. First English-language edition of El hacedor (Buenos Aires, Emece, 1960), and the first Texas printing.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- University of Texas Press (Austin) 1964 first edition, first printing; translated by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland, with an introduction by Miguel Enguidanos and woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi
- Bound in publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in bronze, over pictorial (decorated) endpapers
- Frasconi's double-page tiger woodcut in black and brown serves as the frontispiece, with a further woodcut tiger device on the colophon
- Issued in a black, brown and white pictorial dust jacket that should retain its printed price
- Publisher imprint reads University of Texas Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jorge Luis Borges |
| Publisher | University of Texas Press |
| Year | 1964 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | University of Texas Press (Austin) 1964 first edition, first printing; translated by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland, with an introduction… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
University of Texas Press (Austin) 1964 first edition, first printing; translated by Mildred Boyer and Harold Morland, with an introduction by Miguel Enguidanos and woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. Bound in publisher's black cloth with the spine lettered in bronze, over pictorial (decorated) endpapers; Frasconi's double-page tiger woodcut in black and brown serves as the frontispiece, with a further woodcut tiger device on the colophon. Issued in a black, brown and white pictorial dust jacket that should retain its printed price.

## Is this the true first?
First English-language edition of El hacedor (Buenos Aires, Emece, 1960), and the first Texas printing. The title Dreamtigers was adopted because the literal English of the Spanish title was deemed unsuitable.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
No book-club edition; later University of Texas paperback printings in the Texas Pan-American Series follow. Confirm the black cloth with bronze spine lettering and the Frasconi woodcuts to distinguish the 1964 first from later paperback issues.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Dreamtigers* by Jorge Luis Borges a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/dreamtigers
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.