The Alchemist by Coelho, Paulo

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Acceptable.

New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

San Francisco, CA: Harper San Francisco, 1993. Good. First edition stated with full number line. No dust jacket. Minor wear and moderate staining and fading to boards. Previous owner birthday message in black ink to half title page.

Harper One, 2002-01-01. TENTH ANNIVERSARY ED. Hardcover. New. 84x16x140. 5th printing. A FINE Hardcover with a FINE dustjacket. AS NEW. All dustjackets wrapped in Archival protection, and delivery confirmation with all our orders!

Harper San Francisco, 1993. Hardcover. New. 192 pages. 8.75x5.25x1.00 inches.

HarperSanFrancisco, 2003-03-18. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1993.

Dust jacket design by Michele Wetherbee.

First edition in English of Coelho's classic work, which has been translated into over 70 languages. Octavo, original half cloth. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Beautifully inscripted. Translated by Alan R. Clarke.

Paulo Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained he was able to write at this pace because the story was "already written in [his] soul." The book's main theme is about finding one's destiny. It tells the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and,… Read More

(New York): HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Translated by Alan R. Clarke. Fine in French-folded wrappers, with Coelho's name misspelled on the cover. The initial print run was only 50,000 copies; remarkable, since the book would go on to reportedly sell 150 million copies worldwide.