Living to Tell the Tale
by MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel García
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. The first volume in a planned trilogy by Gabriel García Márquez, in which the Nobel laureate tells his life story. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman, with a map of Columbia which includes an inset of the Aracataca area to the north. --- In maroon paper-covered boards backed in maroon cloth, with cover & spine titling in silver. Volume wrapped in jacket with photos of the author at age two. --- A well-preserved, tightly-bound, newish copy. Unclipped dust jacket ($26.95) with a few creases but otherwise lacking damages.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; (10), 484, (2) pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87328
- Title
- Living to Tell the Tale
- Author
- MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel García
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
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- Spine
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