Literature, Latin-American from Nooks Of Books

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1968. Very Good+ in a Good+ dust jacket. Bound in full pink cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in black. Beige endpapers. 462pps. Stated First Printing. There are light touches of dustspotting to the closed page-edges, otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. … Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books (1983). Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Octavo. 235pps. Stated First Edition. There is very faint dustspotting to the closed page-edges, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. Bound in full crimson cloth. The spine is stamped in black and gilt; the front board in gilt. Large octavo. Vellum endpapers. 531pp. First American Edition. No dustjacket, as issued. There is very faint dustspotting to the page-edges (only noticeable with close inspection), otherwise… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1987. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Orange boards quarterbound in purple cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. 274pps. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1996. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Lilac-colored boards with a white, silver-stamped backstrip. Gray endpapers. 343pps. There is a bump to the heel of the spine, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a few touches of crinkling and… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 2001. Stated First Edition, SIGNED by the author (with her usual flower-doodle) on the title-page. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Russet boards quarterbound in brown cloth. The spine is stamped in copper. Chart-endpapers. 304pps. There is a mild bump to the heel of the spine, otherwise: clean, tight, sharp-tipped, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock… Read more about this item

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins, 2001. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Limited edition, SIGNED on a publisher's bookplate stating that "one-hundred copies of the english language edition have been signed for friends of the author". Brown boards quarterbound in dark brown cloth. The spine is stamped in copper. Chart-endpapers. 304pps. A beautiful copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips… Read more about this item

PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. A flawless, collector's-quality copy, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap with all attendant materials. Reddish-brown leather binding, stamped on all sides in gilt and green. Raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Also, beautiful decorative endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. 272pp. Printed and personally signed exclusively for members… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. Uncorrected Proofs. Fine in pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 380pp. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. Yet to be read. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page; this signature is accompanied by the author's usual flower-doodle. "...In her first… Read more about this item