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BECKETT Samuel play; BRODSKY Michael translation
Eleuthéria: A Play in Three Acts
New York: Foxrock Inc 1995. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; light blue paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xxviii196pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket unclipped with only a tiny crease near crown to note. American edition of this previously unpublished Beckett play written before Waiting For Godot and kept under wraps by the Beckett Estate until the mid-1990s'. Foxrock, Inc unknown books
Bookseller reference : 41847
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SHOLOKHOV Mikhail novel; STEVENS HC. translation H. C.
Harvest on the Don: A Sequel to Virgin Soil Upturned
London: Putnam 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.5cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 399pp. Fine in a Very Good price-clipped dustjacket gently spine-sunned with a few small moisture spots to same and some rubbing to rear panel. Continuation of the Russian Nobel Prize-winner's story begun in Virgin Soil Upturned 1935 of a collective farm organized under the supervision of the Communist Party in a small Don village. Putnam unknown books
Bookseller reference : 34111
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LAGERLAF Selma novel; HOWARD Velma Swanston translation; HEIBERG Astri illustrations
Further Adventures of Nils
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company 1911. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20cm; light brown cloth with titling and decorations stamped in white dark yellow and hunter green on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x339pp; frontispiece and 14 plates of illustrations. Brief contemporary 1914 pencil inscription to front endpaper spine ends gently nudged with rubbing to white spine lettering else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is lightly edgeworn and gently spine-sunned with some dustiness to panels a few small chips to upper edge several tears and a few small moisture stains to spine; Very Good. Second volume featuring Lagerlöf's best-known character Nils Holgersson "whose chief delight was to eat and sleep and after that he liked best to make mischief." This together with its predecessor The Wonderful Adventures of Nils would become Lagerlöf's most popular and enduring work. Lagerlöf was the first female author and first Swede to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909. Scarce in dustjacket. Doubleday, Page & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 34109
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TRANSTRAMER Tomas poems; SWENSON May and Leif SjAberg translation
Windows & Stones: Selected Poems
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1972. First US Edition. First Printing wrappered issue. Octavo; illustrated wrappers; xxvi842pp. Light wear to extremities with faint crease to lower corners of a few terminal leaves; Very Good. The Swedish Nobel Prize-winner's second book to be translated into English. University of Pittsburgh Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 34079
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ARCINIEGAS German text; MACLEAN Joan translation
Latin America: A Cultural History
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1967. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brick red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; xxviii594xliii3pp; illus. Slight lean base of spine gently nudged else Near Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket priced $10.00 clipped at lower right corner of front flap; mild wear and dustiness to extremities; Near Fine. A panoramic history starting just before the Conquest examining the Aztec Maya and Inca civilizations their intellectual artistic and cultural achievements. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 32444
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LLOSA Mario Vargas essays; LANE Helen translation
The Perpetual Orgy: Flaubert and Madame Bovary
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; brown cloth and gray paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 12 240pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with just a hint of sunning to spine. Collection of essays arranged in three sections on Gustave Flaubert and Madame Bovary. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29879
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ALLENDE Isabel novel: PEDEN Margaret Sayers translation
Eva Luna
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1988. First Trade Edition. First Printing. Octavo 24cm; burgundy cloth with titling and decorations stamped in copper on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 10 272 6pp. Hint of dustiness to boards else very Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with a bit of mild shelfwear. The Chilean author's fourth book which weaves through the geopolitical turmoil of Latin America during the 1950's-80's through the eyes of the protagonist. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29883
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FUENTES Carlos novel; PEDEN Margaret Sayers translation
The Old Gringo
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1985. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; beige linen and orange cloth-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 199pp. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Novel set in Mexico in 1914 telling the story of Ambrose Bierce and his last mysterious days south of the border among Pancho Villa's soldiers. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29885
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FUENTES Carlos novel; PEDEN Margaret Sayers translation
The Hydra Head
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1978. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; black cloth with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 10 292pp. Author's initials on front cover nearly rubbed off with a small bruise to upper edge of textblock; Very Good in shelfworn Very Good dustjacket unclipped with a few small tears. Third World spy thriller by the Mexican author. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29886
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LLOSA Mario Vargas novel; MAC ADAM Alfred translation
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; gray cloth and paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 310 2pp. Hint of sunning to upper board edges else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with a single small adhesive strip from an old mylar protector at upper spine on verso. A novel set "in the Peru of the near future a country in the throes of an insurgency pitting a Cuban-Bolivian-backed revolutionary army against a failing Lima government and the U.S. Marines" from the front flap. First published in Spainsh two years prior under the title La Historia de Mayta. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 29878
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PEREZ REVERTE Arturo novel; SOTO Sonia translation
The Seville Communion Signed
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1998. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; dark yellow paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 375pp 9. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Spine ends gently nudged else Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Mystery novel set between Spain and the Vatican centered around the race to save a crumbling church. Harcourt Brace & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 27139
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel novel; RABASSA Gregory translation
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind on front cover; dustjacket; 120pp. Fine in a Near Fine First State dustjacket One Hundred Days of Solitude printed on front flap unclipped with mild wear to extremities. The Nobel Prize-winning author's powerful short novel about "a spectacular wedding a sudden scandal a perhaps reluctant murder to which an entire town appears to be an accessory before the fact and the exotic manifestations of guilt. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26590
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SCHNEIDER Rolf stories; BULLOCK Michael translation
Bridges and Bars
New York: Viking Press 1967. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 189pp. Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with some pinpoint wear and a few tiny edge tears. English translation of the East German author's collection of seven short stories. Viking Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26598
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel novel; RABASSA Gregory translation
In Evil Hour
New York: Harper and Row 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 183pp 3. Lower right corner of front board gently tapped though still sharp with a hint of sunning to upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $8.95 with light edgewear and a corresponding wrinkling to lower right corner of front panel; Near Fine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's sixth book published in English originally published in Spain in 1968 under the title La Mala Hora. Harper and Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 26589
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BUCHHOLTZ Johannes novel; BJORKMAN Edwin translation
Susanne
New York: Liveright Inc. Publishers 1933. First American Edition. Octavo 19.5cm; chickpea-colored cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 463pp. Fine in a Very Good dustjacket; unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light edgewear overall dustiness and a few short tears. Danish author's novel about a young girl's rise from humble surroundings to the sophisticated upper class after marrying the son of a wealthy ship-owner. Scarce in dustjacket. Liveright, Inc., Publishers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 25423
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VON HEIDENSTAM Verner poems; STORK Charles Wharton translation
Sweden's Laureate: Selected Poems of Verner Von Heidenstam
New Haven: Yale University Press 1919. First Edition. Octavo 18.5cm; 3/4 blue paper over yellow cloth with blue title label printed in black applied to spine; dustjacket; 159pp. Touch of dustiness to upper board edges and upper edge of text with a hint of offset to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is edgeworn spine-sunned with a few small nicks and short tears; $1.35 price on front panel struck through with blue pencil; Very Good only. Scarce assemblage of poems by the Swedish winner of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature and only the second of Von Heidenstam's works to be translated into English. With an introduction by translator Charles Wharton Stork. Uncommon in dustjacket. Yale University Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 25375
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SENDER Ramon J. novel; Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell translation
Seven Red Sundays
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation 1936. Octavo 20cm; maroon cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; maroon topstain; dustjacket; 439pp. Minor rippling to spine cloth with a small streak of topstain dye to right edge of textblock and some bleed-through from same to upper edge of endpapers; Very Good. Dustjacket is price-clipped lightly edgeworn and spine-sunned with a few small tears and corresponding bleed-through and damp marks on verso; Very Good. Revolutionary novel of the early days of the Spanish Civil War set within the socialist and anarchist milieu of pre-war Madrid. Sender an anarchist and a Republican sympathizer fled Spain in 1938 and became one of the best-known Spanish exile-intellectuals of the post-war period publishing more than twenty books before his death in 1982. Liveright Publishing Corporation unknown books
Bookseller reference : 23297
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ANDREYEV Leonid and BUNIN Ivan stories; YARMOLINSKY Abraham translation
Lazarus bound together with The Gentleman from San Francisco
Boston: The Stratford Company Publishers 1918. First American Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo 20cm; beige paper-covered boards with titling and rule printed in dark brown on front panel; dustjacket; 58pp 6 ads. Light wear to crown with faint sunning to board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket shows light edgewear with tiny chips at spine ends and old partial sticker removed from 25c price at base of spine; flaps trimmed presumably as-issued; Very Good. Apparent first appearance of each story in English a joint publication by The Stratford Universal Library. Both Lazarus and The Gentleman from San Francisco are early works in translation for Andreyev and Bunin. Bunin whose style was deeply rooted in the Russian folkloric tradition had the distinction of being the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. An especially scarce title in dustjacket. The Stratford Company, Publishers unknown books
Bookseller reference : 19741
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KATAEV Valentine novel; MALAMUTH Charles translation
Time Forward!
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Inc 1933. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.5cm; red cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and front panel; gray-green topstain; dustjacket; 345pp. Some trivial wear to board edges else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned with light wear to extremities and a few short tears tape-mended on verso; Very Good. A classic of Soviet realism a novel set among youth in factories and plants brimming with optimism for the Five-Year Plan. In the scarce illustrated dustjacket artwork uncredited featuring a large arm moving the hand of a clock forward with an industrial scene in the background. Farrar & Rinehart, Inc unknown books
Bookseller reference : 19937
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SARTRE Jean Paul play; SAVILL Mervyn translation
In The Mesh: A Scenario
London: Andrew Dakers Limited 1954. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; red paper-covered boards with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 128pp. Some trivial wear to upper edge of front board else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 9s. net gently spine-sunned with a touch of wear and a few small tears along the edges; Near Fine. Brief play concerning a fictional dictator at the moment of his downfall. Andrew Dakers Limited unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20503
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SARTRE Jean Paul play; LEESON Sylvia and George translation
Loser Wins: A Play in Five Acts
London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; red paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 152pp. Bookplate of British theatre and film producer Oscar Lewenstein on front endpaper; touch of dustiness to top edge of text else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 15s.net spine-sunned with some overall shelfwear and dustiness and a few small nicks and tears; Very Good. First English-language edition of Sartre's play and the first using this title. The book was released the following year by Knopf under the title The Condemned of Altona basis for the 1962 Vittorio De Sica film starring Sophia Loren and Maximilian Schell. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20505
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TRAVEN B. novel; VESEY Desmond translation
General From The Jungle
New York: Hill and Wang 1972. First American Edition. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; brown topstain; dustjacket; 280pp. Front endpaper slightly toned else a clean tight unmarked copy in lightly rubbed jacket; Near Fine. Final book in Traven's Mahogany or jungle series. This edition reprints Vesey's translation from 1954 published in the UK by Robert Hale. TREVERTON 901 p.93. Hill and Wang unknown books
Bookseller reference : 20063
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DONOSO Jose novellas; CONRAD Andree translation
Sacred Families: Three Novellas
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 mint green paper over quarter brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 206pp 4. Hint of sunning to upper board edges with three tiny dents to front panel; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped with corresponding dents to front panel; Near Fine. The Chilean author's sixth book translated into English collecting three novellas. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 19199
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DU BOUCHET Andre poems; AUSTER Paul translation and introduction
The Uninhabited: Selected Poems of Andre Du Bouchet Signed by Auster
New York: Living Hand 1976. First Edition. First Printing one of 500 numbered copies. Octavo; pale gray wrappers with French flaps with titles printed in crimson on spine and front panel; 75pp. Signed by Auster on the title page. A Fine copy without flaws. Collection of poems by Du Bouchet translated by Auster from the original French. Living Hand unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18838
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FUENTES Carlos stories; PEDEN Margaret Sayers translation
Burnt Water: Stories
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 1980. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 black paper over quarter yellow cloth wiht titles stamped in copper foil on spine; dustjacket; 231pp. Bookplate signed by Fuentes loosely laid in. Faint foxing to text edges else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped with just a touch of wear to extremities; Near Fine. Collects 11 stories by the acclaimed Mexican author. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18288
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BORGES Jorge Luis essays; KEATING L. Clark & EVANS Robert O. editing & translation
An Introduction to American Literature
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 1971. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; light brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp. Top edge lightly foxed with faint spotting scattered along panels; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a touch of sunning to spine; Very Good. A collection of 14 essays which survey the achievement of American literature covering a multitude of genres. The University Press of Kentucky unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18266 ISBN : 0813112478 9780813112473
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BORGES Jorge Luis poems; DI GIOVANNI Norman Thomas translation
In Praise of Darkness
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black and blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 142pp. Previous owner's name on upper margin of title page else Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a touch of yellowing to the extremities. A lengthy collection of early poems by Borges with parallel text in Spanish and English. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18270 ISBN : 0525132252 9780525132257
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BORGES Jorge Luis & BIOY CASARES Adolfo stories; DI GIOVANNI Norman Thomas translation
Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1981. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 red paper over quarter cream cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 160pp. Fine in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket with a touch of fading to spine darkening to joints on verso with a one inch crease extending from the upper front joint into the front panel. Originally published in Spanish using the joint pseudonym H. Bustos Domecq the book was meant to be a parody of the modern detective novel. A Queen's Quorum title. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18272 ISBN : 0525204806 9780525204800
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PAZ Octavio essays; LANE Helen R. translation
Convergences: Essays on Art and Literature
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 1/4 maroon cloth over maroon paper-covered boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 303pp. Fine in a price-clipped else very Near Fine dustjacket. A collection of 16 essays. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18305 ISBN : 0151225850 9780151225859
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel stories; RABASSA Gregory translation
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories
New York: Harper & Row 1978. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 183pp. Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket. KLEIN E6.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18098
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel novel; RABASSA Gregory translation
In Evil Hour
New York: Harper & Row 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 183pp. Board edges slightly faded else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a vertical crease along front flap; Near Fine. KLEIN E7.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18095
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel novel; RABASSA Gregory translation
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
London: Jonathan Cape 1982. First UK Edition. First Impression and correct First preceding the American edition by one year. Octavo; dark green paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 122pp. Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. KLEIN E8.a.1. Jonathan Cape unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18096
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel sttories; Bernstein JS. translation J. S.
No One Writes To The Colonel and Other Stories
New York: Harper & Row 1968. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 goldenrod paper over boards quarterbound in rust-colored cloth with titles stamped in dark brown on spine; dustjacket; 170pp. Lower corners gently tapped though still perfectly sharp with a few faint tiny stains to lower edge of text; Near Fine. Dustjacket is the first issue with the author's photo credited to Jerry Bauer on rear panel; bright unclipped and virtually unrubbed with a single tiny nick to upper edge of front panel - very Near Fine. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book translated into English collecting a novella and eight short stories. Basis for the 1999 Arturo Ripstein film El Colonel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba starring Fernando Lujan and Salma Hayek. KLEIN E1.a.1. Harper & Row unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18094
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GARCIA MARQUEZ Gabriel novel; RABASSA Gregory translation
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 120pp. Two tiny stains to front panel with a touch of soil to upper edge of text; Near Fine. In a Fine first issue dustjacket with One Hundred Days of Solitude printed on front flap. Basis for the 1987 Francesco Rosi film Cronaca di Una Morte Anunciata. KLEIN E8.a.3. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18097
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ROSA Rodrigo Rey novella; BOWLES Paul translation
The Pelcari Project
London: Peter Owen 1991. First UK Edition. First Impression and correct First preceding the American edition published 6 years later. Octavo; green paper over boards with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 72pp. Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket with some trivial rubbing to extremities. The Guatemalan author's third book. Peter Owen unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18179
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FUENTES Carlos novel; HILEMAN Sam translation
The Death of Artemio Cruz
New York: Farrar Straus & Company 1964. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 black paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with titles stamped in gilt and red on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 306pp. Bookplate signed by Fuentes loosely laid in. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped with some trivial wear along the edges and a single short tear along upper front joint. Farrar, Straus & Company unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18146
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ROSA Rodrigo Rey novella; BOWLES Paul translation
The Pelcari Project Limited Edition Signed
Tiburon: Cadmus Editions 1997. First American Edition. Limited Issue one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author and translator. Octavo; red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 117pp 10. Parallel text in Spanish and English. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. The Guatemalan author's third book. Cadmus Editions unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18180
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MRABET Mohammed novel; BOWLES Paul translation
The Big Mirror Limited Edition Signed
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1977. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 200 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Slim octavo; 3/4 light blue paper over boards quarterbound in red cloth with blue spine label printed in black and red; 77pp 4. Trivial sunning to upper board edges else Fine in the Near Fine original acetate dustjacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18138
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ROSA Rodrigo Rey stories; BOWLES Paul translation
The Beggar's Knife
San Francisco: City Lights 1985. First American Edition. First Printing and correct First preceding the British edition by 3 years. Octavo; brick red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp 1. Fine in a Fine dustjacket one of a very small number of copies bound in cloth. The Guatemalan author's first book a collection of short fiction. City Lights unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18181
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MRABET Mohammed novel; BOWLES Paul translation
The Lemon
New York: McGraw-Hill 1972. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; full yellow cloth with titles stamped in black on spine and Arabic script in black on front panel; black topstain; dustjacket; 181pp. Small triangular sticker to front pastedown else Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. The author's second novel preceded by the 1969 UK edition published by Peter Owen. McGraw-Hill unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18144
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BORGES Jorge Luis poems; REID Alastair translation
The Gold of the Tigers: Selected Later Poems
New York: E.P. Dutton 1977. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 red paper over boards quarterbound in cream linen with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp. Light foxing to text edges else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped still bright white with a tiny crease to front flap and a short closed tear at base of spine; Near Fine. A bilingual edition of one of the author's best-loved collection of poems. E.P. Dutton unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18203
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MRABET Mohammed stories; BOWLES Paul translation
The Boy Who Set The Fire & Other Stories Limited Edition Signed
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press 1974. First Edition. Limited Issue one of 250 numbered copies signed by Mrabet and Bowles on the colophon. Octavo; 3/4 white paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with white spine label and front panel printed in black and pink; 123pp 3. Fine in a Fine acetate dustjacket. Black Sparrow Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 18141
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MISHIMA Yukio novel; MARKS Alfred H. translation
Thirst For Love
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1969. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt and green on spine and front panel; peach topstain; dustjacket; 200pp 8. Contemporary owners name in ink to front endpaper else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped and lightly rubbed at the extremities; Near Fine. The author's eighth book a novel of pain frustration and destructive sexual passions. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 17896
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OE Kenzaburo novel; NATHAN John translation
A Personal Matter
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969. First UK Edition. First Impression preceded by the American edition published by Grove the previous year. Octavo; purple paper over boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 214pp. Subtle fading along upper board edges else Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is a Fine unclipped example without yellowing or toning to edges. The Nobel Prize-winner's best-known work and the first to be translated into English. Weidenfeld & Nicolson unknown books
Bookseller reference : 17735
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OE Kenzaburo novel; NATHAN John translation
A Personal Matter
New York: Grove Press 1968. First American Edition. First Printing and correct First preceding the British edition by one year. Octavo; brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 214pp. Top edge slightly dusty else Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dustjacket lightly rubbed with a few small spots of soil along upper edge. The Nobel Prize-winner's best-known work and the first to be translated into English. Grove Press unknown books
Bookseller reference : 17736
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MISHIMA Yukio plays; KEENE Donald translation & introduction
Five Modern No Plays
New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1957. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 red paper over boards quarterbound in black cloth with titles stamped in pink foil on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 198pp 4; illus. Topstain faded with offsetting and light soil to pastedowns and endpapers and a tiny bumpt lower edge of front board; Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped edgeworn lightly sunned at spine with soiling to rear panel; Very Good. The author's scarce second book illustrated throughout with 10 half-tone photographs. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
Bookseller reference : 17897
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Ibn Jubayr. RJC. Broadhurst translation R. J.
The Travels of Ibn Jubayr; Being the chronicle of a mediaeval Spanish Moor concerning his journey to the Egypt of Saladin the holy cities of Arabia Baghdad the City of the Caliphs the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Norman Kingdom of Sicily. Translated from the original Arabic by R.J.C. Broadhurst With an Introduction and Notes
London: Jonathan Cape 1952. Hardcover. Features two large fold-out maps of the journeys Western & Eastern; both maps are viewer-friendly and in colors: 430p. first British edition of this translation in 9.2x6 inch waxed tan buckram boards gilt and enclosed in the plain printed but rubricated dust jacket. Dj is slightly edgeworn with mildly toned spine panel find a generic address fiche adhered to front pastedown the two wonderful maps are very slightly mis-folded no tears other damage a darn attractive copy: quite sound clean and unmarked. Jonathan Cape hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 265577
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Claude Auge editor. Translation into Spanish by Miguel de Toro y Gisbert
Pequeno Larousse Ilustrado. Nuevo diccionario enciclopedico
Paris: Libreria Larousse 1926. Very thick octavo 19.5 x 14 x 5.75 cm. 1528 pages. Two column format with 200 black & white illustration and some full-page color plates. 102 maps. 5900 entries. All edges red.Text in Spanish and Portuguese. Later printing of this Spanish adaptation by Miguel de Toro of the famous Larousse Gastronomique. Between the two separate dictionaries is an interesting section "Locuciones Latinas y Extranjeras" printed on pink paper. ~ Hinges delicate but holding. In original orange cloth with illustration of a woman blowing a dandelion with brown titles on front and spine. Edges and corners rubbed. Still near very good. Libreria Larousse hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 7657
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aAfia active 14th century author; Boylan Michael verse translation; Clarke Wilber force prose translation; Zenderoudi Hossei
HAFEZ : DANCE OF LIFE
Washington: Mage Publishers 1988. Hardcover. Quarto; G/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine black with gold print; DJ has light edgewear light shelfwear; Boards in tan cloth with gold print slight warping but clean and strong; Text block with green ribbon marker light toning to endpapers inscription in ink on front endpaper else clean and tight; Text in English and Persian Arabic script and roman transliteration; 107 pages frontispiece illustrated color. <br /> <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1342686. FP New Rockville Stock. Mage Publishers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 1342686 ISBN : 0934211043 9780934211048
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Burgin Hans and Hans Otto Mayer; English translation by Eugene Dobson
Thomas Mann: A Chronicle of His Life
University Alabama: University of Alabama Press 1969. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Near fine condition dust jacket. The dust jacket has minor wear to the extremities. <br/><br/> University of Alabama Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 9014499
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