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Love in the Time of Cholera
by GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gabriel
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394561615
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$45.13
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NY: Knopf, 1988. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold. Just a touch of wear to bottom boards of book. Overall, a Tight, clean copy of this, the first U.S. edition of this book by the noted author of "100 Years of Solitude". Basis for the recent movie of the same title. 348 pp..… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$45.13
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
by GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gab.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$30.55
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NY: Knopf, 1986. Beautiful, unread first U.S. edition of this short novel by the Nobel Prize winning author. Garcia-Marquez is the noted author of "100 Years of Solitude".. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
CA$30.55
Innocent Erendira and Other Stories
by GARCIA-MARQUEZ, G.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1978
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$54.85
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NY: Harper & Row, 1978. Bound in full blue cloth, stamped in gold - in colorful dust jacket. Overall, an amazingly bright, clean copy of the first U.S. edition of the author's fifth book. A book of 12 short stories. Laid in is a book review from the Associated Press. 183 pp.. First American Edition. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$54.85
Three Trapped Tigers
by INFANTE, G. Cabrera
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- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$48.60
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New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Bound in purple cloth, stamped in silver. Translated from the Spanish by Donald Gardner and Suzanne Jill Levine, in collaboration with the author; dust jacket shows a tiny diagonal creas to bottom of front flap. A little wear to the dust jacket at the top of the spine -- and… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$48.60
Three Novels - The Mystic Masseur, The Suffrage of Elvira, Miguel Street
by NAIPAUL, V.S.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Omnibus Edition
- Published
- 1982
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394528472
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$65.96
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New York: Knopf, 1982. Omnibus edition includes "The Mystic Masseur", "The Suffrage of Elvira" and Miguel Street"; this being the true 1st U.S. printing of "Suffrage of Elvira"; A tiny bit of darkening to extremes, but has held up well. Quite difficult to find in this protected condition. 502pp.. First Omnibus Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$65.96
A Plan for Escape
by BIOY-CASARES, Adolfo
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- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$34.72
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NY: Dutton, 1975. Bound in red boards, stamped in black in black and blue dust jacket. The first U.S. edition of this 115 pp. book by the Argentinian author. Some darkening to extremes and a small label ghost to front pastedown. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$34.72
The Time of the Hero
by VARGAS LLOSA, Mario
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- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1966
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$62.49
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NY: Grove Press, 1966. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold. Previous owner's neat bookplate to front free endpaper. Book and dust jacket show a light bit of yellowing to extremes. Overall, a very nice copy of the first U.S. printing of the author's first book. 409 pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$62.49
The Boom in Spanish American Literature - A Personal History
by DONOSO, Jose'
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$194.42
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NY: Columbia, 1977. Bound in gray cloth, stamped in red in illustrated red and white dust jacket. A 121 pp. rather scarce book by Donoso re: his thoughts on Garcia-Marquez, Paz, Borges, Fuentes, Vargas Llosa, et al. Tight, clean, first edition and scarce thus. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good ++. Item Price
CA$194.42
Conversation in The Cathedral
by LLOSA, Mario Vargas
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060145026
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$59.02
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New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Bound in black cloth, stamped in gold in a matching, illustrated dust jacket. Jacket shows creasing to edge of front flap. Book shows a bit of spotting to top edge. Overall, a tight, clean copy. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa; 601pp. . First American Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$59.02
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
by VARGAS LLOSA, Mario
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$31.25
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1978. Translated by Gregory Kolovakos and Ronald Christ; Tight, clean copy of the first British edition; 244pp. Beautiful copy in multicolored dustwrapper. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$31.25
Dom Casmurro
by DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria Machado
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$48.60
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New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. Bound in red cloth with gold stamping. Clean copy. 258 pp.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$48.60
Burnt Water; Stories
by FUENTES, Carlos
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780374117412
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$25.00
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1980. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden; 231pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$25.00
In Praise of the Stepmother
by VARGAS LLOSA, Mario
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$20.83
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NY: FSG, 1990. Dustwrapper shows a light bit of wear to edges. Overall, a tight, bright copy of the first U.S. printing of this short novel by the noted Latin American author. 149 pp. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$20.83
Tereza Batista, Home from the Wars
by AMADO, Jorge
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394487526
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$22.22
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New York: Knopf, 1975. Translated by Barbara Shelby; 552pp. A bit of scuffing to top edge of dust jacket, but overall, a tight clean copy in a bright dust jacket. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. Item Price
CA$22.22
Hispanic Philology in Latin America
by HATZFELD, Helmut A.
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- Used - VG+
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$62.49
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Washington D,C.: The Americas, 1947. Scarce pamphlet bound in blue paper wraps; reprinted from 'The Americas', Vol.3, No. 3, January 1947; 16pp.. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Pamphlet. Item Price
CA$62.49
The Lazarus Rumba
by MESTRE, Ernesto
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312199074
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$18.05
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New York: Picador, 1999. 486pp. Tight, clean copy of this book in a bright dust jacket. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
CA$18.05
Handbook of Latin American Studies A Guide to the Material Published on Anthropology, Art, Economics, Education, Folklore, Geography, Government, History, International Relations, Law, Language, and Literature (8 Volumes)
by HANKE, Lewis
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- Used - VG+
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$270.80
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Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1936. Bound in thick blue cloth, stamped in gold. The first eight volumes in the set, published from 1936 through 1942. Thousands of pages by scholars on Latin America in this time period. Some of these have the previous owner's name on ffep., Some have bookplates, two books are in the original dust jackets. … Read more about this item Item Price
CA$270.80
The Proud People
by CRICHTON, Kyle
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- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1944
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$62.49
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NY: Scribner's, 1944. Dust Jacket shows two closed tears, but is bright and shows well protected in mylar. Novel re: the Esquivel Family of New Mexico and the challenges they face as a racial minority. 368 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG+. Item Price
CA$62.49
Teatro; Piezas Negras
by ANOUILH, Jean
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- Used - VG+
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$62.49
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Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1951. Bound in original paper covered wraps; includes "El Armino", La Salvaje", "El Viajero Sin Equipaje", and "Euridice"; text in Spanish; usual browning of pages; 325pp.. First Edition. Paper Covered Wraps. VG+/No Jacket. Item Price
CA$62.49
La Barca Sin Pescador
by CASONA, Alejandro
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- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as published)
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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CA$38.19
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New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1956. 2nd printing bound in yellow decorated buckram, sans DW, as published; scarce in hardcover; text in Spanish and English, Play is in Spanish; edited by Jose A. Balseiro and J. Riis Owre; line drawings by Lily Gruen; one line underlined in preface; previous owners name neatly penned on title page; 122pp.. Second Printing. Hard… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$38.19