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THE ADVENTURES OF A PHOTOGRAPHER IN LA PLATA.
by Casares, Adolfo Bioy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, (1989)., (1989).. Very good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FROM THE LIBRARY OF HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ANTHONY QUINN - Octavo, 8 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Gray boards backed with a black cloth spine, titled in silver & green on the spine, in a pictorial black dust wrapper. The covers and dust jacket are lightly rubbed. 169 pages. There is minor foxing to the fore edge. Very good.
First American edition. Translated by Suzanne Jill Levine.
From the library of Hollywood movie star Anthony Quinn, with his bookplate illustrated with his profile mounted on the front endpaper.
"Adoifo Bioy Casares's latest novel is a small masterpiece, a tersely plotted mystery that blends the metaphysical and the mundane. The small-town photographer Almanza's week of adventures in the provincial capital of La Plata takes him many places: to the city's museums, monuments, and a set of stained-glass windows that will haunt him; to bed, separately, with two lovely sisters named Griselda and Julia; to cafes with his friend Mascardi, the cop who may be snitching on his friends who are political activists; and into the arms and machinations of Don Juan Lombardo, father of the sisters and a man greedy for Almanza's blood." [Quoted from the dust wrapper blurb].
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97140
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF A PHOTOGRAPHER IN LA PLATA.
- Author
- Casares, Adolfo Bioy
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: E.P. Dutton, (1989).
- Date Published
- (1989).
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; MYSTERY; ADOLFO BIOY CASARES; THE ADVENTURES OF A PHOTOGRAPH IN LA PLATA; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; TRANSLATED; SUZANNE JILL LEVINE; ANTHONY QUINN; BOOKPLATE; ACTOR; HOLLYWOOD STAR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; FIRST U.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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