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LA MUERTE DE ARTEMIO CRUZ (THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ) - SIGNED
by Fuentes, Carlos
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1962. First Edition. An early novel by the highy-regarded Mexican author and a seminal work in the Latin American Boom, centered around a corrupt politician and soldier, lying on his deathbed and recalling the many events which shaped his life, from the Mexican Revolution to the founding of the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). While the colophon supplies an initial printing of 15,000 copies, the book was cheaply made and now scarce, particularly signed. First Impression, preceding both the US and UK editions by two years. Small octavo (16.75cm); pictorial card wrappers; [8],9-316,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Sunning to spine, modest edgewear, with an armorial bookplate on verso of front wrapper, some tanning to text edges, and faint foxing to upper edge and inner wrappers; Very Good+.
Synopsis
After collapsing from an illness while attending a business meeting, a dying Artemio Cruz, a rich and powerful land owner in modern Mexico, is driven by conscience to recall his corrupt life.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5509
- Title
- LA MUERTE DE ARTEMIO CRUZ (THE DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ) - SIGNED
- Author
- Fuentes, Carlos
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Fondo de Cultura Económica
- Place of Publication
- Mexico
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Good+
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- Colophon
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
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