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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. No previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest general chipping and creasing and a couple of closed tears; the original price (6.95) is intact. A nice copy of this early Fuentes novel.<br><br> </b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-C.. First Edition. Cloth.

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 clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase -- of gray paper over boards -- is modestly soiled, rubbed, and sunned: still structurally sound, it has no chips or cracks. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Fuentes -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam and the author. ".Mexico, 1991: Black acid rain falls on 'Makesicko City', the most polluted, most populated city in the world. Amid this apocalyptic landscape a prize is being offered to the first… Read More

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 of The Signed First Edition Society. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather. ISABEL ALLENDE EVA LUNA SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS LEATHERBOUND BOOKS LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE LITERARY COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: SIGNED, Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton, Literature, Latin-American, Literature & Fiction, U.S.A..

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 book to be set in the United States and portray American characters, Isabel Allende offers a powerful narrative that transforms one man's story into a universal tale of lonliness and love, betrayal and defeat, joy and intimacy, and eventual acceptance and reconciliation. It is the story of Gregory Reeves, the son of a self-styled preacher of 'The Infinite Plan,' who struggles to overcome his childhood of poverty and neglect, take control of his destiny, and make a place for himself in a violent and racist world..." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction… Read More

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 a mylar sleeve, has light touches of crinkling at the extremities; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. The author's second novel. ".Isabel Allende transports us to a Latin American country in the grip of a military dictatorship, where Irene Beltran, an upperclass journalist, and Francisco Leal, a photographer son of a Marxist professor together discover a hideous crime. They also discover how far they dare go in search of the truth in a nation of terror.and how very much they risk." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile.… Read More

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 ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities and has a small closed tear at the top of the front panel; the original price is intact. A very nice copy of the author's first novel. ".In this story about the Santinio family, transplanted from Cuba to New York City, we are offered an intimate portrait of immigrant life. American is 'the last world' for them, their final stopping-place. For Alejo, the father, it means escape from dreary farm life in San Pedro, perhaps a business of his own. For Mercedes, his wife, America is the last in an infinite line of worlds. She has had… Read More

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 are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "Recounted in the voice of a young woman in search of her roots, this is a novel about memory and family secrets. Aurora del Valle suffers a brutal trauma that shapes her character and erases from her mind all recollection of the first five years of her life."</b></font><br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction… Read More

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 is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price (26.00) is intact. An excellent, signed, collector's-quality copy. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover.

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 a couple of edge-creases; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price is intact. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the original owner with 'love' for 'a dear friend' on the title-page. ".The Silver Cloud Cafe is a novel that goes beyond and beneath. Beyond and beneath the glossy surface of San Francisco. Beyond and beneath the clean-scrubbed image of American life. It goes to the Mission District, where two neon angels stand watch over the ramshackle cantina known as Raphael's Silver Cloud Cafe and where the lost and lonely, desperate and dispossessed, come for a meager portion of solace and salvation in the… Read More